WSOP
Complete guide to the World Series of Poker with key dates, tournament schedule how to enter and buy into the WSOP events.
- World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2025
- WSOP 2025 Key Information
- World Series of Poker 2025 Highlights
- World Series of Poker Schedule 2025
- WSOP 2025 Full Bracelet Schedule
- WSOP 2025 Live Streaming
World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2025
The long awaited and much anticipated schedule for the 56th annual World Series of Poker has been revealed. The series will take place at the linked casinos of the Horseshoe (formerly Ballys) and Paris in Las Vegas from May-July 2025.
The 2025 schedule will feature the return of a number of popular events, including the Mystery Millions, Millionaire Maker, and the Senior’s Championship, while new events will also be part of the 2025 World Series of Poker schedule.
For the first time in the history of the live poker series, WSOP comes a total of 100 bracelet events. This marks a milestone for the event post its sale to GGPoker’s parent firm NSUS Group for $500 million in 2024.
WSOP satellites are taking place exclusively at GGPoker.com for players worldwide (outside of the United States).
WSOP 2025 Key Information
WSOP 2025 | Information |
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Dates | May 27 -July 16, 2025 |
Location | Las Vegas Strip, Horseshoe & Paris Casinos |
Bracelet Events | 100 |
Buy-in range | $300-$250,000 |
$10,000 Main Event dates | July 2-16 (Main Event Final Table 15 & 16, 2025) |
World Series of Poker 2025 Highlights
The series takes place at the linked casinos of the Horseshoe (formerly Ballys) and Paris in Las Vegas from May-July 2025.
Overall, the schedule is similar to last year's, with a few minor changes and additions, and for the first time in World Series of Poker history there will be a total of 100 live bracelet events.
Six additional tournaments have been added to the WSOP 2025 schedule. They are:
- T.O.R.S.E. – A modification of H.O.R.S.E., replacing Limit Hold’em with Triple Draw.
- Battle of the Ages – A two-day tournament with separate fields for players above and below 50 years of age.
- New High Roller Events – The line-up now includes a $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed 8-Handed event and a $100,000 PLO tournament.
- Super Turbo Bounty – A $5,000 Super Turbo Bounty NLH tournament has been added which allows re-entry.
- PLO Double Board Bomb Pot – The previous $1,500 Mixed Bomb Pot event (NLHE/PLO) has been converted into a PLO-only format.
Buy-ins for the 2025 WSOP range from $300 to $250,000 and full details of the 2025 WSOP Bracelet Event Schedule are available on this page.
World Series of Poker Schedule 2025
The full 2025 WSOP schedule is now known.
The World Series of Poker 2024 saw a 99 event schedule, including 12 new events, and 2025 will see a total of 100 live events, including the six new tournaments listed above.
To attract a bigger player pool, the WSOP 2025 full schedule sees the number of starting flights for key tournaments increased, with Mystery Millions, Colossus, Monster Stack and the Mini Main Event now offering four to five starting flights.
The series will open with the $1,000 Mystery Millions event and the full WSOP 2025 schedule can be found below.
