WPT Sets 25-Day Wynn Schedule for 2026 World Championship Festival

By Samantha Doyle

16 Sep 2026

Samantha Doyle 16 Sep 2026

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2026 WPT World Championship at Wynn runs Nov 27-Dec 21 with $20M+ guaranteed.
Main Event ($10,400 buy-in) features $1M in mystery bounties & 3 starting flights.
Highlights include $3M Super Gold Million, major high rollers, and expanded mixed games.

Poker players can start working out their December plans.

The World Poker Tour has published the schedule for the 2026 WPT World Championship festival at Wynn Las Vegas, stretching the series across 25 days from November 27 to December 21. More than $20 million is guaranteed, with tournaments ranging from $400 entry points through to a $25,800 High Roller.

The familiar names are back, the WPT Prime Championship and $10,400 World Championship, but the new calendar also brings a $3 million guaranteed Super Gold Million, a heavier Mystery Bounty presence and a wide run of PLO and mixed-game tournaments.

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Main Event Gets Three Flights and $1M in Added Bounties

The $10,400 World Championship starts on December 13 and runs for eight days.

Day 1A, 1B and 1C take place on consecutive days, with one entry permitted per flight. Players who have not already entered all three also have a final chance to register before Day 2 on December 16.

WPT has not attached a conventional guarantee to the Main Event in the new schedule. Instead, ClubWPT Gold is adding $1 million in cash and prizes specifically for Mystery Bounties once the tournament reaches the bounty phase.

The final six are scheduled to return on December 20, with the final table set to be filmed for television. Livestream coverage across the festival begins December 6.

Prime and Super Gold Million Pack the Week Before

Anyone arriving before the Main Event will already have two major fields underway.

The WPT Prime Championship starts December 5 with four opening flights and $5 million guaranteed. Last year's edition drew 9,876 entries, so this has become far more than a warm-up tournament on the Wynn calendar.

Then, from December 10, the new Super Gold Million puts $3 million guaranteed behind a $400 buy-in.

It is a four-flight Mystery Bounty tournament with unlimited re-entry, and its final table lands on December 14, while the World Championship is already playing Day 1B.

That overlap makes December 10-20 the busiest section of the newly released schedule.

High Rollers and Mixed Games Fill Out the Calendar

Players at the other end of the buy-in scale have several decisions to make during Main Event week. The largest buy-in is the $25,800 NLH High Roller starting December 17.

There are also four $10,500 tournaments over five days:

Date	Event	Buy-in
December 16	PLO 8-Max	$10,500
December 18	NLH 8-Max	$10,500
December 19	PLO	$10,500
December 20	NLH 8-Max	$10,500

2026 WPT World Championship Schedule Highlights

Event	Buy-in	Start Date
Opening NLH	$600	November 27
NLH	$800	November 30
WPT Prime Championship	$1,100	December 5
Super Gold Million	$400	December 10
WPT World Championship	$10,400	December 13
Ladies Championship	$1,100	December 13
PLO	$1,600	December 13
NHL	$3,000	December 17
NLH High Roller	$25,800	December 17
Seniors Championship	$1,100	December 17
NLH Mystery Bounty	$1,600	December 19