The WSOP Online brand gets used for two genuinely different products in 2026, run by two different companies, for two different player populations, and it is easy to conflate them if you are not paying close attention to which one a given headline is actually describing.
WSOP.com’s regulated bracelet series
Earlier this year, WSOP.com ran its own online bracelet series, described in detail in Caesars Entertainment’s official announcement and PokerNews’ coverage. That series ran from May 30 through July 14, 2026, featuring 30 gold bracelet events with $7 million guaranteed across the schedule, exclusively available to players physically located in Nevada, New Jersey, Michigan, or Pennsylvania, the four states where WSOP.com currently holds a regulated license. It also awarded 50 seats to the $10,000 buy-in WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas through two 25 seat scramble tournaments, directly connecting the online series to the live event.
GGPoker’s international bracelet series
A separate, much larger series, also branded WSOP Online, is running from August 16 through September 29, 2026, this time on GGPoker rather than WSOP.com, as described in PokerNews’ coverage of the schedule. This version features 33 gold bracelet events and more than $66 million in guaranteed prize money, with a $5,000 buy-in Main Event guaranteeing $25 million on its own, structured across 19 separate Day 1 starting flights. GGPoker has also committed $5 million to side promotions during the series, including a Super Pass Bonus that gives every bracelet winner a $30,000 direct entry into the Super Main Event at WSOP Paradise.
Why two separate series exist under one brand
The split exists because of how WSOP licenses its brand across different markets. WSOP.com operates under Caesars Entertainment’s license specifically within regulated US states, where online poker legality is determined state by state and interstate liquidity is limited to states that have signed the relevant compacts. GGPoker holds the rights to run WSOP branded online events internationally, outside the US regulated framework entirely, which is why its version of the series can draw on a vastly larger global player pool and correspondingly larger guarantees. The two operators are not competing for the same players. They are running functionally separate products that happen to share a famous name and a bracelet.
Why the distinction actually matters to a player
If you are a US player in one of the four eligible states, only the WSOP.com version was ever available to you, and it has already concluded for 2026. If you are an international player, only the GGPoker version is relevant, and it is running now through the end of September. Coverage that refers simply to “WSOP Online” without specifying which platform can easily leave a reader looking for a bracelet event on the wrong site entirely, or assuming a series has already ended when the much larger international version is still actively running.