It is that time of year when poker players in America can win World Series of Poker gold bracelets from home…if that home is in one of four states. The fragmented system of online poker in the United States relegates regulation to the states. And while six of them have legalized online poker, only four of them have operators running sites…and Nevada has only one site…and only the WSOP poker site can connect across state lines…and only between New Jersey and Nevada.
It's a hot mess.
However, poker players in the four states – Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan – with WSOP online poker know that it is better than nothing. There are even numerous players who temporarily relocate to or travel to those states to play for bracelets.
With that said, the vast majority of the bracelet opportunities cater to players physically located in Nevada or New Jersey.
Two Schedules for Four States
Let’s be clear. There is one 33-event schedule for players in Nevada and New Jersey, who play at the same WSOP online poker tables. Then there is a six-event schedule – the same schedule for both Michigan and Pennsylvania but not connected. Each state runs its own, but both of them run off of the same schedule.
Action runs through mid-October and is already underway as mid-September approaches.
First, here is the smaller schedule for MI players and PA players:
Pennsylvania / Michigan
Event
Dates
Buy-in
Tournament Description
1
11-Sep
$500
NLHE Monster Stack
2
18-Sep
$365
NLHE
3
25-Sep
$400
NLHE Ultra Deepstack PKO
4
2-Oct
$777
NLHE Lucky 7s
5
9-Oct
$1,500
NLHE
6
16-Oct
$1,000
NLHE Championship
Second, this is the bigger schedule, with 33 tournaments only for those located – no residency requirement needed – in Nevada or New Jersey.
Nevada & New Jersey
Event
Dates
Buy-in
Tournament Description
1
10-Sep
$400
NLHE Series Kick-Off
2
11-Sep
$500
NLHE Monster Stack
3
11-Sep
$3,200
NLHE High Roller
4
13-Sep
$1,000
PLO 6-Max
5
15-Sep
$500
NLHE Turbo Deepstack
6
17-Sep
$800
NLHE Ultra Deepstack
7
18-Sep
$365
NLHE
8
18-Sep
$1,000
NLHE 6-Max
9
20-Sep
$600
NLHE Deepstack Championship
10
22-Sep
$2,500
NLHE
11
24-Sep
$400
PLO 6-Max
12
25-Sep
$400
NLHE Ultra Deepstack
13
25-Sep
$1,000
NLHE
14
27-Sep
$500
NLHE 6-Max
15
29-Sep
$365
NLHE Turbo Deepstack
16
1-Oct
$500
NLHE Deepstack
17
2-Oct
$777
NLHE Lucky 7s
18
2-Oct
$1,000
NLHE Turbo Deepstack
19
4-Oct
$1,500
NLHE
20
6-Oct
$500
NLHE Turbo
21
8-Oct
$600
NLHE 6-Max
22
9-Oct
$500
NLHE Big 500
23
9-Oct
$1,500
NLHE
24
11-Oct
$7,777
NLHE Lucky 7s High Roller
25
12-Oct
$2,000
NLHE 8-Max
26
13-Oct
$3,200
NLHE High Roller 6-Max
27
14-Oct
$500
NLHE Super Turbo
28
15-Oct
$365
NLHE Monster Stack
29
16-Oct
$1,000
NLHE Championship
30
16-Oct
$5,300
NLHE High Roller
31
17-Oct
$600
NLHE Deep Freeze
32
18-Oct
$10,000
NLHE Super High Roller 8-Max
33
18-Oct
$500
NLHE Fall Finale
Mo Bracelets, Mo Bracelets
For those players outside of the United States, there are 33 events playing out on GGPoker in jurisdictions where it is not forbidden.
That WSOP Online series, however, started in mid-August and will wrap on September 26. There are still chances to win a WSOP gold bracelet, however, in these events:
Event
Dates
Buy-in
Tournament Description
20
8-Sep
$888
NLHE Bounty 8-Handed Crazy 8s
21
10-Sep
$500
NLHE Ladies Championship
22
11-Sep
$1,050
NLHE GGMasters High Roller Freezeout ($2M GTD)
23
11-Sep
$400
PLOSSUS ($1M GTD)
24
13-Sep
$2,100
NLHE Bounty Championship
25
15-Sep
$315
NLHE Superstack Turbo Bounty
26
17-Sep
$1,000
NLHE Double Chance
27
18-Sep
$1,500
NLHE Bounty Fifty Stack
28
18-Sep
$400
NLHE COLOSSUS ($3M GTD)
29
20-Sep
$5,000
Short Deck Championship
30
22-Sep
$400
NLHE Bounty 6-Handed
31
24-Sep
$1,050
NLHE Beat the Pros
32
25-Sep
$500
NLHE Closer
33
Sep 25-26
$5,000
NLHE Online Main Event ($20M GTD)
And if that is not enough, poker players can trek over to the Czech Republic in October. King’s Casino in Rozvadov will offer 15 bracelet events, each with a guarantee on its prize pool to total €12M.
