The World Series of Poker has wrapped up its newest winter series and is announcing new details for the 2024 summer event in Las Vegas.


“…..Ty Stewart, SVP and Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. “But it’s time to turn the page and begin the countdown to 2024. Records are made to be broken. We’re busy on improvements to make sure 2024 is both the biggest and best event in poker history. Mark your calendars and bank those vacation days. We’ll see you in Vegas.”

The 2024 WSOP will take place at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas from May 28 to July 17, 2024, with the Main Event running from July 3 to July 17. The Main Event – poker’s undisputed freezeout world championship – will have four starting days, beginning on Wednesday, July 3. Players may also register directly on Day 2 on July 7 and 8.

The full daily event schedule for the 55th annual WSOP will be announced in early 2024. Fan favorites, including the Mystery Millions, Millionaire Maker, and the Senior’s Championship, will return to the schedule in 2024. …..”

I heard they will bring Mystery Bounty and A Big Guarantee $500/600 players popular tourney in first two weeks .

I think they definitely have to spread out their lower buy-in events at least a little. Having them one right after the other last summer caused a lot of logistical issues.

Very True . Last year was a big chaos !

I’m excited for the schedule release. I’m interested in when the monster stack is + any small big field mtts like a colussus or $500-800 buy ins.

I’m just hoping I can potentially string maybe 2-4 smaller buy in mtts over a week and a half as I can’t be in vegas for 2 weeks + due to limited work vacation.

May pass on most wsop as I like Venetian and Wynn more honestly. Will probably build a schedule around wsop monster stack and Venetian $800-1600s (idk why but the Venetian is by far my favorite place to play- I like it even more than the Wynn even though I think the player field is a tad tougher than the Wynn: think Wynn brings in more top level players- aka the top 20 best players in a Wynn tourny are probably going to be better than a Venetian mtt however I feel the Wynn has more rich recs that are close to complete dead money- Venetian has rich dead money also though.)

Random notes: I wish aria would run some solid structure mtt 2 day events with multiple flights. Would love a $600-200k+ gtn at aria with a solid player friendly structure. I love their one days however I feel the structures can be a tad quick compared to the better stuff at wsop and Venetian. I love the Wynn also but hate how they mainly target bigger buyins- their small stuff is normally like $1100s and maybe very few $550-600s.

With you on that. My first few years playing summer poker in Vegas, I really bought into the WSOP branding and wanted to cash something at the Series. I'm over that now. They offer a lot of great events, but also many that aren't special enough to justify fighting the crowds. I intend to skip any bracelet events with 30 minute levels and anything that figures to play 10-handed. No more Colossus or goofy $500 freezouts for me.

My time frame for WSOP this year is 6/16-6/24 (and possibly a July trip for the Main), which means I'm probably going to miss the Monster Stack. Milly Maker could land on the weekend of 6/22 and figures to be the most logical premium event for me, albeit in violation of my "no 10-handed poker" rule (I think they played 10-handed on day 1 last year). I may not play any other bracelet events unless I can satellite into something big.

Mostly I'll be eyeballing those Wynn and Venetian multi-days with 40 minute levels. Slightly less insane field sizes than the WSOP, but still a good opportunity to play a quality structure for massive prizes. To your point about price, we talked about this last year and it seems to be a matter of capacity. There are more poker players in town during the summer and the same amount of floor space, so the solution for venues is to crank up the prices. Wynn typically has multi-day events in the $400-600 range during their Signature Series throughout the year, but in summer it's rare to see them offer anything below $1k. The same type of event would instead be $1100 or $1600. You just have to go into summer knowing that the stakes of poker are going to be higher for an equivalent experience.

As for Aria, I've fired a few of their one days in recent years when I've had empty spots on my schedule. They're fine, but nothing great. I can't help but feel that MGM's approach to tournament poker is scattershot and lazy in general. Aria's schedule has been very vanilla the last few summers. MGM Grand is a bit of an enigma in the market. They ran a winter series alongside the Wynn stuff this year, yet they still haven't posted any results on Hendon and they have no social media presence that I'm aware of. It all feels very cobbled together, which is a shame because MGM is the premium hotel operator in town. They haven't applied their same standards of excellence to running great poker events, although the betMGM Championship from the last two years is at least a start.

Maybe someone will step up this year. Maybe Wynn will launch a shot across the bow and open up their convention space for summer poker. That would be taking the fight to WSOP.

What happens when you run deeper than expected? Last year I booked 3 nights at the Horseshoe and then unexpectedly found myself playing day 3 of the Monster Stack. I ended up checking out and putting my luggage in the car and then hitting the tables again for that partial 3rd day. What happens if I really needed a 4th night? Just not check out and stay in the room? Have to alert the hotel before that? Just wondering how to handle a situation like this. I'm guess that rooms would be available, but is that a valid guess?