WSOP 2025 Full Bracelet Schedule
Event Date | Number | Tournament Name |
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May 27, 2025 | 1 | $1,000 Mystery Millions |
May 27, 2025 | 2 | $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em |
May 28, 2025 | 3 | $5,000 Eight Handed No-Limit Hold’em |
May 28, 2025 | 4 | $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed) |
May 29, 2025 | 5 | $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) |
May 29, 2025 | 6 | $1,500 Seven Card Stud |
May 30, 2025 | 7 | $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship - (64 player max) |
May 30, 2025 | 8 | $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed |
May 31, 2025 | 9 | $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed) |
June 1, 2025 | 10 | $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack |
June 1, 2025 | 11 | $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) |
June 1, 2025 | 12 | $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (7-Handed) |
June 2, 2025 | 13 | $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em |
June 2, 2025 | 14 | $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed 8-Handed |
June 2, 2025 | 15 | $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi Lo 8 or Better; "Big O" (7-Handed) |
June 3, 2025 | 16 | $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack (8-Handed) |
June 3, 2025 | 17 | $2,000 No-Limit Holdem |
June 3, 2025 | 18 | $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship |
June 4, 2025 | 19 | $500 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em |
June 4, 2025 | 20 | $1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold'em |
June 4, 2025 | 21 | $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed) |
June 5, 2025 | 22 | $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em |
June 5, 2025 | 23 | $1,500 Badugi |
June 6, 2025 | 24 | $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot (8 handed) |
June 6, 2025 | 25 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship |
June 7, 2025 | 26 | $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed |
June 7, 2025 | 27 | $1,500 Big O (Five Card PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better) |
June 8, 2025 | 28 | $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack (8-Handed) |
June 8, 2025 | 29 | $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em |
June 8, 2025 | 30 | $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (7-Handed) |
June 9, 2025 | 31 | $800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack |
June 9, 2025 | 32 | $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed |
June 9, 2025 | 33 | $1,500 Limit Hold’em (8-Handed) |
June 10, 2025 | 34 | $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em ($500 Bounty) |
June 10, 2025 | 35 | $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em |
June 10, 2025 | 36 | $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed) |
June 11, 2025 | 37 | $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em |
June 11, 2025 | 38 | $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em |
June 11, 2025 | 39 | $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed) |
June 12, 2025 | 40 | $5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em |
June 12, 2025 | 41 | $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship (8 Handed) |
June 13, 2025 | 42 | $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed |
June 13, 2025 | 43 | $1,500 Razz |
June 14, 2025 | 44 | $10,000 Big O Championship (Five Card PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better) |
June 15, 2025 | 45 | $500 SALUTE to Warriors - No-Limit Hold’em |
June 15, 2025 | 46 | $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em |
June 15, 2025 | 47 | $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed) |
June 16, 2025 | 48 | $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship (50+) |
June 16, 2025 | 49 | $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em |
June 16, 2025 | 50 | $10,000 Razz Championship |
June 17, 2025 | 51 | $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) |
June 17, 2025 | 52 | $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem |
June 18, 2025 | 53 | $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em |
June 18, 2025 | 54 | $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) |
June 18, 2025 | 55 | $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (8-Handed) |
June 19, 2025 | 56 | $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (2-7, A-5, Badugi) |
June 20, 2025 | 57 | $50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha |
June 21, 2025 | 58 | $3,000 Nine Game Mix (7-Handed) |
June 22, 2025 | 59 | $1,000 Battle of the Ages: Over 50 (Flight A) / Under 50 (Flight B) No-Limit Hold'em |
June 22, 2025 | 60 | $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold’em |
June 23, 2025 | 61 | $500 No-Limit Holdem Freezeout |
June 23, 2025 | 62 | $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em |
June 23, 2025 | 63 | $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (6-Handed) |
June 24, 2025 | 64 | $1,000 SUPER SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em (60+) |
June 24, 2025 | 65 | $1,000/Team TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold'em |
June 24, 2025 | 66 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship (7-Handed) |
June 25, 2025 | 67 | $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em |
June 25, 2025 | 68 | $3,000 No-Limit Holdem |
June 25, 2025 | 69 | $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better |
June 26, 2025 | 70 | $10,000/$1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship |
