The World Series of Poker has revealed the schedule for WSOP Paradise 2026, and the numbers set a new bar for the winter series. Running December 2 through December 17 at the Baha Mar Hotel and Resort in the Bahamas, the festival will spread 20 gold bracelet events across two weeks, up from the 15 bracelets awarded in each of the prior three editions, with a combined $120 million in guaranteed prize money on the line.
A Bigger Field of Bracelet Events
WSOP Paradise has grown quickly since its debut, and the 2026 edition pushes that growth further with five additional bracelet events and guarantees that dwarf earlier years. Buy-ins across the schedule range from $2,500 up to $250,000, giving both grinders and the game’s biggest cash players a reason to make the trip to the Bahamas. The festival opens on December 2 with the $2,500 Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty, carrying a $5 million guarantee, before building toward its headline events in the second week.
The Super Main Event Headlines the Series
The centerpiece remains the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event, a $25,000 buy-in tournament that carries a $50 million guarantee and is set to begin on December 10. Last year’s edition drew 2,891 entries for a $72.3 million prize pool, with Bernhard Binder taking down the title and a $10 million first-place check after defeating Jean-Noel Thorel heads-up. With the guarantee raised again for 2026, organizers are betting that the field will grow even larger this time around.
Alongside the Super Main Event, the $10,000 buy-in GGMillion$ Championship returns as one of the series’ marquee mid-major tournaments, with its guarantee doubled to at least $20 million for 2026. The series also features a trio of ultra-high-stakes events aimed at the game’s elite: a $100,000 Super High Roller in no-limit hold’em with a $10 million guarantee, a $100,000 Super High Roller in pot-limit Omaha guaranteeing $5 million, and a $250,000 invitational carrying a $10 million guarantee of its own. Notably, the 2026 lineup does not include the Triton partnership events that were part of the 2024 and 2025 editions, marking a shift back to a WSOP-only high roller slate.
New Formats and a Crypto Push
Organizers have also added new wrinkles to the schedule for 2026, including additional mixed-game offerings, pot-limit Omaha and no-limit hold’em combination events, and double board bomb pot formats designed to inject more variance and entertainment into late-series action. On the payments side, WSOP Paradise is leaning further into cryptocurrency through a partnership with the Solana Foundation, allowing players to buy into tournaments and cash out winnings using Solana with no processing fees, a first for a live WSOP series of this scale.
For players who cannot make the trip in person, GGPoker’s WSOP Express program continues to offer year-round satellite pathways into the live Bahamas events, a route that has already sent several Brazilian players to WSOP bracelet tables in 2026. Daily coverage of the series is expected to stream on the official WSOP YouTube channel once the festival gets underway in December.
Early Access Packages and Player of the Year Stakes
WSOP Paradise is also offering early-bird stay-and-play packages for players planning ahead. A $100,000 package requires a $5,000 deposit by October 31 and includes a 16-night stay at the resort alongside a minimum $100,000 tournament buy-in commitment, while a $300,000 VIP package asks for a $10,000 deposit by the same deadline in exchange for suite accommodations and additional perks, including SUV airport transfers.
Beyond the prize money, WSOP Paradise 2026 carries extra weight as the closing chapter of the year’s WSOP Player of the Year race, meaning the season-long battle for the POY title will likely be decided at the Baha Mar felts in December. GGPoker global ambassador Daniel Negreanu highlighted the scale of the increase, noting that with $120 million now guaranteed across 20 bracelet events, the stakes at this year’s Paradise series have never been higher for the players chasing both bracelets and the year-end crown.
What It Means for Players Heading to the Bahamas
For recreational and semi-professional players weighing whether to make the trip, the expanded 20-event schedule means more entry points at lower buy-ins than the festival has offered before, while the marquee events still give the game’s biggest names a stage to compete for eight-figure paydays. Anyone new to reading a live tournament schedule can find general format explainers, including how gold bracelet events differ from lower buy-in side events, in Poker Pro Academy’s WSOP guide.
With five months still to go before the doors open at Baha Mar, expect the 20-event schedule to keep shifting slightly as GGPoker finalizes satellite structures and streaming details. What is already clear is that WSOP Paradise has cemented itself as the unofficial closing event of the poker calendar, and 2026’s record guarantees suggest organizers intend to keep it growing.
