Even though the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) concludes today, poker fans won’t have to wait until next summer for the next bracelet series. The WSOP announced today that WSOP Paradise will return to the Bahamas from December 6 to 19.
“This is one you can’t miss.” Remarked Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador. “We learned a lot in just one year, and everything is going to be bigger and better. A 50 million guarantee in The Bahamas! “Are these guys crazy?”
The festival will include the greatest guarantee in live tournament history, with a $25,000 buy-in no-limit Hold’em championship event with a $50,000,000 guarantee. Online qualifying and tournament promotions for the Super Main Event will commence immediately on GGPoker.
In addition to the Super Main Event, the festival is set to feature several High Roller and Super High Roller tournaments, including the return of a $1,000,000 buy-in tournament. A full schedule is expected later this year.
Who won WSOP Paradise 2023?
Last December, online qualifier Stanislav Zegal won the WSOP Paradise Main Event for $2,000,000.
This is what you call life-changing money,” he told PokerNews after defeating a field of 3,010 competitors, including hundreds of online qualifiers. Other attractions of the WSOP 2023 Paradise event were poker legends and Hall of Hamers. Erik Seidel won his ninth bracelet.
Poker aficionados were treated to nine days of live streaming, including coverage of the Mystery Millions, Super High Roller, and even the $103,000 Ultra High Roller. The festival also included Phil Hellmuth’s memorable entrance as the Greek deity Poseidon.
Overall, the festival was extremely successful, with only one missed guarantee and more than $70 million in prize money distributed.
The winter schedule is once again dominated by a three-way clash. This winter, players will once have to select among three high-profile events on the calendar.
The three festivals begin on consecutive days in the first week of December, with the European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour, and World Series of Poker once again competing.
However, the WSOP is certain that the second edition of WSOP Paradise will be another success story, and they are committed to improving the event experience, with WSOP SVP and Executive Director Ty Stewart stating that last year was no “one-time gimmick.”
“The action we saw during the WSOP summer series is a testament to the health of poker, particularly for high-roller tournaments,” he told us. “We’re thrilled GGPoker has reaffirmed their commitment to building WSOP Paradise through the biggest guarantee in poker history.”
Breaking Records
Last December, the Wynn hosted the greatest guaranteed event in tournament poker, with the WPT World Championship promising at least $40 million in prize money. When registration closed, the prize pool was a few million dollars short, but the WPT kept its word and covered the difference.
The WSOP will break that record with a $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event beginning December 9 and featuring a $50 million guaranteed prize pool. That is the series’ centerpiece, but it is far from the only significant occurrence. Consider the $500,000 buy-in Triton Million, an invitation-only event hosted by Triton Poker, on December 7.
Each recreational player on the field can invite one professional to compete. To participate in the no-limit hold’em super high roller competition, both players must pay $500,000. Professionals cannot enter the tournament unless they get an invitation from a recreational player. Triton will also hold a $100,000 Triton Main Event in the Bahamas on December 7, the seventh gold bracelet event in the WSOP Paradise series.
The warm weather poker festival kicks off December 6 with the $2,500 WSOP Mini Main Event, a $5 million guaranteed tournament. It culminates on December 18 with the $5,000 The Closer – NLH Bounty Turbo. There is one extra tournament scheduled for the last day of the bracelet series – the Super Saver 1M Invitational ($1 million guaranteed), open to bracelet holders who enter the Super Main Event.
The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise schedule has been released, and it contains 15 gold bracelet events, the highest guaranteed poker tournament prize pool ever.
From December 3 to 13, all of the action will take place on Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas. For the second consecutive year, the series will compete directly with the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship festival in Wynn Las Vegas.
