The complete schedule for this summer’s 2022 World Series of Poker has been announced. The series will contain 88 live gold bracelet tournaments to be held at its new home on the Las Vegas Strip of Bally’s (soon to be Horseshoe) and Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino plus another 14 online events for players in regulated states.
“This year is particularly historic for the WSOP with its move to the heart of the Las Vegas Strip and debut in the best facilities we’ve ever had,” said Ty Stewart, the WSOP’s Executive Director. “We’re ready to welcome players from all over the world to our housewarming party at Bally’s, soon-to-be Horseshoe, and Paris. The schedule is jam-packed with first-class events and we expect this to be the biggest and most anticipated WSOP yet.”
The series is anchored by “The Main Event”, the $10,000 event – generally considered to be the ultimate tournament of any calendar year – returns to its traditional time slot around the 4th of July holiday. There are four starting flights from July 3-6 with the final table taking place over the course of two days on Friday, July 15th and Saturday, July 16.
One of the biggest tournaments on the schedule will be “The Housewarming”. In the footsteps of 2019’s “The Big 50” and last year’s “The Reunion”, “The Housewarming” welcomes players to the WSOP’s new home on the Las Vegas Strip with a $500 buy-in bracelet event. With four starting flights spread out over the opening weekend and a $5 million guarantee, this event will be a target event for all recreational players looking to check out the new layout between Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
There are plenty of new offerings for the new era, however, plenty of old marquee favorite events are returning to the schedule. The Monster Stack, Millionaire Maker, Colossus, and The Closer all headline weekends during the series in an effort to bring out weekend warriors.
Bounties events are well represented including the featured bounty event, the Million Dollar Bounty. This event, which was originally conceived by the WSOP in 2020, is finally going to happen. It comes with a $1,000 buy-in and gives players four starting flights in an effort to make Day 2. That’s when the bounties begin to pile up with a mystery bounty being awarded for every player KO’d and a top bounty prize of $1 million.
High rollers have plenty to look forward to as well with 28 events (including Championship events) posting a buy-in of $10,000 or more. There’s a $100,000 High Roller Bounty on the very first day of the series, plus the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship, a mid-series $100K, and a $250,000 Super High Roller on June 23 among other events.
2022 WSOP Live Schedule of Events
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The move to The Strip includes all of the convention space from both Paris Las Vegas and the soon-to-be renamed Bally’s. According to the WSOP, it will have 200,000 square feet of space and roughly 600 poker tables of action.
Live coverage of the action will be handled by CBS Sports and PokerGO with 18 gold bracelet events covered and a minimum of 15 hours of start-to-finish Main Event coverage.
WSOP Online bracelet events are back as well with 14 in total., Players in Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to battle for bracelets from the comfort of their homes. There are online events every Sunday throughout the series plus three “Double Up Bracelet Days”. Check out the WSOP Online bracelet schedule below.
2022 WSOP Online Events
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In addition to all of the bracelet events, the popular Daily Deepstacks will also be available. Most days at 2 pm, 5 pm, and 9 pm in the Paris Ballroom.
COVID-19/Vaccination Note
This year the World Series of Poker’s COVID policy will reflect local, state and CDC guidelines. There will be no proof of vaccination requirement, and currently there is no mask mandate in effect.
“Players will be accountable to follow CDC guidelines appropriate to them as individuals.”