2026 Fall WSOP Online Festival Returns With 33 US Bracelets

Gold poker bracelet with poker chips and an online poker table representing the 2026 WSOP Online Fall Festival.

By Sandra Gaweda | September 30, 2026 | 5 min read

The 2026 Fall WSOP Online Poker Festival runs September 27 through November 10, with 33 bracelets shared across Nevada, New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Buy-ins range from $333 to $3,200, and the average buy-in has fallen to $758, down from $831 in 2025.
Mystery Bounty events dominate the schedule, led by the $1,000 Mystery Bounty Championship on October 18 with a $350,000 guarantee.
The 888 software agreement expires this year, potentially making this the last major bracelet series on WSOP Online’s current platform.

WSOP Online’s US bracelet series is back for a fifth year. The 2026 Fall WSOP Online Poker Festival runs from September 27 through November 10. The series awards 33 gold bracelets, the World Series of Poker’s top prize. Players can compete for those bracelets in four states: Nevada, New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania. WSOP Online combines players from all four states into one shared pool.

According to Betting News and Poker.org, that shared network gives regulated US players a bigger, combined field to compete in. Betting News lists $2.2 million in combined guarantees across the series’ eight Mystery Bounty bracelet events. Gambling.com separately reports Caesars is highlighting more than $3 million in combined guarantees across its Championship events. Event #1, a No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty with a $300,000 guarantee, opens the festival on September 27.

What’s On The 2026 Fall WSOP Online Schedule

Caesars, which operates WSOP Online in the US under license from WSOP owner NSUS Group, released the full domestic schedule for all four states, per Gambling.com. The 33 bracelet events feed off a single shared player pool, an arrangement built on state-by-state agreements that let regulated markets combine liquidity. You can read how those four states share online poker traffic and how the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement works. Pennsylvania is the newest addition, having joined the shared network in 2025.

Liquidity simply means the number of players available to fill games and tournaments. A bigger pool supports larger fields, bigger prize pools and more events. That is why the four-state network matters for a bracelet series of this size.

Mystery Bounty Takes Over The WSOP Online Bracelet Series

The biggest structural change this year is the rise of Mystery Bounty events. In a Mystery Bounty format, you knock out an opponent and then draw a random, hidden cash prize. Busting a single player can be worth far more than the buy-in. Betting News reports eight Mystery Bounty bracelet events this fall, up from six in 2025, with individual guarantees between $200,000 and $350,000.

The headline event is the $1,000 Mystery Bounty Championship on October 18. Its $350,000 guarantee is the largest among the bounty events. Organizers also converted Event #23, the returning Crazy 8’s, into a Mystery Bounty. It has an $888 buy-in and a $250,000 guarantee. Betting News notes the schedule also dropped a 2025 Freezeout bracelet event. This standard format has no rebuys or bounties. The schedule also includes fewer progressive knockout (PKO) events. Each knockout increases the bounty on your own head as you advance.

Buy-Ins Keep Falling At WSOP Online

The series is getting cheaper to enter. Betting News reports the average buy-in has dropped to $758 in 2026. That is down from $831 in 2025 and $1,565 in 2022. Buy-ins now range from $333 to $3,200. This year features one $3,200 event, compared with two High Roller events in 2025.

For a player deciding where to spend a bankroll, that shift matters. A schedule anchored around buy-ins near $758 gives recreational players in the four states more realistic shots at a bracelet. That marks a shift away from the high-roller-heavy lineups of previous years.

PLO And The Championship Events

Betting News lists three Pot-Limit Omaha events. In this variant, each player receives four hole cards and must use exactly two:

Event #9, a $500 PLO 6-Max on October 8.
Event #19, a $400 PLOSSUS 6-Max on October 24.
Event #21, a $500 PLO Mystery Bounty with a $200,000 guarantee.

The late schedule builds toward its biggest tickets. The $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Online Championship runs on November 1. The $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Championship follows on November 8. The $500 No-Limit Hold’em Fall Saver closes the series on November 10.

The $1 Million Paradise Parlay

Every 2026 WSOP Online bracelet winner and final tablist qualifies for the $1 million Paradise Parlay, according to Betting News. The promotion pays eligible players from $500 up to $500,000 based on their WSOP Paradise participation and results in December. Betting News notes that organizers have not re-announced the free Paradise packages offered to winners in prior years for 2026.

Why WSOP Online Could Move On From 888 After This Series

There is an industry subplot behind the schedule. WSOP Online uses 888poker-powered software under an agreement that expires this year, with no confirmed extension, per Betting News. PokerTube reports the arrangement dates back to 2013, with the companies last renewing it for five years in 2021.

Caesars operates WSOP Online in the US under license from NSUS Group. Gambling.com quotes Caesars Digital VP of Online Poker Danielle Barille in its coverage of the schedule. With the software deal winding down, this fall could be the final major bracelet series on the existing 888-powered platform. Neither Caesars nor NSUS Group has confirmed a new platform, leaving any potential change unresolved for now.

What This Means For US Players

Players in Nevada, New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania can compete in seven weeks of legal bracelet events. The action takes place on a regulated, shared-liquidity network. Lower buy-ins and Mystery Bounty formats make up much of the schedule. WSOP Online only accepts players in the four states where it operates legally, so players outside those markets cannot enter.

Keep an eye on the platform question too, because a software change could reshape how future series run. You can also check out the latest poker freerolls and bonuses available to US players.

Sandra is a content writer and editor specializing in online poker and iGaming. She covers poker sites, game formats, industry news, and US online poker laws for Legal US Poker Sites.