The World Series of Poker is the biggest deal in live poker, or online poker for that matter, captivating the attention of the poker world for seven weeks every summer. It draws in players from all over the world, may of whom will have won their passage into the $10,000 Main Event of the WSOP through online satellites, held at the WSOP’s official online partner, GGPoker. 

Held annually in the city of Las Vegas, this prestigious event features the biggest names in the poker world, including stars of the live and online poker.

You can enter the WSOP through sites like GGPoker, which also runs the online WSOP as well as WSOP Super Circuit events. The Road to Vegas satellite promotion send hundreds of players to the WSOP event year and in 2024 they made it four figures, with over 1,000 players taking their seat in the Main Event via GG Poker’s online satellites.

Also one of the most prestigious global poker tours, which draws many top players to its Main Tour events. The World Poker Tour runs many events per year, including the WPT Prime Tour, which is a mid-stakes poker tour that takes place globally in several locations every year.

The WPT Main Tour features bigger buy-in main events and also takes place at numerous locations around the world, including stops in Asia, Australia, Europe, America and even on the high seas for the WPT Voyage, which first launched itself into deep poker waters in 2024.

The launch of online poker site WPT Global has augmented the live World Poker Tour experience through online satellites to live WPT events.

The highlight of the WPT calendar is the WPT World Championship, which takes place at Wynn Las Vegas in December each year. 

The European Poker Tour is one of the biggest in the World and has been in operation for over 20 years. EPT festivals take place five times a year, with EPT Barcelona being the biggest event of the year. EPT Paris is also a huge festival, as is EPT Prague. Monte Carlo and Cyprus also host EPT events.

There are usually many live satellites included at EPT festivals, held on days leading up to the main event and other keys tournaments.

Online poker sites, such as WPT Global or GGPoker have tournaments running around the clock and several times a year they organise special online poker series, with bigger guarantees than their usual weekly offerings. These series often have hundreds of millions of dollars of guaranteed prize money and award huge first prizes, often in the millions for the biggest events on each series. The WSOP Online is one of the most famous live brands to have also found an online home, with events taking place at GGPoker. New players can use the GGPoker bonus code NEWBONUS when registering for instant access and to claim the poker room's welcome bonus.