World Series Of Poker – Your Guide To The 2024 WSOP
The WSOP – Schedule of Tournaments, Buy-in & Satellite Information. This page covers everything you need to know about the 2024 World Series of Poker, including the up-to-date schedule, information on how to enter and answers to FAQs.
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Remember, there’s more to the world’s biggest poker series than just the Main Event. Our WSOP tournament schedule below features every event for 2024 and all the important information you need to know.
Want to know what it’s like to win the big one? CardsChat spoke to seven former Main Event winners, including Chris Moneymaker and Phil Hellmuth, in an exclusive WSOP winners interview.
WSOP Schedule 2024
The 2024 World Series of Poker runs from Tuesday May 28 through July 17 at Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas.
# | Event Title | Date | Duration | Buy-In |
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1 | Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em | Tue, May 28th 12:00 PM | 3 Days | $ 5,000 |
2 | Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em | Tue, May 28th 2:00 PM | 2 Days | $500 |
3 | WSOP Kickoff No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout | Wed, May 29th 10:00 AM | 2 Days | $500 |
4 | Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed) | Wed, May 29th 2:00 PM | 3 Days | $1,500 |
5A | Mystery Millions – No-Limit Hold’em Flight A | Thu, May 30th 10:00 AM | 3 Days | $1,000 |
6 | Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship | Thu, May 30th 12:00 PM | 3 Days | $25,000 |
7 | Dealers Choice 6-Handed | Fri, May 31st 10:00 AM | 3 Days | $1,500 |
5B | Mystery Millions – No-Limit Hold’em – Flight B | Fri, May 31st 10:00 AM | 3 Days | $1,000 |
8 | Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) | Fri, May 31st 12:00 PM | 3 Days | $5,000 |
9 | Limit Hold’em (8-Handed) (3 day event) | Fri, May 31st 2:00 PM | 3 Days | $1,500 |
5C | Mystery Millions – No-Limit Hold’em – Flight C | Sat, June 1st 10:00 AM | 3 Days | $1,000 |
10 | Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed) | Sat, June 1st 2:00 PM | 4 Days | $10,000 |
5D | Mystery Millions – No-Limit Hold’em – Flight D | Sun, Jun 2nd 10:00 AM | 3 Days | $1,000 |
11 | Badugi | Sun, Jun 2nd 2:00 PM | 3 Days | $1,500 |
12 | 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em | Mon, Jun 3rd 10:00 AM | 3 Days | $1,500 |
13 | Dealers Choice Championship 6-Handed | Mon, Jun 3rd 2:00 PM | 3 Days | $10,000 |
14 | Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em | Tue, Jun 4th 10:00 AM | 1 Day | $1,000 |
How To Enter the 2024 WSOP
Anyone over the age of 21 can enter the World Series of Poker! See below to find out how.
Enter online WSOP Satellites
By winning a series of online tournaments, or even a single satellite tournament, you can make your way to Las Vegas for next to nothing.
With some buy-ins starting from as low as $2, you’ll normally have to advance through three or four stages before claiming a WSOP seat.
Alternatively, you can buy-in for a greater amount at a later stage of the qualifying tournament.
Sites hosting online satellites include WSOP.com and GG Poker (non-US).
Note: Main Event entry is often received in cash, it is your responsibility to buy into the Main Event.
Enter a local WSOP Satellite
Poker rooms and land-based casinos all over America, Canada and even Europe will be teaming up with WSOP to host local qualifying events.
These qualifying tournaments will likely take longer and have higher buy-ins than online satellites – but are still a viable option for players looking to grab a seat at the WSOP.
Direct buy-In
Don’t want to play your way to Vegas? Got $10,000 lying around? Bring it to Vegas and buy directly in to the WSOP 2024 Main Event. Saving yourself from burnout and tiredness so that you’ve got a clear mind when it comes to showtime.
Qualify in Vegas
Short on funds this year? No fear, you can enter a live satellite in Las Vegas.
The WSOP hosts daily tournaments with buy-ins that come in way under the $10,000 Main Event cost. Players earn tournament chips that can be used in any of the WSOP 2024 gold bracelet tournaments.
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Who has won the World Series of Poker?
2022
Espen Jorstad
2022 topped the previous year’s huge numbers, with more than 2,000 additional players creating…
Espen Jorstad
2022 topped the previous year’s huge numbers, with more than 2,000 additional players creating the second biggest-ever tournament field for the Main Event (not to mention an increase of almost $20 million extra dollars in prize money on 2021).
