WSOP 2025 Schedule Revealed: Six New Tournaments Among 100 Bracelet Events

The wait is over! Organizers have unveiled the World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) 2025 schedule, marking a historic milestone with 100 dwell bracelet occasions for the primary time ever – a becoming announcement provided that WSOP simply kicked off its 100-day countdown yesterday.

With round three months to go, gamers can now begin mapping out their event plans. The WSOP 2025 collection kicks off on Could 27, returning to the Las Vegas Strip at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for the fourth consecutive yr.

Operating for eight weeks till July 16, the schedule is as soon as once more headlined by the celebrated Major Occasion, which begins on July 2 and options 4 beginning flights by July 5. Final yr’s WSOP collection set a number of information, together with the most important Major Occasion which noticed 10,112 gamers battling for a $94 million prize pool. In whole, over $435 million was awarded throughout 99 occasions.

However this yr’s schedule comes with added significance as it will likely be the primary WSOP below the possession of GGPoker, which acquired the model final yr. Regardless of the change on the high, the general construction stays acquainted, with most occasions getting back from earlier years.

WSOP 2025: Key Highlights

Runs from Could 27 to July 16
100 dwell bracelet occasions
Purchase-ins vary from $300 to $250,000
Half a dozen new occasions added
Match of Champions excluded once more
Fewer freezeouts this yr
Additional flights for standard occasions
Colossus buy-in set at $500
Landmark Mega Satellites return
On-line bracelet schedule to be introduced later

For the primary time, the WSOP will function 100 dwell bracelet occasions, making it the most important collection in historical past, surpassing final yr’s whole by one. The lineup contains a mixture of returning favorites and thrilling new additions, promising a good stronger schedule than earlier than. Nevertheless, on-line bracelet occasions haven’t but been introduced, although they’re anticipated to return alongside the dwell occasions, with an announcement anticipated to come back at a later date.

Notably absent as soon as once more is the Match of Champions (TOC), which gained’t be a part of the Las Vegas collection. The official announcement makes no point out of this yr’s TOC, although it’s more likely to return simply earlier than the collection kicks off, because it did final yr.

There’s additionally no point out of the WSOP Plus app within the press launch, leaving its necessary use for registrations and funds unsure for now. PokerGO will proceed to offer broadcast protection of the collection, with a full schedule to be introduced later.

“We had hoped to proceed to interrupt information final yr, and we did – the WSOP Major Occasion was greater than ever,” stated Ty Stewart, Chief Govt Officer of WSOP within the press launch. “In 2025, the WSOP schedule is healthier once more, with one thing for everybody who loves the sport. There’s nothing like summer time in Las Vegas and we’re able to welcome gamers to the largest and finest WSOP of all time!”

WSOP 2025 Schedule Particulars

The 2025 WSOP schedule brings a lot to digest, with a mixture of acquainted favorites, contemporary additions, and notable changes. Whereas most tournaments from final yr return, a number of have been shifted to completely different slots, with some occasions scheduled earlier within the collection and others pushed again.

The collection kicks off with the favored Thriller Thousands and thousands, returning with a $1000 buy-in and 5 beginning flights working till Could 31.

Although the general lineup mirrors final yr’s, there are just a few contemporary occasions making their debut. These embrace TORSE, a twist on HORSE that replaces Restrict Maintain’em with Triple Draw, and the Battle of the Ages, which splits gamers into two tournaments primarily based on age—one for these over 50 and one other for these below 50.

Excessive rollers will even see new choices, together with a $100,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha occasion and a $25,000 Excessive Curler PLO/NLH Blended 8-Handed. The collection additionally welcomes a $5,000 Tremendous Turbo Bounty No-Restrict Maintain’em, whereas the $1,500 Blended Bomb Pot Double occasion launched final yr has been reworked right into a PLO-only format, with No-Restrict Maintain’em eliminated.

Not each occasion made the minimize this time. Flip & Go by GGPoker, which had been a fixture since 2021, has been dropped from the schedule. The Champions Reunion Freezeout has additionally been eliminated, as has the $3,000 HORSE, with the latter successfully changed by the brand new TORSE occasion.

The standard $500 On line casino Workers Occasion is now referred to as Trade Workers, broadening its definition to incorporate extra gamers within the event. The Independence Day Celebration NLHE occasion has been renamed Summer time Celebration, retaining its $800 buy-in and flight construction, although it has now turn into a two-day occasion as an alternative of three.

In the meantime, the $500 WSOP Kickoff NLH freezeout has been renamed to easily $500 NLH Freezeout and shifted to a later date, with blind ranges barely adjusted from 11 minutes to 12 minutes. Notably, Colossus sees a worth enhance from $400 to $500, together with a bigger beginning stack.

WSOP 2025 New Occasions

As anticipated, all main Championship occasions return, together with the $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship with a slight tweak to ranges, permitting for an extended late registration interval. Different Championship occasions reminiscent of $3000 Mid-Stakes and Eight Recreation additionally make a return together with numerous different variants.

There’s as soon as once more a robust concentrate on standard low buy-in tournaments, with additional flights added for Thriller Thousands and thousands, Colossus, Monster Stack, and the Mini Major Occasion to accommodate bigger participant fields.

There are noticeably fewer freezeouts this yr, with a number of occasions that had been beforehand performed as freezeouts now permitting re-entries. Match buildings have been tweaked, with changes to blind ranges and late registration intervals. A number of occasions have been moved to completely different slots throughout the collection, and event charges have elevated in numerous buy-in tiers, notably for prime curler occasions.

The value factors stay unchanged from final yr, starting from $300 to $25,000. Nevertheless, the typical buy-in throughout the collection has elevated.

Whereas most tournaments don’t function assured prize swimming pools, there are exceptions, such because the Gladiators of Poker NLH, which affords a $3 million assured prize pool. Occasions just like the Millionaire Maker and Thriller Thousands and thousands don’t assure prize swimming pools however guarantee a $1 million first-place payout. Equally, Fortunate 7’s ensures a $777,777 payout to the winner.

GGPoker, the brand new house owners of WSOP, will as soon as once more function the unique worldwide satellite tv for pc associate, having despatched over 1,100 gamers to final yr’s Major Occasion by on-line qualifiers. In the meantime, WSOP On-line has already began working on-line satellites for US gamers, making certain that extra gamers can safe their seats to poker’s largest stage.

“GGPoker’s Highway To Vegas permits poker fans everywhere in the world to make their technique to Las Vegas and comply with within the footsteps of their poker heroes by taking intention at WSOP gold. Be a part of us in 2025!” stated Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker International ambassador.

Earlier than the dwell occasions kick-off, the favored Landmark Mega Satellites can be in full swing, permitting gamers to build up a set quantity of chips for an opportunity to win entry into a few of the most sought-after occasions.

Constructions for every occasion can be obtainable quickly, alongside the Each day Deepstack tournaments with buy-ins from $200 to $400, aspect occasions, money video games, and satellites spanning eight weeks.