WPT Prime Lodge Heads to The Lodge Card Club With $1 Million Guarantee
WPT Prime returns to The Lodge Card Club Oct. 8-12 with a $1M guaranteed $1,100 NLHE event and a $2,000 high roller with $100k guarantee. The festival includes unlimited re-entry flights and $150 satellites. Last year’s edition drew 1,648 runners and paid $225,020 to winner Harvey Castro.
SCCG Take — The return confirms the social club model’s capacity to support major guaranteed events in Texas, offering a scalable template for other card rooms seeking to attract tour fields.
The World Poker Tour is returning to The Lodge Card Club in the Austin, Texas area for the $1,100 WPT Prime Lodge No-Limit Hold’em tournament carrying a $1 million guarantee.
As reported by PokerNews, the broader festival runs from Sept. 24 through Oct. 12. The main event uses three opening flights with unlimited re-entries, followed by Day 2 and the final table the next day.
Tournament Schedule and Supporting Events
Flight 1a begins at 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 8, with Flights 1b and 1c at the same time on the next two days. Day 2 starts at 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 11 and the final session at 2:15 p.m. on Oct. 12. The schedule also includes a $2,000 WPT Prime Lodge High Roller with a $100,000 guarantee over Oct. 11-12.
The Lodge Card Club, the largest poker club in Texas and co-owned by Doug Polk, Brad Owen, and Andrew Neeme, requires players to purchase a membership under the social club model before registering. Daily $150 super satellites feed into the main event.
Prior Result and Event Context
Last year’s WPT Prime Lodge drew 1,648 runners. Harvey Castro, then 22 years old, took first place for $225,020.
Texas card rooms continue to host major tour stops within the social club framework. The guaranteed prize pools and multi-flight structure at The Lodge illustrate how these venues sustain large fields while meeting state operating requirements. Organizers and players alike will track whether this year’s turnout matches or exceeds the prior edition under identical format terms.
Reporting: PokerNews
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