Norway’s Espen Jorstad eventually emerged as the winner, banking $10 million in the process. His duel with Australia’s Adrian Attenborough almost came to an end on the first hand of heads-up play, after Attenborough tanked for a full 19 minutes before folding the losing hand.
The first thing Jorstad did upon winning the event was to ring his mother – his biggest fan.
- 2ND PLACE:Adrian Attenborough
- 3RD PLACE:Michael Duek
- # OF PLAYERS:8,663
- PRIZE POOL:$80,782,475
2021
Koray Aldemir
Following WSOP 2020, which featured an altered format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WSOP…
Koray Aldemir
Following WSOP 2020, which featured an altered format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WSOP 2021 saw the tournament return to normal with a full schedule of 88 live events, plus a further 11 online events.
German Koray Aldemir was the Main Event winner, beating George Holmes at the final table to take the $8,000,000 first prize.
A virtual unknown prior to the tournament, finalist Holmes was dubbed a “Home Game Hero” by many, as the father of two from Alpharetta, Georgia was mainly a recreational player prior to entering.
- 2ND PLACE:George Holmes
- 3RD PLACE:Jack Oliver
- # OF PLAYERS6,650
- PRIZE POOL:$62,011,250
2020
Damian Salas
Originally scheduled to begin on May 26th at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vega…
Damian Salas
Originally scheduled to begin on May 26th at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, WSOP 2020 was initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, WSOP launched the 2020 World Series of Poker Online, hosted between WSOP.com and GGPoker, which started in July and finished in September – with Stoyan Madanzhiev the overall winner.
The following November it was then announced the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event would still be held – with play beginning online in November for international players and December for American players.
Once both tournaments reached the final nine players, final tables were held live in the Czech Republic for international players, and at the Rio for American players.
The winners of both final tables, Damian Salas and Joseph Hebert, then met in a heads-up match at the Rio on January 3rd to determine the champion – with Salas winning.
- 2ND PLACE:Brunno Botteon
- 3RD PLACE:Manuel Ruivo
- # OF PLAYERS:1,379 (GG Poker and WSOP.com combined)
- PRIZE POOL:GG Poker $6,470,400 WSOP.com $6,768,000
2019
Hossein Ensan
The winner of the 2019 WSOP Main Event was Iranian-German poker player Hossein Ensan…
Hossein Ensan
The winner of the 2019 WSOP Main Event was Iranian-German poker player Hossein Ensan, who won a staggering $10,000,000. That’s $1,200,000 more than John Cynn won the previous year, and the most Ensan has ever won by over $9,000,000. Ensan eliminated runner-up Dario Sammartino after a four-hour Heads-up play which lasted 101 hands. The final hand that led him to victory was a pair of kings. This was the largest WSOP Main Event since 2006, and the second largest of all time, with 8,569 players.
- 2ND PLACE:Dario Sammartino
- 3RD PLACE:Alex Livingston
- # OF PLAYERS:8,569
- PRIZE POOL:$80,548,600
2018
John Cynn
After a battle that lasted over 10 hours, John Cynn was declared the winner of the 2018 WSOP Main…
John Cynn
After a battle that lasted over 10 hours, John Cynn was declared the winner of the 2018 WSOP Main Event, beating Tony Miles to the coveted title. Scooping up the $8.8 million prize money, it was clear that it had been a game for the ages, with multiple records set during the event. Having entered the tournament with career earnings of under $1 million, it’s safe to say that Cynn has really stepped up his game.
- 2ND PLACE:Tony Miles
- 3RD PLACE:Michael Dyer
- # OF PLAYERS:7,874
- PRIZE POOL:$74,015,600
2017
Scott Blumenstein
Hailing from Brigantine, New Jersey, Scott Blumstein took this year’s WSOP Main Event…
Scott Blumenstein
Hailing from Brigantine, New Jersey, Scott Blumstein took this year’s WSOP Main Event bracelet. This win saw Blumstein take home a huge $8,150,000, almost a whole 150K more than last year, after beating a staggering 7,221 players to the prize pool. Blumstein’s win was one for the underdogs, similarly unknown like the 2016 winner. Overall, 1,084 players took home winnings from the Main Event.