If you're fortunate enough to run deeper than expected, then that's a good problem to have

I usually book a room for the longest that I'd possibly need it, based on length of all the tourneys I plan to play, and then cancel the extra days if I end earlier than expected. Most hotels only require 24 hour notice to cancel, so that has always worked for me. If you book it shorter and then need to add days, you run the risk of either rooms being sold out (however unlikely that might be) or they charge you more per night than you could have gotten if you prebooked.

Caesar’s require 48 hours, though I’m not sure if that is always enforced. I guess it depends on who you are and who you talk to.

I’ve always figured if I were ever in that situation, I’d be able to find a room somewhere in town even if not at the original hotel I was at.

You book another room there or elsewhere?

I did a semi stupid thing earlier this year and registered for a daily tournament while waiting for my (late night) flight.

I ran up a stack and had to push the flight back a day. Costly, but ultimately worth it.

Was able to book a one night stay at Caesar's Palace for much lower than the typical rate. More like a Horsehoe/Harrah's type of price.

The cool thing about waiting until the absolute last minute is that you can get those desperation deals.

I suppose you can also get stiffed and be totally **** out of luck, but that's unlikely in Vegas. There are always beds open.

Would you be in favor of the WSOP having satellites for all the events, so players could go with 3-4 tickets for various events? I would personally play a lot of the online sats if they had them from the $500+ events. Seems crazy GGPoker don't do this as they would qualify thousands of players before the tournament even starts... Thoughts?

Last year if I remember correctly Initial Details and Dates of various main tournaments was announced either in December or early January and full schedule was announced on 1st or 2nd February.

So far mid January there is no detailed announcements of various events other than starting event date and main event dates !!

Hopefully we get some announcements in coming days so players can start planning and booking Air & Hotels.

Pretty sure they dropped the full schedule in the first few days of February last year, which would put the announcement 2-3 weeks out from right now if they stick to a similar timeline.

Yes, last time they dropped a preliminary schedule Dec 12th which listed dates for the Mystery bounty and Monster stack among other popular events. Were they fussing over the Paradise series this time such that they are behind scheduling out the WSOP?

Or maybe they don’t want the WPT to seek some sort of retribution .

I’m flying over from Manchester, UK. It’ll be my first series. If anybody want to grab a beer and sweat a few tournaments over there, give me a shout ��

This is great- I hope it stays same this year. Only thing that bums me out is I tend to build my schedule out around what I like at Venetian and aria as they both have but in levels I like most $400-1100. I’m pretty sure this year, I’ll build a schedule out around Venetian $1100 or 800 (hopefully 2 bigger gtn events) and maybe the WSOP monster stack.

I hate wsop but I would play a great structure in my buy in range $500-1500 if structure is wonderful and life changing money up top. I’ll probably try to avoid the $800 as I feel they turn into turbos kinda and field sizes are too big. Venetian / aria are my 2 favorite locations to play at- if I was wealthy, I would be playing at Wynn as I feel they offer a ton of rich folk value with some solid mtters that are so easy to identify in the fields.

If you're old enough to play the WSOP Seniors event (50 years old) or the Super Seniors (60), those have excellent structures and are great value (both are $1000 buy-ins). The Millionaire Maker also has an excellent structure, with a buy-in of $1500.

All 3 of those events are usually scheduled around the middle to the end of June each year.

You shouldn't have a problem finding compatriots while there. There were two Brits at my table for the Monster Stack. Good luck on your WSOP adventure. I am an American living in Arizona. It is close enough that I drive to the WSOP.

Mick is spot on - You can guess the Senior will be June 19th and 20th starting days, Milly June 21 22 and the Super Senior June 25th if they stay anywhere near consistent with the last few years.

Correct. The Seniors seems to be a fixture now for the days preceding weekend #4 of the series, with the Super Seniors following a few days later.

not sure about that. The senior's has usually been father's day weekend. This year Father's day is June 16th, so day one of the senior's might be around June 13th. I could end up being wrong of course...

Seniors was 6/21 6/22 last year with super seniors 6/27.
Father's day was 6/18.
But, yes, it was always Father's day weekend in the past. Think they will keep it this way?

I don’t think that Father’s Day is a factor. My guess is that the schedule is primarily built around the weekend highlights, and that the Mystery Millions/Gladiators/Monster Stack/Milly maker/ Colossus is the order of play that determines the programme.
Seniors are the section of the population that have the greatest personal flexibility WRT work/family etc, and thus Seniors and Super Seniors events are slid into the schedule without consideration about public holidays.