2024 WPT World Championship Full Schedule Revealed with Unprecedented $5 Million Freeroll

One of the most anticipated poker festivals of the year for live tournament players returns in December: the 2024 WPT World Championship. The festival will run from December 3-23 at Wynn in Las Vegas and will feature a whopping 60 events with a combined more than $15M guaranteed in prizes across all of them.

These festival’s schedule is highlighted by a number of marquee events, including:

  • WPT Prime Championship: December 8-14. Buy-In: $1,100. Guarantee: $5,000,000
  • ClubWPT Gold Invitational Freeroll: December 13-15. Guarantee: $5,000,000
  • WPT World Championship: December 14-21. Buy-In: $10,400
  • Ladies Championship: December 14-15. Buy-In: $1,100. Guarantee: $250,000
  • Seniors Championship: December 18-19. Buy-In: $1,100. Guarantee: $500,000

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“We have crafted an incredible schedule for this year’s World Championship, featuring more than 60 tournaments and satellites,” said Ryan Beauregard, Executive Director of Poker Operations at Wynn Las Vegas. “I’m confident that the loyal fanbase of Wynn Las Vegas and WPT, as well as more than 500 qualifiers and satellite winners, will make the 2024 WPT World Championship another rousing success.”

The Largest Freeroll in Poker History: $5 Million Up for Grabs

While the $10K WPT World Championship event remains the festival’s crown jewel, the World Poker Tour’s huge new addition to the 2024 schedule is the ClubWPT Gold Invitational Freeroll, which will carry a guaranteed prize pool of $5 million, of which $1 million will be guaranteed to the event’s winner. In addition, 100 players in the freeroll will win themselves an entry to the $10K WPT World Championship.

“Our return to Wynn Las Vegas this December is equipped with another monumental investment into the development and growth of not only the WPT World Championship, but the poker industry as a whole,” said WPT CEO and President Adam Pliska. “In celebration of the launch of ClubWPT Gold, we’re aiming for another first for the poker world with the largest freeroll ever offered.”

ClubWPT Gold

ClubWPT Gold is a new online poker product that will operate on a sweepstakes-based platform, similar to ClubWPT, legally serving most of the U.S. and Canada. ClubWPT Gold will allow members to play poker games against others by utilizing the platform’s Gold Coins, virtual coins with no monetary value. Sweeps Coins can be obtained through various promotional methods, including a free mode of entry, and may be redeemed for cash and prizes.

To be eligible for a seat in the $5 million freeroll, players must first sign up to become a ClubWPT Gold member through ClubWPTGold.com anytime between now and December 13. That will give you the chance to potentially win a “Golden Passport”, 2,000 of which ClubWPT Gold and company ambassadors will be awarding through a variety of online promotions, contests and giveaways that will be announced over the next few weeks.

ClubWPT Gold Homepage

The 2024 WPT World Championship

The 2024 WPT World Championship will kick off on Saturday, December 14 with three initial starting days and the survivors returning to play on Day 2 on Tuesday, December 17. Players can enter each starting flight a single time. The grand finale will be livestreamed and filmed for television on December 21.

Schedule: 

  • Day 1A: Saturday, December 14 at 11 AM
  • Day 1B: Sunday, December 15 at 11 AM
  • Day 1C: Monday, December 16 at 11 AM
  • Day 2: Tuesday, December 17 at 12 PM
  • Day 3: Wednesday, December 18 at 12 PM
  • Day 4: Thursday, December 19 at 12 PM
  • Day 5: Friday, December 20 at 12 PM
  • Day 6: Saturday, December 21 at 4 PM (TV final table)

Structure: 

  • Buy-In: $10,400
  • Starting Stack: 100,000
  • Blind levels: 60 minutes on Day 1 and 90 minutes on Days 2, 3, 4 and 5
  • Payouts: 12.5%

2024 WPT World Championship

Live and Online Satellites to the WPT World Championship

Those looking to play in the WPT World Championship who don’t have a $10K buy-in handy can take advantage of a variety of satellites opportunities both live and online. The online satellites the will be held on WPT Global will feature a Step format with different buy-ins. The satellite with the highest buy-in costs $1,060 and awards its winners packages worth $12,400 that include entry to the 2024 WPT World Championship and $2K for travel expenses. Plus, there are plenty of satellite opportunities available for ClubWPT members, with more to be announced in the coming months as well.