June 26, 2025 | 71 | $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship (6-Handed) |
June 27, 2025 | 72 | $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) ($3,000 Bounty) |
June 27, 2025 | 73 | $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed |
June 28, 2025 | 74 | $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (8-Handed) |
June 29, 2025 | 75 | $1,000 MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold’em |
June 29, 2025 | 76 | $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event (6-Handed) |
June 30, 2025 | 77 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship |
July 1, 2025 | 78 | $600 Pokernews Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em |
July 1, 2025 | 79 | $100,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha |
July 2, 2025 | 80 | $800 Summer Celebration No-Limit Hold'em |
July 2, 2025 | 81 | $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship |
July 2, 2025 | 82 | $10,000 Eight Game Mixed 6-Handed Championship |
July 3, 2025 | 83 | $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em |
July 4, 2025 | 84 | $1,000 No-Limit Holdem |
July 6, 2025 | 85 | $600 Ultra Stack - No-limit Hold'em |
July 8, 2025 | 86 | $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha |
July 8, 2025 | 87 | $5,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em ($1,500 Bounty) |
July 9, 2025 | 88 | $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) |
July 9, 2025 | 89 | $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em |
July 10, 2025 | 90 | $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em (7-Handed) |
July 10, 2025 | 91 | $1,500 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha |
July 11, 2025 | 92 | $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (Every HOF'er is a bounty) |
July 11, 2025 | 93 | $3,000 T.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed) |
July 12, 2025 | 94 | $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship |
July 13, 2025 | 95 | $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack |
July 13, 2025 | 96 | $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha |
July 14, 2025 | 97 | $1,500 The Closer - No-Limit Hold’em |
July 14, 2025 | 98 | $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed) |
July 15, 2025 | 99 | $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em |
July 16, 2025 | 100 | $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em |
WSOP 2025 Live Streaming
The World Series of Poker 2025 will again be live streaming online.
Further information will be available in the near future. Check back here for updates.
History of the World Series of Poker
The WSOP was the vision of Benny Binion, who rebranded a downtown Vegas casino as Binion’s Horseshoe in 1951.
The former Dallas gangster always looked for some media attention to bring in gamblers and believed a high-stakes poker game featuring some of the best players in the country could do just that.
That first event brought in only a handful of players, many from Texas, including poker legends like Doyle Brunson, Johnny Moss, and Amarillo Slim Preston.
That initial WSOP didn’t even feature a tournament. Those in attendance played cash games in various formats with the players voting Moss as the best all-around player.
A Texas Hold’em tournament format became the norm the next year and Moss won again. In 1972, the main tournament buy-in (now known as the Main Event) was set at $10,000, and still carries this price point today.
Amarillo Slim took the title and several appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson followed. Seen as a seedy game at the time by many, Slim’s humorous stories gave a unique insight into the game and some nice media attention.
Early Growth
The series continued to grow in the coming years with increasing numbers of players and additional side events growing the festival’s schedule. In 1976, Binion added what has become the best-known trophy in poker with gold bracelets handed out to winners.
As of 2023, Phil Hellmuth remained at the top of the bracelet standings with 16. He became the youngest player to ever win the Main Event at the time when he took down the tournament in 1989 for $755,000. He now has $16.8 million in WSOP winnings.
“It was an amazing feeling,” Jellmuth said of his own win. “My dad flew out to support me, just on the chance that I won it. It was the first time he ever attended any tournament. Embracing him after winning the 1989 WSOP was one of the sweetest moments of my life. Winning the Main Event was my number one life goal. Luckily, I pulled it off early in my career.”
The series continued to grow both in number of players and events in the coming years. By 1991 the Main Event payout topped $1 million for the first time, remaining so for about a decade. With the popularity of online poker and televised poker, however, the series exploded in the 2000s.
Television & Online Poker Grow The Game
The World Poker Tour debuted on the Travel Channel in March 2003, allowing viewers to see players’ hole cards for the first time and to see how they played. Tournament entries ballooned and online poker also saw massive growth.
Then in May 2003, Chris Moneymaker won an online satellite and went on to win the Main Event for the bracelet and $2.5 million. With a media-friendly perfect surname, Moneymaker proved an amateur could conquer the pros – inspiring poker fans around the world.
The boom continued in the 2000s with massive tournament fields throughout the world and WSOP broadcasts on ESPN drawing major ratings numbers. In 2004, Harrah's Entertainment (now Caesars Entertainment) purchased the rights to the WSOP and moved the series to Rio.
