The World Poker Tour haven’t been running as many events as some other tours during the global pandemic, but with a tight structure, great prizepool and their historic prestige, the WPT Online Poker Open was another example of how much kudos a win on the WPT still brings.

The WPT Online Poker Open posted strong numbers from the start, and by the time the partypoker-hosted event closed its late registration for the $365+$35 event with 868 entries in the books. That meant a prizepool of $317,540, a good amount over the $300,000 guarantee that had been put up for the tournament.

It was a very special event, too. Exclusive to players physically playing from the Garden State, the most densely-populated state in the U.S.A. could take part, and plenty did, playing either on the New Jersey partypoker site, BorgataPoker.com or BetMGMPoker.com.

All the action took place on Sunday, with the trophy joined by an $11,000 VIP package from partypoker to play in the next WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic that takes place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas for the winner, that being a $10,400 buy-in and $600 towards travel and other expenses.