100 Gold Bracelets up for Grabs at World Series of Poker 2026

by Roy Brindley, 19 February 2026

The World Series of Poker returns to the Las Vegas Strip on May 26 with the first of 100 gold bracelet events collectively demanding $1.1 million in buy-ins.

The World Series of Poker’s Thunderdome is where feature events will be played down from a final table to an outright winner. © WSOP

Key Facts:

• Details of the 2026 World Series of Poker have been announced.
• Over the course of seven weeks, 100 gold bracelets will be awarded.
• No major changes, but the average tournament buy-in has risen.
• The WSOP Player of the Year competition is revamped and begins in Europe.

The daily event schedule for the 2026 World Series of Poker has been announced. The 57th edition of what organisers declare to be the “world’s richest and most prestigious poker series” will be played at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas on the Vegas Strip for a fourth successive year.

Action will begin on May 26 with a $550 No-Limit Hold’em Mini Mystery Millions and a $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed. It will conclude on July 15, when the 100th and final gold bracelet event, a $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo, is played down to a winner.

The WSOP says its revamped tournament schedule is “designed to maintain the momentum of 2025’s record-breaking season” when GGPoker ambassador Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi captured the Main Event title and its $10 million top prize.

$1.1 Million Will Buy a Poker Ticket to Everything

The Main Event is the centrepiece of WSOP. This year, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship competition will begin on Thursday, July 2. Play will continue until the final table is reached on July 13.

$250,000 will be needed to buy into the most expensive tournament on the 2026 WSOP calendar: event No.41, the No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller. The competition was on the 2025 roster, yet despite nothing bigger being advertised in 2026, the average buy-in has risen slightly this year.

Whereas 2024’s competitions had an average buy-in cost of $9,817 and 2025’s tournaments averaged at $10,960, the 2026 average buy-in has swollen to $11,020. If you were to play every event on this year’s schedule, over $1.1 million would be needed before re-entries are considered.

World Series of Poker 2026 Highlights

• Event No. 7: $25,000 buy-in Heads Up No-Limit Hold ’em Championship
• Event No.18: $1,500 buy-in Monster Stack No-Limit Hold ’em
• Event No.34: $500 buy-in Colossus No-Limit Hold ’em
• Event No.41: $250,000 buy-in Super High Roller No-Limit Hold ’em
• Event No.47: $25,000 buy-in High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
• Event No.50: $1,500 buy-in Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold ’em
• Event No.53: $1,500 buy-in Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha
• Event No.60: $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship No-Limit Hold ’em
• Event No.63: $1,000 buy-in Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold’em
• Event No.91: $1,500 buy-in Dealer’s Choice ‘Pick Your PLO’

Big Stories and a Player of the Year to Follow

Unveiling 2026’s WSOP tournament schedule, Ty Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of WSOP, said: “As we saw in 2025, thousands of incredible stories are waiting to be told at the World Series of Poker. We’re more committed than ever to being poker’s unquestioned biggest stage and to shining a brighter spotlight on our favourite game.”

Jack Effel, Senior Vice President of Poker Operations at Caesars Entertainment, added. “This summer’s World Series of Poker promises more action and more opportunities to play your favourite events than ever before, from the first ‘Shuffle Up and Deal!’ to the crowning of the Main Event champion.”

In addition to the 100 bracelet events that make up this year’s WSOP, there is a revamped WSOP Player of the Year (POY) competition. It will begin at the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe and award $1 million in prizes. The leaderboard winner will receive a $100,000 WSOP Paradise 2026 package.