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World Series of Poker unveils full schedule for 55th annual games, 99 bracelet events up ahead

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Photo Credit – WSOP
Photo Credit – WSOP

The annual World Series of Poker festival remains to be the highlight of poker players’ calendars with the prestige of winning a bracelet still continuing to be a career dream for many. Just earlier this week, the full daily event schedule for the 55th summer games was unveiled, boasting an extensive 99 bracelet lineup from May 28 through July 17, 2024.

The eight-week celebration to be held at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas once again, welcomes a number of new events, added flights, and other schedule adjustments, in addition to its classic marquee offerings. Nearly 700 tables are set to fill the site, hinting at higher expectations and more record breaking events at the action-packed scene for this year’s games.

“We’re proud to be Las Vegas’s original Main Event,” said Ty Stewart, SVP & Executive Director of the WSOP. “Records are made to be broken, so our motto this year is bigger and better. With our best schedule ever and more than 100 additional poker tables, we look forward to welcoming legends, first-timers and everyone in between. If you’re a poker player, there is simply no experience on earth like the World Series of Poker.”

Photo Credit – WSOP
Photo Credit – WSOP

The upcoming festivities follows through last season’s festivities which evolved to be the richest WSOP in history with a total of $397,802,897 in prizes awarded across 97 bracelet tournaments. Multiple event records were broken including that of the Main Event which attracted over 10,000 players to bring the prize pool up to $93,399,900. USA’s Daniel Weinman outlasted the enormous field and claimed the record $12,100,000 first prize, the only eight digit payout of the series.

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This year’s $10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold’em World Championship kicks off on July 3rd, with four starting flights through July 6th. Late registration will still be open on July 7/ 8 until Level 7 of each Day 2, leading to the Final Table set on July 16-17 at Horseshoe Las Vegas. Similar to its predecessors, PokerGO, the world’s largest poker content company and streaming platform, will once again provide coverage for viewers across the globe including the 2024 WSOP Main Event, across PokerGO.com and other platforms.

2024 World Series of Poker Main Event Schedule

Day 1
Flight A – Wednesday, July 3

Flight B – Thursday, July 4

Flight C – Friday, July 5

Flight D – Saturday, July 6

Day 2
Flight A/B/C – Sunday, July 7

Flight D – Monday, July 8

Day 3 – Tuesday, July 9
Day 4 – Wednesday, July 10

Day 5 – Thursday, July 11

Day 6 – Friday, July 12

Day 7 – Saturday, July 13

Day 8 (Play down to 9 players) – Sunday, July 14

Final Table – Tuesday, July 16 – Wednesday, July 17

New Events

Photo Credit – WSOP
Photo Credit – WSOP

Several changes have been made to this year’s schedule with at least a dozen events added, beginning with the Champions Reunion No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout which kicks off on opening day. The first bracelet on the lineup features a $5,000 buy-in where all previous Main Event winners are invited to take part in the games at no expense. While battling it out on the felt against these former champions may be thrilling in itself, players who bust them out of the running will automatically bank an entry into the 2024 WSOP Main Event as a bounty.

Other new highlights include:

Date

Event #

Event

Buy-In

May 28

1

Champions Reunion No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout

$5,000

May 29

3

WSOP Kickoff No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout

$500

Jun 4

16

8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

$5,000

Jun 13

37

Big O Championship

$10,000

Jun 15

41

Mixed NL Hold’em/PLO Double Board Bomb Pot

$1,500

Jun 25

62

PokerNews Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em

$600

Jun 26

65

Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold’em

$5,000

Jul 3

80

Independence Day Celebration No-Limit Hold’em

$800

Jul 9

86

Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha

$1,000

Jul 10

88

Eight Game Mixed Championship 6-Handed

$10,000

Jul 11

89

Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Holdem

$3,000

Jul 11

90

6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha

$1,500

Other Changes

Photo Credit – WSOP
Photo Credit – WSOP

In addition to the new events, adjusted starting flights for the weekend games will see either three starting flights Friday through Sunday or four starting flights Thursday through Sunday. Highly popular tournaments such as the Monster Stack, Millionaire Maker, and Colossus, are now equipped with three starting flights, potentially boosting the already massive fields.

Another change is seen in the schedule’s Mega Satellite structure which will now be played as “Landmark Mega Satellites”. Participants will only be required to accumulate a certain amount of chips to secure an entry unlike last season’s classic format. These qualifiers will be available from May 28 to July 15 with buy-ins ranging in price at $135 to as high as $25,000.

What remains the same however, is the brand’s strong partnership with GGPoker which again, will offer exclusive satellites to the 2024 WSOP games. US-counterpart and official WSOP platform, WSOP.COM will similarly offer domestic daily satellite qualifiers including Main Event satellites for as little as $1.

“Last year, 774 players made the GGPoker Road to Vegas, cashing for over $5 Million in Main Event prizes,” said Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador and six-time WSOP bracelet winner. “This summer, we aim to send 1,000 players to their WSOP Dream.”

