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WPT Global’s Weekly Golden Bounty Opens Above The Line

By Samantha Doyle

06 Jan 2026

Samantha Doyle 06 Jan 2026

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Golden Bounty Championship drew 11,307 entries, beating its $250k guarantee.
Players qualify through daily $25 flights, collecting progressive bounties.
Week one payouts: $19,423 to champion, $14,787 to runner-up; strong PKO appeal.

Some formats click as soon as the stakes change. The Golden Bounty Championship had its first trial run at a $250,000 guarantee and finished at 11,307 entries and $257,200. We'd call these numbers a clean beat of the target and an encouraging sign for WPT Global for the weeks ahead.

How Players Get to the Golden Bounty

The route to the the Golden Bounty Championship is pretty straightforward

Enter $25 Day 1 flights offered daily
Collect progressive bounties along the way, and if you bag a stack
Return on Sunday for a single Day 2 to settle the main prizes

Easy right?

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Week One Golden Bounty Payday

Opening-week payouts reported to the top two finishers, $19,423 to the champion and $14,787 to the runner-up. If these don't illustrate how PKO formats appeal to players, nothing does. Let's see what next week's Golden Bounty has in store.

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