In 2006, Jaime Gold won the Main Event for $12 million. This remains the largest Main Event in series history, attracting 8,773 entries for an $82.5 million prize pool. The WSOP also began moving beyond its Sin City roots with smaller circuits and events played out all over the world.
Recent years have seen a poker resurgence with live streaming on sites like Twitch, YouTube, and PokerGO continuing to grow the game. Online poker continues to see massive numbers in the wake of= the pandemic.
This has all benefited the WSOP and organizers are using promotions like “Main Event Mania” and “Main Event for Life” in hopes of setting a new record in 2023.
Caesars Sells WSOP Brand to GGPoker
After the 2024 WSOP, Caesars Entertainment announced it had agreed to sell the World Series of Poker brand to NSUS Group, the powerhouse behind GGPoker, for a landmark $500 million.
Despite the sale, Caesars isn't stepping away from the WSOP with the gaming giant retains the right to host the iconic WSOP summer series on the Las Vegas Strip for the next 20 years.
Caesars also continue to brand its brick-and-mortar poker rooms with the WSOP name and hold exclusive rights to host live WSOP Circuit events.
Key WSOP Players & Winners
Many legends of poker have reached the winner’s circle in the WSOP Main Event and in other key tournaments. Here’s a look at just a few who stand out.
Johnny Moss
This Texan won the first two Main Event in 1970 and ‘71 then went on to win the title again in 1974. In total, he won nine bracelets and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979. The lifelong poker player passed away in 1979.
"Amarillo Slim" Preston, Jr.
This Texan won the Main Event in 1972 and helped poker earn some of its earliest media attention with his humorous stories on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Doyle Brunson
The winner of the Main Event in 1976 and ‘77, Brunson remains one of the most respected players in poker. Even into his 80s, the Texan plays some of the biggest cash games in the world. He has a total of 10 WSOP bracelets as well as remains the oldest player ever to win a WOPT title. In 1979, the Hall of Famer also authored Super/System. Many consider the book to be the authoritative to modern poker strategy.
Jack “TreeTop” Straus
Another Texan, Straus won the 1982 Main Event after being down to a single chip at one point. His comeback victory gave rise to the popular poker saying, “All you need is a chip and a chair.”
Stu Ungar
After the series was dominated by Texans and southerners in the early days, New Yorker Ungar emerged as the winner of the Main Event in 1980 and ‘81. A gifted card player, many credit Ungar as being one of the best players in history. He became one of only two players, along with Moss, to win the Main Event for a third time in 1997. However in November 1998, Ungar was found dead in a Las Vegas motel room. His death was attributed to a heart condition after years of drug abuse.
Johnny Chan
This card-playing savant originally from China, who later emigrated to Houston, Texas, became known as “The Orient Express” after winning back-to-0backl Main Event titles in 1987 and ‘88.. He came close to claiming three in a row, but lost in a heads-up battle with Phil Hellmuth in 1989. Chan made a memorable cameo in the poker Rounders in 1998. He is tied with Brunson and Phil Ivey in WSOP bracelets with 10.
Chris Moneymaker
His everyman story of winning the 2003 in front of ESPN cameras after winning a seta on PokerStars helped spark the poker boom of the 2000s. Average Joe players around the world now dreamed of getting in the action. Online poker surged as well.
Jamie Gold
Winner of the 2006 Main Event, which remains the largest in history. The Los Angeles-based talent agent and television producer took down the tournament for $12 million. The tournament field saw 8,773 players for an $82,5 million.
World Series of Poker FAQS
What is the WSOP?
The World Series of Poker is the biggest and most prestigious annual live poker event in the world
Where does the WSOP take place?
The WSOP is held every summer, from late May to mid July at the linked venues of the Horseshoe Casino and Paris Casino at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip
How much will the WSOP Main Event Champion win?
The prize money awarded at the WSOP main event depends on how many players enter the tournament. Based on previous years the 2024 WSOP Main Event winner can expect to cash for at least $12m.
Where can I qualify for the WSOP?
GG Poker is the home of online satellites to the WSOP