PokerStars and GGPoker Confirm Major Online Series
Isle of Man.- 30 July 2026 www.zonadeazar.com PokerStars and GGPoker have confirmed the dates for their principal international online poker festivals at the end of the Northern Hemisphere summer, with the schedules again set to overlap during September.
PokerStars will stage the 25th edition of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) from 6 to 30 September, while GGPoker’s latest WSOP Online Bracelet Series will run from 16 August until the end of September.
News Details
GGPoker’s WSOP Online will once again award 33 official bracelets. Its schedule includes No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, Short Deck and bounty formats across several buy-in levels.
Featured tournaments include the USD 215 Mystery Millions, carrying a USD 10 million guarantee and a USD 1 million top bounty; the USD 1,500 Millionaire Maker with USD 5 million guaranteed; the USD 5,000 Main Event; and the USD 10,300 GGMillion$ High Rollers event.
GGPoker has also announced USD 5 million in promotional giveaways alongside the bracelet series.
PokerStars will again use WCOOP Boot Camp as a lead-in to its flagship championship. The preparatory festival will run from 2 to 17 August, offering more than USD 6.5 million in guarantees across 130 tournaments.
Boot Camp will comprise 65 events divided into Low and High levels, with buy-ins beginning at USD 2.20. Its two Main Events will start on 16 August and carry buy-ins of USD 109 and USD 1,050.
Industry Context
The overlap between WCOOP and WSOP Online will again concentrate a substantial portion of international tournament liquidity during September, forcing the platforms to compete for recreational players, professionals and high-stakes specialists.
In 2025, the two festivals distributed almost USD 200 million in combined prize money, underlining their importance within the annual online poker calendar. The previous WSOP Online edition also comprised 33 bracelet events.
PokerStars will complement its schedule with the twentieth-anniversary edition of the Sunday Million. The phased tournament has a USD 109 buy-in, USD 5 million guaranteed and daily opening flights leading into its second phase on 6 September.
Both operators are combining established flagship tournaments with low-cost satellites, multiple buy-in tiers and varied formats designed to attract players beyond the high-volume tournament community.
Next Steps or Impact
PokerStars is expected to publish the complete WCOOP 2026 schedule, including guarantees and flagship tournaments. The operator has already confirmed that the championship will run for 25 days from 6 to 30 September.
GGPoker will begin awarding its 33 online bracelets in mid-August and continue until the final days of September, including its Main Event and closing High Rollers tournament.
The overlap is likely to intensify promotional competition between the two operators and produce one of the busiest periods of the year for international online poker.
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