Full 2024 WSOP Bracelet Event Schedule

Date

#

Event

Buy-in

May 28

1

Champions Reunion 8-Max NLHE Freezeout

$5,000

May 28

2

Casino Employees NLHE

$500

May 29

3

WSOP Kickoff NLHE Freezeout

$500

May 29

4

Omaha Hi-Lo 8-Max 8-or-Better

$1,500

May 30

5

Mystery Millions

$1,000

May 30

6

Heads-Up NLHE Championship

$25,000

May 30

7

6-Max Dealers Choice

$1,500

May 31

8

8-Max Pot-Limit Omaha

$5,000

May 31

9

8-Max Limit Hold’em 9

$1,500

June 1

10

8-Max Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

$10,000

June 2

11

Badugi

$1,500

June 3

12

6-Max NLHE

$1,500

June 3

13

6-Max Dealers Choice Championship

$10,000

June 4

14

Super Turbo Bounty NLHE

$1,000

June 4

15

8-Max PLO Hi-Lo 8-or-Better

$1,500

June 4

16

8-Max NLHE

$5,000

June 5

17

NLHE Deepstack

$800

June 5

18

8-Max PLO

$1,500

June 5

19

8-Max Limit Hold’em Championship

$10,000

June 6

20

Gladiators of Poker NLHE

$300

June 6

21

6-Max High Roller NLHE

$25,000

June 6

22

6-Max Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

$1,500

June 7

23

NLHE Shootout

$1,500

June 7

24

8-Max PLO 8-or-Better Championship

$10,000

June 8

25

6-Max NLHE

$3,000

June 9

26

8-Max High Roller NLHE

$25,000

June 9

27

Big O (Five-Card PLO Hi-Lo)

$1,500

June 10

28

NLHE Freezeout

$1,500

June 10

29

6-Max Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship

$10,000

June 11

30

Mixed NLHE/PLO Deepstack

$600

June 11

31

6-Max NLHE

$3,000

June 11

32

Seven Card Stud

$1,500

June 12

33

8-Max PLO Deepstack

$600

June 12

34

NLHE Freezeout

$2,500

June 12

35

H.O.R.S.E.

$1,500

June 13

36

8-Max NLHE Deepstack

$800

June 13

37

Big O Championship (Five-Card PLO Hi-Lo)

$10,000

June 14

38

NLHE Monster Stack

$1,500

June 14

39

8-Max NLHE High Roller

$50,000

June 14

40

Razz

$1,500

June 15

41

8-Max Mixed NLHE & PLO Double Board Bomb Pot

$1,500

June 15

42

Seven Card Stud Championship

$10,000

June 16

43

Mixed: PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi Lo 8 or Better; Big O

$1,500

June 17

44

NLHE

$2,000

June 17

45

H.O.R.S.E. Championship

$10,000

June 18

46

Seniors NLHE Championship (50+)

$1,000

June 18

47

NLHE High Roller

$100,000

June 18

48

8-Max PLO

$1,000

June 19

49

NLHE Freezeout

$3,000

June 19

50

Razz Championship

$10,000

June 20

51

NLHE Super Turbo Bounty ($500 Bounty)

$1,500

June 20

52

6-Max NLHE

$5,000

June 20

53

7-Max Nine-Game Mixed

$3,000

June 21

54

NLHE Millionaire Maker

$1,500

June 21

55

NLHE Super High Roller

$250,000

June 21

56

Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (2-7, A-5, Badugi)

$2,500

June 22

57

8-Max NLHE Super Turbo Bounty ($3,000 Bounty)

$10,000

June 23

58

Poker Players Championship

$50,000

June 24

59

NLHE Super Seniors (60+)

$1,000

June 24

60

NLHE

$3,000

June 24

61

8-Max Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

$2,500

June 25

62

NLHE PokerNews Deepstack Championship

$600

June 25

63

7-Max No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

$1,500

June 26

64

NLHE Deepstack

$600

June 26

65

NLHE Seniors High Roller

$5,000

June 26

66

8-Max PLO Championship

$10,000

June 27

67

NLHE Salute to Warriors

$500

June 27

68

NLHE

$2,500

June 27

69

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better

$1,500

June 28

70

NLHE Colossus

$400

June 28

71

Ladies NLHE Championship

$1,000*

June 28

72

7-Max No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

$10,000

June 29

73

8-Max PLO High Roller

$25,000

June 30

74

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship

$10,000

July 1

75

NLHE Tag Team

$1,000

July 1

76

8-Max NLHE Mystery Bounty

$10,000

July 1

77

6-Max NLHE Mixed Bag Event

$2,500

July 2

78

NLHE Mini Main Event

$1,000

July 2

79

PLO High Roller

$50,000

July 3

80

NLHE Independence Day Celebration

$800

July 3

81

NLHE Main Event World Championship

$10,000

July 6

82

NLHE

$1,000

July 7

83

6-Max Eight Game Mixed

$1,500

July 7

84

NLHE Ultra Stack

$600

July 8

85

NLHE Flip & Go

$1,000

July 9

86

PLO Mystery Bounty

$1,000

July 9

87

8-Max NLHE

$5,000

July 10

88

6-Max Eight Game Mixed Championship

$10,000

July 11

89

NLHE Mid Stakes

$3,000

July 11

90

6-Max PLO

$1,500

July 11

91

8-Max H.O.R.S.E.

$3,000

July 12

92

NLHE High Roller

$50,000

July 13

93

NLHE Lucky 7s

$777

July 13

94

6-Max NLHE Championship

$10,000

July 14

95

$1,979 NLHE Poker Hall of Fame Bounty

$1,979

July 14

96

High Roller H.O.R.S.E.

$25,000

July 15

97

6-Max PLO

$3,000

July 15

98

NLHE The Closer

$1,500

July 17

99

NLHE Super Turbo

$1,000

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