A number of live satellites will be played at the Wynn on these dates, with about 250 total seats guaranteed:

  • Friday, December 6 at 3 PM: $1,600 buy-in with 10 guaranteed $15K packages
  • Tuesday, December 10 at 7:30 PM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 25 guaranteed seats
  • Wednesday, December 11 at 9 PM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 10 guaranteed seats
  • Thursday, December 12 at 3 PM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 75 guaranteed seats
  • Thursday, December 12 at 9 PM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 10 guaranteed seats
  • Friday, December 13 at 3 PM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 25 guaranteed seats
  • Saturday, December 14 at 9 AM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 10 guaranteed seats
  • Saturday, December 14 at 6 PM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 25 guaranteed seats
  • Sunday, December 15 at 12 PM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 25 guaranteed seats
  • Sunday, December 15 at 6 PM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 25 guaranteed seats
  • Monday, December 16 at 9 AM: $1,100 Milestone Satellite with 10 guaranteed seats

The 2024 WPT World Championship Festival Schedule

The 2024 WPT World Championship Festival will take place over about three weeks, from December 3-23 in the luxurious halls of the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas. A total of 60 events will be played, and in all of them there will be more than $15,000,000 guaranteed in prizes. Tournament buy-ins will range from $600 all the way up to the $25,800 buy-in for the WPT Alpha8 event. The most celebrated tournament formats will be featured, including: No Limit Hold’em, Mystery Bounty, NLH PKO, Pot Limit Omaha, 6-Max, Seniors and Ladies events, among many more.

Mixed Games fans, too, have reason to celebrate, with an unprecedented variety of tournaments to choose from on the WPT World Championship Festival schedule, including: H.O.R.S.E., Big Bet Mix, PLO 8, Limit Omaha 8 / Stud 8, Big O, T.O.R.S.E., 5 Card PLO, Limit Omaha 8 and Mix Triple Draw.

Milestone satellites will be played for seats into the WPT World Championship, WPT Prime Championship, Ladies Championship, Alpha8 and Seniors High Roller events.

Event Day Time Buy-In Guaranteed Chips Levels
Limit Omaha 8 December 3 11 AM $600 $50,000 25K 30
No Limit Hold’em December 3-7 11 AM $800 $1,000,000 30K 30/40
H.O.R.S.E. December 4 11 AM $600 $50,000 25K 30
NLH Turbo December 6 7 PM $1,100 $100,000 25K 20
Mystery Bounty December 7-8 11 AM $1,600 $500,000 30K 40
WPT Prime Championship December 8-14 11 AM $1,100 $5,000,000 40K 40/60
Limit Omaha 8 December 8-9 11 AM $1,100 $100,000 30K 40
PLO December 8 1 PM $3,000 $250,000 30K 30
NLH Turbo December 8 7.30 PM $1,100 $100,000 25K 20
H.O.R.S.E. December 9-10 11 AM $1,100 $100,000 30K 40
NLH 6-Max December 9 1 PM $3,000 $250,000 30K 30
PLO Turbo December 9 7.30 PM $1,100 $100,000 25K 20
Mix Triple Draw December 10 12 PM $600 $50,000 25K 30
NLH Turbo December 10 9 PM $600 $50,000 25K 20
ClubWPT Freeroll December 13-15 10 AM $5,000,000 25K 30/40
NLH Turbo December 13 7 PM $600 $50,000 25K 20
WPT World Championship December 14-21 11 AM $10,400 100K 60/90
Ladies Championship December 14-15 11 AM $1,100 $250,000 30K 40
5 Card PLO December 14 12 PM $1,100 $100,000 25K 30
T.O.R.S.E. December 15 11 AM $600 $50,000 25K 30
No Limit Hold’em December 16 12 PM $1,100 $200,000 25K 30
Big O December 16 12 PM $1,100 $100,000 25K 30
NLH Turbo Bounty December 16 7 PM $1,600 $100,000 30K 20
PLO December 17 11 AM $1,100 $100,000 25K 30
NLH PKO December 17 2 PM $3,000 $300,000 30K 30
NLH Turbo Bounty December 17 7 PM $1,600 $100,000 30K 20
Seniors Championship December 18-19 11 AM $1,100 $500,000 30K 40
No Limit Hold’em December 18-21 12 PM $3,000 $3,000,000 30K 40
No Limit Hold’em December 18 12 PM $600 $50,000 25K 30
WPT Alpha8 December 18-19 1 PM $25,800 200K 40/60
PLO 8 December 18 1 PM $1,100 $100,000 25K 30
No Limit Hold’em December 19 12 PM $800 $100,000 25K 30
H.O.R.S.E. Championship December 19-20 1 PM $2,200 $200,000 40K 40/60
Mystery Bounty December 20-22 11 AM $1,600 $1,000,000 30K 40
Seniors High Roller December 20-22 11 AM $10,000 $500,000 50K 60
Big Bet Mix December 20-21 1 PM $1,100 $100,000 30K 40
NLH 6-Max December 20 1 PM $3,000 $500,000 30K 30
NLH 6-Max Turbo December 20 7 PM $600 $50,000 25K 25
No Limit Hold’em December 21 12 PM $600 $50,000 25K 30
Limit Omaha 8 December 21-22 1 PM $2,200 $200,000 40K 40/60
PLO December 21 1 PM $10,500 100K 30/40
No Limit Hold’em December 22 1 PM $1,100 $200,000 25K 30
NLH 8-Max December 22 1 PM $10,500 100K 30/40
Limit Omaha 8 / Stud 8 December 22 1 PM $600 $50,000 25K 30
5 Card PLO December 22 5 PM $600 $50,000 25K 30
No Limit Hold’em December 23 12 PM $600 $50,000 25K 30

