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GGPoker has announced the online schedule for the 2026 WSOP, featuring 33 gold bracelets and a total prize pool of hundreds of millions of dollars. The $5,000 Main Event guarantees $25 million, while the $500 Mini Main Event and the $1,500 Millionaire Maker each guarantee $5 million.
GGPoker has announced the online schedule for the 2026 WSOP, featuring 33 gold bracelets and a total prize pool of hundreds of millions of dollars. The $5,000 Main Event guarantees $25 million, while the $500 Mini Main Event and the $1,500 Millionaire Maker each guarantee $5 million.
Less than 24 hours after Lucas Jumalon became the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, online poker giant GGPoker has not stopped the company from announcing the schedule for its 2026 WSOP online music festival.
The 2026 WSOP online tournament will be held from August 16 to September 29, lasting six weeks, and is expected to award 33 coveted WSOP gold bracelets and distribute hundreds of millions of dollars in prize money; the total prize money for the 2025 tournament exceeded $354 million.
Many bracelet events feature impressive guaranteed prize pools, including the $500 Mini Main Event, with a total prize pool guaranteed at $5 million.
Another tournament that guarantees a $5 million prize is the $1,500 Millionaire Maker, where the winner receives at least a $1 million prize. Last year, Swedish superstar Simon Mattsson emerged victorious from a field of 5,920 participants, winning the $1,271,600 prize.
10,000 GMillion With a prize pool of at least 10 million for the $ event, this tournament attracted some of the industry's top poker players. Rodrigo Selouan of Brazil, the defending champion, emerged victorious from a field of 1,483 competitors to win 2,003,850 for the $ event and a WSOP gold bracelet.
In addition, there is the $ 5,000 buy-in Main Event, for which GGPoker has set a guaranteed prize pool of up to 25 million. In 2025, the event paid out 28,314,750 in prize money due to a large field of 5,961 entries. Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle ultimately emerged victorious, winning 3,900,707 in prize money, having just finished eighth in the same event a year earlier.
2026 WSOP Online Bracelet Tournament Schedule
Expand the table below to see the full schedule of the 33 gold bracelet events in the GGPoker 2026 WSOP online tournaments.
| date | Time (UTC) | Tournament | Guaranteed bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 (Sunday) | 6:00 PM | #1: $700 7th WSOP Opening Tournament [Bounty, Final Stage] | $700 |
| Monday, August 17 | 6:00 PM | #2: $300 Gladiators of Poker Day 2 | $3,000,000 |
| August 18 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | #3: $2, 500 Bounty NLH Championship | |
| August 20 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | #4: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot Limit Omaha | |
| August 22 (Saturday) | 6:00 PM | #5: $100 Flip & Go [Go Stage] | $1,000,000 |
| August 23 (Sunday) | 6:00 PM | #6: $1, 500 Monster Chips NLH | |
| August 24 (Monday) | 6:00 PM | #7: $500 Mini Main Event Day 2 | $5,000,000 |
| August 25 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | #8: $5,000 Six-Handed NLH Championship | |
| August 27 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | #9: $600 Super Six Bounty Six-Player Table NLH | |
| August 29 (Saturday) | 6:00 PM | #10: $1,000 Five-card pot-limit Omaha | |
| August 30 (Sunday) | 12:00 noon | #11: ¥800 WSOP Asia Championship | ¥25,000,000 |
| Monday, August 31 | 6:00 PM | #12: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 2 | $5,000,000 |
| September 1 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | #13: $2,500 Fast NLH Championship | |
| September 3 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | #14: $1,500 Super Fast Bounty Pot Limit Omaha | |
| September 6 (Sunday) | 2:00 PM | #15：$1,000 Rounder Cup | |
| 6:00 PM | #16: $500 Deep Stack NLH Tournament | ||
| September 7 (Monday) | 6:00 PM | #17: $2,500 Mysterious Million Tournament | $10,000,000 |
| September 8 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | #18: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | |
| September 10 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | #19: $250 Beat the Pros Bounty NLH | |
| September 12 (Saturday) | 6:00 PM | #20: $600 Super Deep Stack NLH | |
| September 13 (Sunday) | 5:00 PM | #21: $1, 500 GGMasters Frozen Tournament | |
| September 14 (Monday) | 6:00 PM | #22: $400 Colossus Day 2 | $5,000,000 |
| 6:00 PM | #23: £400 PLOSSUS [Bounty, Final Stage] | $2,000,000 | |
| September 15 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | #24: $1,000 Mid-Level NLH Championship | |
| September 17 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | #25: The Big $500 Mystery Bounty NLH | |
| September 19 (Saturday) | 6:00 PM | #26: $1,500 Dual-Opportunity NLHE [2-Stack] | |
| September 20 (Sunday) | 6:00 PM | #27:10,000 GMillion Pot-Limit Omaha | |
| September 21 (Monday) | 6:00 PM | #28: $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event Day 2 | $25,000,000 |
| September 22 (Tuesday) | 6:00 PM | #29: $25,000 High Roller NLH Championship | $25,000 |
| September 24 (Thursday) | 6:00 PM | #30: $5,000 High Roller Bounty PLO | |
| September 26 (Saturday) | 6:00 PM | #31: $10,000 Heads-Up NLH Championship | |
| September 27 (Sunday) | 6:00 PM | #32: $800 The Closer NLH [Bounty Quick Play, Final Stage] | |
| September 28 (Monday) | 6:00 PM | #33:10,000 GMillion Day 2 of the high-stakes tournament | $10,000,000 |
2026 WSOP Online Tournament Promotion Guaranteed to Give Away 1TP, 4T, and 5 Million
GGPoker has reserved $5 million in prize money across three promotional events during the 2026 WSOP online tournament.
$1,000,000 Super Pass Bonus: Each 2026 WSOP Online Bracelet winner will also receive a Super Pass worth $30,000, granting them direct entry to the Super Main Event in December at WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas.
An additional $1,000,000 is reserved for ranked free tournaments. The top ten countries in the final bracelet leaderboard will unlock 10 national free tournaments. The prize pool for these free tournaments will be distributed based on each country's final ranking.
Last but not least, the $3,000,000 Intercontinental Flop Tournament. All GGPoker players are divided into four global regions (Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Eurasia), and after each bracelet event, a special flop tournament will be held for participants from the same region as the champion. The total prize pool can reach a maximum of $250,000 during the 2026 WSOP Online events.
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