The 2025 World Series of Poker tournament schedule was released this past Monday, and poker players around the world have begun building their schedules around the 100 bracelet events. Read all about what new events will premier, which favorites are returning, and everything you need to know about the 2025 Main Event.
Las Vegas, Nevada (February 19, 2025) - Poker players were elated this past Monday as the World Series of Poker team released the full schedule for the 2025 WSOP. The 56th World Series of Poker, the most prestigious and historic tournament series in all of poker, is set to take place at the Horseshoe on the famous Las Vegas Strip from Tuesday, May 27th through Wednesday, July 16th, 2025.
In addition to the popular tournaments that will be returning, some new, innovative additions have already made players excited for this summer’s action.
While all 100 of the scheduled bracelet events are sure to draw major fields and provide players with opportunities to add their names to the history books, as always the $10,000 WSOP Main Event will garner the most attention from all players including the best in the world and pure recreationals.
Whether you plan on firing 70+ tournaments or one lone bracelet event, take a look at some of the highlighted events set to come this summer.
New Tournaments offered at the 2025 WSOP
Event #59 Battle of the Ages No-Limit Hold’em (2-day event) - June 22 - $1,000 buy-in
The most unique tournament format amongst the new additions to the 2025 WSOP schedule, the $1,000 buy-in Battle of the Ages pits the Old School class against poker’s young crushers to see which generation can finish on top.
Flight A of Event #59 can only be entered by players ages 50 and over while Flight B’s field will be comprised exclusively of players below the age of 50.
Surviving players from both flights will combine for Day 2 of the event on Monday, June 23rd, and play down to a winner.
Event #79 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (3-day event) - July 1 - $100,000 buy-in
While the previous WSOP offered a variety of high roller Pot-Limit Omaha events, the stakes get even bigger as the Event #79 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha, featuring a $100,000 buy-in, is sure to draw some of the best PLO players in all of poker.
This 3-day event kicks off on Tuesday, July 1st, and is scheduled to crown a winner on Thursday, July 3rd.
In the $50,000 Pot-Limit High Roller event at last summer’s WSOP, Germany’s Daniel Perkusic scored his first live WSOP cash and bracelet in style. The lone final tablist to not have a WSOP bracelet to his name, Perkusic finished on top of an elite final table that included the likes of Danny Tang and Poker Hall of Fame inductee Brian Rast.
Scoring a whopping $2,100,325 for his efforts, we hope to see Perkusic use a piece of last year’s winnings in the upcoming $100,000 buy-in event.
Event #93 T.O.R.S.E (3-day event) – July 11 - $3,000 buy-in
Mixed game players are sure to enjoy a new spin on this classic format. Swapping out the “H” for a “T”, the $3,000 buy-in T.O.R.S.E. bracelet event, scheduled to start Friday July 11, takes the traditional H.O.R.S.E. structure and replaces Hold’em with Limit 2-7 Triple Draw.
For unfamiliar players, this event shall feature Limit 2-7 Triple Draw along with Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better).
In the $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. Championship at the 2024 WSOP, Russia’s Maksim Pisarenko won his first career WSOP bracelet along with the $399,988 first-place prize.
Familiar Favorites returning to the WSOP
Event #1 Mystery Millions (3-day event) - May 27 - $1,000 buy-in
A popular tournament for players hoping to win big without the need to reach the final table, the Mystery Millions returns to the WSOP as the very first event of the series.
Offering two $1,000,000 mystery bounties that come into play on Day 2 and at least $1,000,000 up top to the eventual winner, thousands are expected to fill the ballrooms of Paris and Horseshoe hoping to pull “the big one”.
During the Mystery Millions at the 2024 WSOP, Ukrainian poker player Valentyn Shabelnyk and
DJ Buckley pulled the two $1,000,000 bounties serving as the luckiest players out of the 18,409 total field.
Not to be outshined by Shabelnyk and Buckley, Australian poker player Malcolm Trayner finished first in the Mystery Millions and took the $1,000,000 top prize back to the Land Down Under.
Event #66 Poker Players Championship (5-day event) - June 24 - $50,000 buy-in
A popular event for many of the WSOP’s best, the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, June 24th.
With seven-handed tables running Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8
or Better, Seven Card Stud, Razz, No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw, No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit
Omaha, Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw, and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, the Poker Player’s Championship is the perfect tournament for the most elite players to showcase their abilities amongst the best competition.
Winning his 7th career WSOP bracelet in last year’s Poker Players Championship, GGPoker ambassador and poker legend Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu took down the acclaimed event along with the $1,178,703 top prize.
Having gone over a decade without adding to his WSOP trophy collection, those in attendance enjoyed witnessing one of poker’s most popular players get the “bracelet monkey” off his back.
Event #67 Gladiators of Poker (3-day event) - June 25 - $300 buy-in ($3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool)
One of the most popular and the lowest buy-in bracelet event offered at the WSOP, the Gladiators of Poker tournament returns giving players an opportunity to win a WSOP bracelet for as little as $300.
Scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 25th, the Gladiators of Poker tournament offers immense value with a $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Out of the staggering 20,647 player field, Stephen Winters was the last gladiator standing as he defeated Simon Britton in the very first hand of heads-up play to win his lone career bracelet and $401,210 in the 2024 Gladiators event.
The World Series of Poker Main Event
The most prestigious poker tournament to ever exist, the World Series of Poker Main Event is set to begin Wednesday, July 2nd and offers four flights.
The 9-10 day tournament has a rich history as old as the World Series of Poker. What started as a vote on who was the best amongst the seven best poker players in 1970 has steadily grown into not only the world’s most important poker tournament but a fixture in gambling culture.
While the WSOP hosts the prestigious tournament every year, only ever so often does a Main Event champion not only take down the title but alter the landscape of poker forever.
Turning a $86 buy-in online satellite into a WSOP Main Event title worth $2,500,000 in 2003, Poker Hall of Fame inductee Chris Moneymaker changed the game of poker forever by igniting a surge in the game’s popularity referred to today as the Poker Boom.
Experiencing an incredible boost in player turnout in the aftermath of Moneymaker’s historic win, the Main Event and the WSOP as a whole have continued to grow in popularity and relevance.
At the 2025 WSOP Main Event, players from all over the world will travel to Las Vegas in hopes of making their own mark on poker history.
In the 2024 WSOP Main Event, Jonathan Tamayo finished on top of a 10,112 player field, the largest field in Main Event history, to win his first career bracelet and $10,000,000.
Who will join Tamayo on the historic list of WSOP Main Event champions? We will have to wait until July to see, but if you have $10,000 and a dream of reaching the peak of poker’s highest mountain, we hope to see you in Las Vegas this summer.