- 2ND PLACE:Dan Ott
- 3RD PLACE:Benjamin Pollak
- # OF PLAYERS:7,221
- PRIZE POOL:$67,877,400
2016
Qui Nguyen
The 2016 World Series of Poker saw Qui place number one spot from a potential 6,737 players…
Qui Nguyen
The 2016 World Series of Poker saw Qui place number one spot from a potential 6,737 players, a few hundred more than the previous year. Nguyen won the Main Event by heads-up against Gordon Vayo on the final table and walked away with $8,005,310. The top 1,011 players finished in the money this year and saw Vayo take second place with Cliff Josephy coming in third.
- 2ND PLACE:Gordon Vayo
- 3RD PLACE:Cliff Josephy
- # OF PLAYERS:6,737
- PRIZE POOL:$63,327,800
2015
Joe Mckeehen
The 46th annual WSOP event took place in 2015, and it was held at Vegas’s famous Rio All Suite…
Joe Mckeehen
The 46th annual WSOP event took place in 2015, and it was held at Vegas’s famous Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino (just like all the WSOP tournaments in the past 9 years). The event drew 6,420 players, creating a prize pool of a whopping $60,348,000. The top 1,000 players won some money, with all the final table players bringing home at least $1 million each. Joe McKeehen, the first-place winner, won $7,683,346. The second-place winner was Joshua Beckley and he won $4,470,896.
- 2ND PLACE:Joshua Beckley
- 3RD PLACE:Neil Blumenfield
- # OF PLAYERS:6,420
- PRIZE POOL:$60,348,000
2014
Martin Jacobson
Once again held at Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the 2014 WSOP tournament had 6,683…
Martin Jacobson
Once again held at Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the 2014 WSOP tournament had 6,683 entrants and a prize pool of $62,820,200. The first person who got out at the final table (also known as the ninth-place winner) was Mark Newhouse, and he brought home $730,725. The second-place winner was Felix Stephensen, and he brought home $5,147,911. Martin Jacobson placed first and brought home a cool $10 million.
- 2ND PLACE:Felix Stephensen
- 3RD PLACE:Jorrytvan Hoof
- # OF PLAYERS:6,683
- PRIZE POOL:$62,820,200
World Series of Poker FAQs
When is the World Series of Poker?
The 2023 WSOP takes place from Tuesday May 30 through July 18 at Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas.
How does the WSOP work?
The World Series of Poker is made up of 95 live events and 20 online events. The events are in a tournament format, and every player in a given tournament starts with the same number of chips. The winner of each event is the last player standing, who then takes home the prize money and a WSOP bracelet.
Most of the events are variants of Texas Hold’em, however games such as Omaha and Seven-card Stud also feature.
All events have different buy-ins, and the number of entrants can differ, so the prize money will also vary. The winner of the WSOP Main Event will take home millions of dollars, as well as a coveted WSOP bracelet, worth approximately $500,000.
What is the buy-in for WSOP 2023?
Buy-ins for the 2023 World Series of Poker will start as low as $300 and go as high as $250,000. The buy-in for the Main Event is $10,000.
How do I enter WSOP 2023?
You can enter the WSOP in person at Paris Las Vegas, or you can register online by heading to the official WSOP website. You can also win seats via satellites or online qualifiers. Read more about how to enter the World Series of poker.
Where can I find WSOP updates?
We’ll post WSOP news and updates throughout the tournament, so be sure to check out our news page!
Where can I find the WSOP schedule?
We’ve got the current WSOP schedule here on this page. It specifies the event, the date, the duration and the buy-in cost.
Who won WSOP in 2022?
Espen Jorstad won the World Series of Poker in 2022. The Norwegian poker player took away $10,000,000 and the coveted gold bracelet. Check out our full list of previous winners.
What channel is the World Series of Poker on?
The WSOP 2023 will be broadcast on CBS Sports and Poker Go.
How can I get free chips on WSOP?
You’ll need to buy-in or win your seat to get your WSOP chips. However, for some fun, you can download the WSOP social poker app and get free chips just by signing up.
How much does the winner of the WSOP Main Event get?
The winner of the Main Event gets a multi-million-dollar prize and a WSOP bracelet worth up to $500,000. The exact cash prize amount is dependent on the number of players (the more players that join, the higher the prizepool), but 2022’s winner won a staggering $10,000,000.
How much is a World Series of Poker bracelet worth?
These days, a Main Event bracelet is worth approximately $500,000. As an example, the 2016 bracelet featured almost 500g of white and yellow gold, as well as white diamonds, black diamonds and rubies, making it almost 45 carats.
Not all bracelets are worth so much. In 2010, Peter Eastgate sold his bracelet on eBay for $147,500, while Jamie Gold sold his bracelet for $65,725 at auction in 2013. However, they were probably worth a lot more!