WSOP Paradise 2026: 20 Bracelets, $120M GTD and a $50M Super Main Event

The World Series of Poker has just revealed one of the biggest tournament schedules left on the 2026 calendar.

WSOP Paradise 2026 will run from December 2 through December 17 at its new home, Baha Mar in The Bahamas, with 20 gold bracelet events and $120 million in total guaranteed prize pools.

The headline event is a $25,000 Super Main Event with a $50 million guarantee. But the most interesting part of the announcement is that WSOP Paradise is becoming much bigger overall while reducing the guarantee on its flagship tournament from last year’s $60 million to $50 million.

That is not because the 2025 Super Main struggled.

It did the opposite.

The 2025 edition attracted 2,891 entries, created a $72,275,000 prize pool and paid champion Bernhard Binder $10 million. Yet the 2026 schedule spreads more guaranteed money across the entire festival, including a redesigned $10,000 GGMillion$ Championship with a massive $20 million guarantee.

There is also a $250,000 Invitational, two $100,000 Super High Rollers, more mixed games, more PLO, a $5 million Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty, over 1,000 GGPoker Super Passes and daily free streaming from December 5.

In other words, WSOP Paradise is no longer just one giant Main Event surrounded by high rollers.

It is being built as a full end-of-year WSOP championship series.

This guide covers the complete WSOP Paradise 2026 schedule, every bracelet event, the $50 million Super Main Event, the new $20 million GGMillion$, qualification routes, Circuit winner packages, early-bird hotel offers and the Player of the Year race that will be decided in The Bahamas.

For the other major bracelet series currently running, see our WSOP Online 2026 schedule guide.

WSOP Paradise 2026 Quick Facts

Why WSOP Paradise 2026 Is Such a Big Search Story Right Now

The complete schedule was released on August 20, giving players their first detailed look at the winter series.

The numbers immediately stand out.

$120 million is guaranteed across only 20 bracelet events. That creates an average listed guarantee of $6 million per event, although the distribution is heavily concentrated in the Super Main Event, GGMillion$ and a few other high rollers.

WSOP Paradise also arrives at the end of the new global WSOP Player of the Year season. Results from WSOP Europe and the Las Vegas summer have already created the leaderboard, and Paradise will decide the final champion.

That gives every bracelet event a second storyline beyond the individual trophy.

If you want to follow the rest of the major live calendar before December, use our global poker tournament calendar.

Complete WSOP Paradise 2026 Bracelet Schedule

WSOP notes that structures, side events and satellites will be available through the WSOP Live app and that schedules remain subject to change.

The $50 Million Super Main Event Is Smaller on Paper Than Last Year

This is the most surprising number in the announcement.

The 2026 Super Main Event carries a $50 million guarantee.

In 2025, the guarantee was $60 million.

So WSOP has reduced the advertised guarantee by $10 million, or roughly 16.7%.

Normally, a guarantee reduction might suggest that organizers were worried about missing the previous target.

That explanation does not fit here.

The 2025 tournament crushed its guarantee. A field of 2,891 entries created a $72,275,000 prize pool, more than $12 million above the promised minimum. Bernhard Binder won $10 million.

The 2024 edition tells the opposite story. Its $50 million guarantee needed 2,000 entries to be fully covered, but the final field stopped at 1,978.

So the 2026 guarantee returns to the same $50 million level used in 2024, despite the spectacular growth seen one year later.

Why Would WSOP Reduce a Guarantee After a $72 Million Prize Pool?

Because the overall festival is spreading risk and value across more events.

The Super Main remains enormous, but $50 million is now joined by a $20 million GGMillion$, a $10 million NLH Super High Roller, a $10 million Invitational and several other seven-figure guarantees.

From a series-design perspective, that makes Paradise less dependent on one tournament.

It also gives players more reasons to arrive before the Super Main begins on December 10.

The $10K GGMillion$ May Be the Real Schedule Bombshell

Event #4 could become one of the biggest fields of the festival.

The GGMillion$ NLH Championship now costs $10,000 and guarantees $20 million.

According to the published comparison with 2025, the previous version had a $25,000 buy-in and a $10 million guarantee.

So for 2026:

• The buy-in drops from $25,000 to $10,000.
• The guarantee doubles from $10 million to $20 million.
• The event becomes a multi-day championship instead of a late single-day turbo.

That is an extremely aggressive combination.

A lower buy-in expands the potential player pool, while the larger guarantee creates a reason for satellite qualifiers and professionals to target the event specifically.

Players considering qualifiers should review our poker satellite strategy guide before approaching seat bubbles like ordinary tournaments.

GGPoker Is Sending More Than 1,000 Players to the Super Main

The qualification system is one of the strongest traffic engines behind the Super Main Event.

WSOP says GGPoker will award more than 1,000 $30,000 Super Passes for Paradise.

