100 Bracelets, 60 Days: The WSOP 2026 Schedule Is Here

• A $1 million POY prize pool and a stacked high-roller calendar give the summer extra stakes beyond the Main Event itself.
• Players can enter at various price points, with online satellites offering a cheaper path in for those who cannot make the trip to Las Vegas.
• The Main Event final table gets set July 13, but when those last players come back to finish is still up in the air, with the WSOP pointing toward a delayed finish.

LAS VEGAS – The World Series of Poker put out its complete summer schedule for 2026 this week, slating 100 bracelet events across Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. With 60 days of tournament poker on the books from May 26 through July 25, players have nearly two full months of action waiting for them on the Las Vegas Strip.

With the brand-new Mini Mystery Millions, a $550 buy-in event with a $1 million mystery bounty guarantee, the series will debut on May 26. Due to the reduced buy-in, this year's field may be even larger than the Mystery Millions, which attracted almost 20,000 entries at double the price last year. By concealing the reward amount on each player's head until they are eliminated, the format adds an additional level of action to the typical tournament gameplay.

Over the Fourth of July weekend, the Main Event will begin on July 2 with four opening flights and continue until July 13 when the final table is set. When the remaining players will return to complete the match has not yet been verified by the WSOP.

Indications suggest that the final table will be postponed rather than played out right away, a structure the WSOP employed under the November Nine format for over ten years beginning in 2008. The event would have a far longer buildup and media window under that arrangement, with the last nine players returning months later to complete the tournament.

For as little as $0.50, players in states with poker that are legal can sign up for the GGPoker satellite system in order to be eligible to play online. The procedure is one of the more accessible routes to the largest event of the year, with each of its four phases leading to a $10,000 Main Event entrance.

The $50,000 Poker Players Championship, a five-day multi-format event, on June 21 and the $250,000 Super High Roller on June 13 are the highlights of the high roller calendar. Shaun Deeb enters as the defending Player of the Year with $1 million in total POY prize money now on the line.

Before the first hand is dealt in July, sportsbooks will likely set futures lines on the Main Event and other major tournaments for those following the series through Nevada poker sites.

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