The world’s largest sweepstakes poker web site, ClubWPT Gold (CWG), is welcoming the summer time with a large 50 million chips assured match poker collection dubbed Summer time of Gold.
Operating from Could 24 to June 28, the Summer time of Gold will overlap with the World Collection of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, providing gamers an internet various to the WSOP occasions on the Strip.
Whereas the collection is clearly designed as CWG’s try to compete with the WSOP, for a lot of gamers it is going to be a chance to get in further quantity, as they play each stay and on-line occasions on the WSOP and CWG on the identical time.
In complete, the Summer time of Gold is ready to function six Gold Hundreds of thousands occasions, 76 Crown Collection occasions, and 4 occasions that may award WPT trophies.
Fierce Competitors for the Summer time Match Slots
The summer time has historically been probably the most engaging a part of the 12 months for match poker, with the WSOP pageant dominating the schedule all through June and July.
For a very long time, the WSOP was the one critical match collection taking part in in the course of the summer time months, however competitors has turn into extra aggressive lately, with stay poker venues all through Las Vegas throwing match collection of their very own in the identical interval.
Properties just like the Aria and the Wynn are anticipated to supply loads of alternatives for poker gamers this summer time, and there may be nonetheless an opportunity that the WPT will manage a stay championship occasion this summer time.
On prime of the stay competitors, ClubWPT Gold has been aggressively competing with the WSOP since its launch. In 2025, the operator gave away 1,000,000 {dollars} to gamers who may qualify for WSOP occasions and proceed to win them.
This quirky promotion led to main controversy within the $1,500 Millionaire Maker, the place one of many ultimate two gamers was because of win the million-dollar bonus from CWG.
This 12 months, CWG seems set to keep away from such promotions and is as an alternative throwing its personal match poker pageant, paying out not less than 50 million chips over the course of a month of heated on-line poker motion.
Partial Summer time of Gold Schedule Revealed
The total Summer time of Gold schedule has not been launched but, however we already know some particulars about the important thing occasions of the collection.
The pageant will function 76 Crown Collection occasions, constructing on the success of the Crown Collection pageant performed earlier within the 12 months, the place gamers can win trophies and bespoke jerseys for his or her success.
One other six Gold Hundreds of thousands occasions have additionally been teased, and every of those occasions ought to pay not less than a million chips to gamers who make the cash, with the potential of even bigger prize swimming pools.
Lastly, CWG has introduced {that a} complete of 4 WPT-branded tournaments will happen, together with the 1,100-chip WPT Prime Championship with a 1.5 million-chip assure and a WPT500 PLO occasion with a 530-chip buy-in and a 400,000-chip assure.
Two extra WPT occasions will likely be performed as a part of the huge schedule, and a few of these occasions could but be totally or partially performed at actual poker tables at Las Vegas properties just like the Wynn, which usually host WPT tournaments.
ClubWPT Gold Continues with Speedy Enlargement
Ever since its launch in early 2025, which was preceded by a large WPT World Championship pageant on the Wynn, ClubWPT Gold has been spreading via the USA like wildfire.
As sweepstakes poker websites began operating into authorized issues throughout the nation, ClubWPT Gold switched its working mannequin to a training-based platform and has continued increasing with no indicators of slowing down.
To this point, the operator’s largest match collection was performed final summer time, and it solely assured a complete of 14 million chips.
In comparison with that, the Summer time of Gold guarantees a serious increase in payouts, though it’s not but clear if all 50 million of the marketed chips will likely be paid via match prize swimming pools or if that quantity additionally consists of the promotions.
In both case, it’s secure to say that the Summer time of Gold would be the largest poker pageant thrown by CWG to this point, and certain the largest match collection but within the sweepstakes poker area.
ClubWPT Gold’s enlargement and success proceed to depend on the extremely revered WPT model, which carries loads of weight with American poker gamers, in addition to the distinctive expertise behind the platform and its present authorized standing, which makes it probably the most broadly accessible sweepstakes poker web site within the nation.
