Magopol Wins WPT Global Overlay Event

Argentina's Magopol won the WPT Global Saturday Crazy Overdrive Overlay Edition, a low-buy-in online tournament defined by a major shortfall against its advertised guarantee. The event drew 17,361 entries for a ¥9 ($1.25) buy-in, but still required an ¥861,112 ($129,166) overlay to reach its guaranteed ¥1,000,000 ($150,000) prize pool.

Magopol collected ¥200,000 for first place and added ¥1,303 in bounties. The result gave the winner the headline finish in an event where the economics of the guarantee were as notable as the final payout itself.

A Large Overlay Behind a Low Buy-In Event

The Saturday Crazy Overdrive Overlay Edition paired a ¥9 ($1.25) entry price with a ¥1,000,000 ($150,000) guarantee. Even with 17,361 entries, the field did not generate enough to cover the advertised prize pool, leaving WPT Global to fund an ¥861,112 ($129,166) overlay.

In yuan terms, the overlay accounted for more than 86 percent of the guaranteed pool. That made the tournament an unusually pronounced example of the gap that can emerge when a substantial guarantee is attached to a very low buy-in.

For the players in the field, the operator-funded addition increased the amount available beyond what the entries alone would have produced. For the event itself, the overlay became the central financial reference point alongside Magopol's first-place result.

Magopol's Winning Payout

Magopol's confirmed return from the tournament was ¥200,000 for the win plus ¥1,303 in bounties, for a combined total of ¥201,303. The bounty component added a modest extra amount to the main first-place prize.

No verified hand histories or full final-table order are attached to the available result. The key confirmed details are the winner, the first-place payout, the bounty total, the field size, the buy-in, the guarantee, and the overlay required to meet it.

That leaves the tournament best understood through its structure and prize-pool figures. Magopol secured the title, while the ¥861,112 overlay gave the event a broader significance within the WPT Asia Series Overdrive schedule.

WPT Asia Series Overdrive Continues Toward Main Event

The result came during the WPT Asia Series Overdrive, which ran from July 19 through August 30. The series was scheduled to distribute ¥200 million ($30 million) and award 13 WPT Rings across its calendar.

The next listed headline tournament is the WPT Asia Series Overdrive Main Event, scheduled for August 30 at 12:05 p.m. UTC. That event carries a ¥660 ($99) buy-in and a ¥2,500,000 ($375,000) guaranteed prize pool.

The Main Event winner is scheduled to receive at least ¥500,000 ($75,000), a WPT Ring, and the WPT Asia Series Overdrive champion title. Its guarantee is two and a half times the ¥1,000,000 prize pool attached to the event won by Magopol, while its buy-in is ¥651 higher.

Magopol's victory therefore stands as both a completed tournament result and a notable overlay case within the wider series. The August 30 Main Event remains the next confirmed major point on the WPT Asia Series Overdrive schedule.