WSOP Express satellite paths start from as little as $0.50 through a four-step qualification system.

This gives the event two completely different audiences:

High-stakes professionals who can buy in directly for $25,000 and qualifiers whose original investment may be tiny compared with the seat value.

That contrast is one of the reasons giant Main Events can produce unpredictable early tables.

Every 2026 WSOP Circuit Ring Winner Gets a Paradise Package

There is another large group already qualified.

WSOP’s Paradise page says all 1,023 eligible Circuit ring winners are invited with a package that includes:

• A seat in the Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty
• Four nights of accommodation
• Player buffet access

The package is valued at $5,000.

The Circuit Championship itself opens the festival on December 2 and carries a $5 million guarantee.

This is why the current WSOP Super Circuit Canada and other Circuit stops matter beyond the ring itself. Winning a Circuit event can create a direct path into Paradise.

The Mystery Bounty Opener Could Be One of the Best Stories of the Series

Event #1 combines more than 1,000 ring winners with a $5 million guarantee and a Mystery Bounty format.

That creates an unusual field.

These are not random qualifiers. Every player receiving the ring-winner package has already won a WSOP Circuit event during the qualifying season.

Then the mystery bounty structure adds another financial layer once eliminations begin to carry random bounty prizes.

If you are unfamiliar with the format, our Mystery Bounty Poker 2026 guide explains why bounty equity can change an otherwise marginal all-in decision.

WSOP Paradise Is Still a High-Stakes Series

The headline guarantees are huge, but so are the buy-ins.

Three quarters of the announced bracelet events cost at least $10,000.

The schedule includes:

• One $250,000 event
• Two $100,000 events
• Two $50,000 events
• Several $25,000 events
• Multiple $10,000 championships

The cheapest bracelet events are around the $2,500 level.

That is dramatically different from the Las Vegas summer, where players can enter bracelet events for a few hundred dollars.

A player trying to participate broadly in Paradise needs a very large tournament bankroll.

Our poker bankroll guide explains why a huge guarantee should never make an oversized buy-in feel affordable.

There Are More Affordable Options Than Last Year

Although Paradise remains expensive, the new schedule gives more players access to the lower end of the bracelet slate.

Nine of the 20 events are listed at $10,000 or less, compared with only four of 15 in 2025.

That includes:

• Circuit Championship
• $5,000 Big Bet Mix
• $10,000 GGMillion$
• $5,000 Monster Stack
• $10,000 8-Game
• Double Board Bomb Pot PLO
• $10,000 Caribbean COLOSSUS
• $10,000 PLOSSUS
• $5,000 Closer

“Affordable” is relative here, but the structure is broader than the previous version.

Mixed Games Get a Much Bigger Role

Another major shift is the number of non-Hold’em events.

The 2026 schedule includes:

• PLO/NLH Mixed High Roller
• Bahamas Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice
• Single Day PLO High Roller
• PLO Super High Roller
• 8-Game Mix
• 9-Game Mix Championship
• Double Board Bomb Pot PLO
• Paradise PLOSSUS PLO
• PLO High Roller Turbo

This gives specialists far more paths to a bracelet than a schedule dominated almost entirely by No-Limit Hold’em.

If you plan to transition from Hold’em into four-card games, our Pot-Limit Omaha Poker 2026 guide covers the biggest strategic differences.

One Name Is Missing From the Schedule: Triton

Previous editions of WSOP Paradise had a strong Triton Poker presence.

In 2025, six of the 15 bracelet events carried Triton branding.

The newly announced 2026 bracelet schedule does not currently use the Triton name.

That does not prove that no Triton-related activity can appear later, but the absence is notable because the festival’s identity had become closely connected to Triton’s super-high-roller player pool.

The $250,000 Invitational remains, but it appears under WSOP branding in the current schedule.

The $250K Invitational Will Be the Most Expensive Bracelet Event

Event #6 begins on December 5 with a $250,000 buy-in and a $10 million guarantee.

At that price, only 40 entries are needed to generate $10 million in gross buy-ins before fees and cost deductions are considered.

The Invitational format is designed for an elite field and is likely to produce some of the biggest average stack values of the entire series.

For viewers, it may also create some of the most dramatic television hands because every buy-in represents a quarter of a million dollars.

The Player of the Year Race Ends in Paradise

WSOP Paradise is not simply the final bracelet series of the calendar.

It decides the 2026 WSOP Player of the Year.

At the time the schedule was announced, the top three were separated by only 29 points:

That means one deep bracelet run could potentially change the lead.

Daniel Negreanu was also inside the top ten when the schedule was announced. His strong 2026 summer included another bracelet and a seven-figure reported profit, which we covered in our Daniel Negreanu WSOP profit report.

New $100K and $300K Early-Bird Packages

WSOP is also targeting players who already know they will play a large schedule.

Two early-bird hotel packages are available for qualifying high-volume players.

