World Series of Poker Announces Much Anticipated 2024 WSOP Schedule

The long awaited and much anticipated schedule for the 55th annual World Series of Poker has now been revealed. The series takes place at the linked casinos of the Golden Horseshoe (formerly Ballys) and Paris in Las Vegas from May 28th until July 17th, 2024. 

Building on 2023’s record breaking series, the 2024 schedule includes 99 bracelet events, the most ever awarded in a single series, up from the 95 that were won the previous year. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the full 99 event schedule. 

Overall the schedule is very similar to its predecessor, with a few minor changes and additions. These are the highlights and key takeaways from the announcement:

The 99 event schedule includes a mix of old and new and will be played out on a total of 700 tables, spread across three main tournament rooms. This is the highest number of tables that the series has ever employed and suggests that if the players turn up in big enough numbers, the WSOP will be ready for new records to be set once again.

The traditional favourites are still there of course, including 20 championship events, most with buy-ins of $10,000 or higher. There are also several new events on the itinerary for the first time. The new $10,000 buy-in events include a seniors championship and a Big O championship. 

There is a $1,000 PLO Mystery Bounty, a $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship and for patriots out there, the $800 Independence Day Celebration event will be unmissable. There is however no truth in the rumour that this event will be restricted to US residents only. The only format to suffer is short deck, with none included this year at all.

Some might say that increasing the number of bracelets awarded devalues them, however poker has never been as popular as it is now and participation in the live game has has surely grown by more than the sub 4% year-on-year growth in bracelets being awarded. 

By this stage the field will be small enough to sit all remaining players at once and the event will play out over a further eight days until it reaches its conclusion and the new champion emerges victorious. Here is the main event schedule:

In the old days of the World Series of Poker, the only event that required more than one starting day was the main event. Its grown so much that now multi-day tournaments are a key part of the schedule and this time there are 12 of them, in addition to the main event. 

Many of these are 'marquee' events that take place over weekends with affordable buy-ins, such as the highly popular $400 Colossus and the $300 Gladiator, which is the cheapest bracelet event on the entire schedule. These are the other events on this year's schedule with more than one starting day.

It’s quite a mouthful just to say the name and for sure it will be an explosive tournament. Bomb Pots originated in online cash games, where random hands occur in which all players put a fixed amount into the pot and the flop is dealt out before any further action takes place. This unique format will surely peak the interest of players and could be indicative of further innovations in tournament format in future series.

Each day begins with a $250 NLHold’em at 1pm, followed by a $400 NL Hold’em at 4pm and a $200 NL Hold’em at 8pm. In addition to these fixed daily offerings, there is also a $250 seniors event (for players aged 50+) at 9am on Thursdays and a $250 H.O.R.S.E takes place at 3pm on Mondays.

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