You can view the complete schedule with all the tournaments and satellites at this link.

The 2023 WPT World Championship Festival

Last year’s WPT World Championship Festival saw several events doubling their guaranteed prize pool. The most massive such tournament was the WPT Prime Championship, which saw 10,512 $1K entries create the largest WPT Prime event in history. The tournament distributed a huge $10.1 million prize pool among the top 1,310 players with Calvin Anderson emerging as champion and winning the largest prize of his career: $1.3 million.

The WPT World Championship saw a massive 3,835 $10K entries, with the gigantic $40 million guaranteed prize pool awarding a total of 496 players and the six players making the final table all becaming millionaires. The grand champion was Daniel Sepiol, who also achieved the largest live prize of his career: $5.2 million.

READ MORE: Interview with Daniel Sepiol

2023 WPT World Championship

Daniel Sepiol / Photo credit: Joe Giron

Below is the list of champions in the most notable events of the 2023 WPT World Championship Festival:

Event Buy-In Entries Prize Pool Champion Prize
No Limit Hold’em 8-Max $10,100 77 $770,000 Ian Bradley $240,625
Seniors Championship $1,100 805 $780,850 David Larson $141,385
Mystery Bounty 2M GTD $1,600 3,421 $3,215,740 George Tomescu $500,202
Ladies Championship $1,100 457 $443,290 Lisa Costello $85,297
WPT Prime Championship $1,100 10,512 $10,196,640 Calvin Anderson $1,388,280
WPT World Championship $10,400 3,835 $40,000,000 Daniel Sepiol $5,282,954
No Limit Hold’em 3M GTD $3,000 2,196 $6,039,000 Dennys Ramos $1,001,377
High Roller $25,300 194 $4,850,000 Bin Weng $958,279
Big One For One Drop $1,000,000 17 $15,810,000 Mikita Bodyakovsky $7,114,500
No Limit Hold’em 2M GTD $1,500 2,109 $3,036,960 Frederic Normand $417,828
Seniors High Roller $10,000 162 $1,539,000 Daniel Lowery $394,636
WPT Alpha8 $50,000 69 $3,346,500 Tony Lin $1,045,781
No Limit Hold’em 8-Max $10,100 133 $1,330,000 Joris Ruijs $359,099
Pot Limit Omaha $10,500 123 $1,227,233 Quan Zhou $282,513

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