$100K Paradise Package

• 16-night Baha Mar Deluxe Room stay
• Resort fees included
• Minimum $100,000 tournament spend
• Must play GGMillion$ Day 1A
• Must play Super Main Event Day 1A
• $5,000 deposit due by October 31

$300K VIP Package

• 16-night Baha Mar Suite stay
• Resort fees included
• Airport fast track and SUV transfers
• Complimentary buffet access
• Minimum $300,000 tournament spend
• Must play GGMillion$ Day 1A
• Must play Super Main Event Day 1A
• $10,000 deposit due by October 31

WSOP states that the applicable deposit is released after the player satisfies the package requirements. Players who fail to meet the conditions may lose the deposit or be charged for benefits provided.

Baha Mar Is the New Home of WSOP Paradise

The venue has also changed.

Previous WSOP Paradise editions were held at Atlantis Paradise Island. The 2026 festival moves to Baha Mar on Cable Beach in Nassau.

Baha Mar includes Grand Hyatt, SLS and Rosewood properties along with a casino, restaurants, pools, beach access, shopping, golf and entertainment.

This is not a small room change.

The move gives WSOP a new resort ecosystem for a series that expects thousands of international players and a large number of high rollers staying for several weeks.

How to Watch WSOP Paradise 2026

WSOP says live coverage will stream every day from December 5 through December 17.

The scheduled start time is 3 PM Eastern Time.

The official WSOP YouTube channel will carry the broadcasts.

That free streaming strategy is important because Paradise contains several events that would normally sit behind subscription coverage on other poker tours.

Can the Super Main Beat $72 Million Again?

This will become the central question once December arrives.

The 2026 guarantee is $50 million.

But the real benchmark is last year’s $72,275,000 prize pool.

At a $25,000 headline buy-in, the event would need another enormous international field to reproduce that number.

The GGPoker qualification machine will help. More than 1,000 Super Passes can create a large guaranteed base of entries before direct buy-ins and other qualifiers are counted.

Still, 2,891 entries is an extraordinary benchmark.

Reaching the guarantee should be one target.

Matching the 2025 record is something else entirely.

WSOP Paradise 2026 FAQs

When is WSOP Paradise 2026?

WSOP Paradise runs from December 2 through December 17, 2026.

Where is WSOP Paradise 2026?

The festival moves to Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas.

How many bracelets are there?

The schedule contains 20 official WSOP gold bracelet events.

How much is guaranteed across the series?

WSOP has announced $120 million in total guarantees.

How much is the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event?

The Super Main Event has a $25,000 headline buy-in and a $50 million guarantee.

Why did the Super Main guarantee drop?

WSOP has not publicly framed the change as a response to weak demand. The 2025 event exceeded its $60 million guarantee and created a $72.275 million prize pool. The 2026 schedule spreads a larger total guarantee across more bracelet events.

How much is the GGMillion$ Championship?

The GGMillion$ NLH Championship costs $10,000 and guarantees $20 million.

Can I qualify through GGPoker?

Yes. WSOP says GGPoker’s WSOP Express routes begin from $0.50 and more than 1,000 $30,000 Super Passes will be awarded.

Do WSOP Circuit ring winners get a Paradise package?

Eligible Circuit ring winners receive a $5,000 package connected to the Circuit Championship, including tournament entry and accommodation benefits.

What is the cheapest bracelet event?

The lowest listed bracelet buy-ins are around $2,500 for the Circuit Championship and Double Board Bomb Pot PLO event.

What is the most expensive event?

The WSOP Invitational costs $250,000 and carries a $10 million guarantee.

Will WSOP Paradise be streamed?

Yes. WSOP says daily streams will run on its official YouTube channel from December 5 through December 17 at 3 PM ET.

Does WSOP Paradise count for Player of the Year?

Yes. Paradise is the final scoring series and will decide the 2026 WSOP Player of the Year.

Final Verdict

WSOP Paradise 2026 may be the most ambitious complete bracelet schedule left this year.

The headline number is $120 million guaranteed across 20 bracelet events.

The $50 million Super Main Event remains the centerpiece, even after its guarantee dropped from $60 million last year.

But the more important change may be what surrounds it.

A $10,000 GGMillion$ now guarantees $20 million. More mixed games have been added. PLO gets several major events. The $250,000 Invitational returns. Every eligible Circuit ring winner has a reason to travel to The Bahamas. GGPoker plans to distribute more than 1,000 Super Passes. And the Player of the Year race will be decided during the festival.

That makes the series less dependent on one giant tournament and more like a compressed version of the summer WSOP built for high-stakes international players.

The biggest question will not be whether $50 million sounds impressive.

It will be whether the Super Main can once again make its own guarantee look small.

Last year, it turned $60 million promised into more than $72 million played for.

In December, we find out whether Paradise can do it again.