With the live portion of the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) now complete, save for the delayed Main Event final table in early August, attention now turns to the WSOP Online Bracelet Series on GGPoker for international players.
The operator has revealed the first details of this year’s festival, confirming that the 2026 edition will run from August 16 to September 29 and once again feature 33 WSOP gold online bracelet events.
The upcoming series marks the seventh edition of the international WSOP Online Bracelet Series since its debut in 2020. While GGPoker has yet to publish the complete schedule, it has confirmed the return of several familiar promotions, including a $1 million WSOP Country Competition, $3 million in Continental Flipouts, and a $30,000 Super Pass bonus for every bracelet winner, totaling $5 million in side promotions.
Here’s what we know so far about the WSOP 2026 Online Bracelet Series on GGPoker:
- August 16 to September 29
- 33 bracelets
- $30,000 Super Pass Bonus for every bracelet winner
- $1 million WSOP Country Competition
- $3 million Continental Flipouts
At the time of writing, no additional information has been released, and GGPoker has yet to update its official WSOP Online landing page with the 2026 schedule or details.
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More Details Still to Come
For now, the announcement serves as an early teaser rather than a complete schedule release.
The first details of the 2026 WSOP Online Bracelet Series emerged as part of GGPoker’s $18 million August Giveaway announcement, which revealed the festival dates and headline promotions. Among the biggest highlights is the return of the $30,000 Super Pass Bonus, awarded to every player who wins a WSOP Online bracelet.
The pass provides entry into the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event, which is set to return to the Bahamas in December, giving online bracelet winners a direct route to one of the biggest live events on the poker calendar.
The announcement also confirmed the return of the $1 million WSOP Country Competition, where players compete for their respective countries, along with $3 million in Continental Flipouts and the wider $18 million August Giveaway promotion.
The full tournament schedule is expected to follow in the coming weeks, as it has in previous years.
In 2025, for example, the full schedule was released shortly before the series began, confirming the return of the $5,000 Main Event with its $25 million guarantee alongside the complete lineup of 33 bracelet events.
A similar rollout is expected this year, with the official tournament schedule, satellites and additional promotions likely to be announced in the coming weeks.
Until then, players at least have one important date to circle on their calendars. The road to the seventh edition of the international WSOP Online Bracelet Series officially begins on August 16, as GGPoker prepares for another six weeks of online bracelet action that could once again become one of the biggest poker festivals of the year.
Seventh Edition of the International Online Bracelet Series
This year’s festival marks the seventh edition of the international WSOP Online Bracelet Series hosted on GGPoker.
The partnership between GGPoker and the World Series of Poker began in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the traditional summer series in Las Vegas. That inaugural online festival awarded 54 bracelets and distributed nearly $150 million in prize money, establishing online bracelet events as a permanent fixture on the poker calendar.
Since live WSOP returned in 2021, the international online series has settled into a consistent format featuring 33 bracelet events each year. While the number of bracelets has remained stable, participation and prize pools have steadily climbed over the last several editions.
Following a Record-Breaking 2025
The 2026 edition has plenty to live up to. Last year’s WSOP Online Bracelet Series proved to be the biggest since the pandemic-era debut in 2020. Running from August 17 through September 30, the festival generated more than $119.5 million in prize pools across its 33 bracelet events and attracted almost 165,000 total entries, continuing a three-year trend of year-over-year growth.
The flagship $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event once again served as the centerpiece of the festival. Featuring its signature $25 million guaranteed prize pool, the tournament attracted nearly 6,000 entries to create a prize pool exceeding $28.3 million, making it the third-largest online poker tournament ever held. Benjamin “bencb” Rolle captured the title and nearly $3.9 million after reaching the Main Event final table for a second consecutive year.
Beyond the bracelet events themselves, GGPoker also introduced several promotions that added extra value throughout the series. The $1 million Super Pass promotion rewarded every bracelet winner with a package to WSOP Paradise, while Continental Flipouts and country-based competitions created additional incentives for players who did not capture a bracelet. Many of those promotional mechanics are returning unchanged in 2026.
Expect Another Traffic Surge
If recent history is any indication, the upcoming WSOP Online festival is likely to deliver another significant spike in player traffic.
During last year’s bracelet series, GGPoker experienced its highest concurrent player numbers ever recorded at the time, highlighting the enormous draw of the annual WSOP festival. That record, however, did not stand for long.
Earlier this year, during the launch of the $300 million guaranteed GG World Festival, GGPoker surpassed 900,000 concurrent connected players, setting a new all-time platform record. The milestone came on the opening weekend of the operator’s biggest tournament series ever and reinforced GGPoker’s position as by far the largest online poker room in the world.
With the WSOP brand traditionally generating even broader international attention than regular tournament festivals, expectations will naturally be high that player traffic once again approaches record territory.
