The 53rd annual World Series of Poker tournament will be held at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, May 31 – July 19, 2022, with actor, comedian and card player Vince Vaughn named as the event’s official celebrity Master of Ceremonies. Following a successful 17-year run at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, the WSOP continues its tradition as the largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world at an all-new location. For the first time, the WSOP will be held at the heart of the famed Las Vegas Strip inside Bally’s and Paris.
Following the news of WSOP’s move to Caesars’ strip properties, Bally’s and Paris, award-winning actor Vince Vaughn took the stage to announce his official role as 2022 WSOP Master of Ceremonies. The “Wedding Crashers” and “Swingers” star made a special appearance at the WSOP Main Event, kicking off day one of the Final Table with a surprise Shuffle Up and Deal moment. No stranger to Vegas, Vaughn has been an avid poker player for much of his life – gearing up to play his hand in the 2022 WSOP tournament at Bally’s and Paris next summer.
“I have such a strong connection to Las Vegas and am honored to be selected as the Master of Ceremonies for what is set to be the most anticipated World Series of Poker tournament ever,” said World Series of Poker Master of Ceremonies, Vince Vaughn. “Poker has long been one of my favorite sports, so to be a part of something as historic as the WSOP finally moving to the Strip is an absolute dream. Vegas Baby, Vegas!”
The full 2022 WSOP schedule, including a booking link for discounted participant hotel rates, is expected to be published in January.
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Schedule highlights below.
To view the entire gold bracelet schedule, please visit WSOP 2022 Schedule where a downloadable version is provided.
New and Noteworthy
Return of the Record Breakers: June 11 – July 16 – Each Friday and Saturday of the 2022 WSOP will see one of the WSOP’s flagship No-Limit Hold’em events. The Millionaire Maker, Monster Stack, Colossus and The Closer all return with multi-million-dollar prize pools and significant value.
BRAND NEW $1,000 Buy-In Million Dollar Bounty: July 2-4 – Originally announced for 2020 WSOP and featuring a mystery bounty for up to $1 million that players draw for, this begins as a regular tournament with those who advance to day two claiming the bounty of players they knock out. Each player who knocks someone out also gets an additional prize bounty.
BRAND NEW Tournament of Champions: July 18-20 – The WSOP will culminate with its first-ever Tournament of Champions, a $1,000,000 free roll tournament open to any of the 88 bracelet winners and gold ring winners from the 2021/2022 WSOP Circuit season. The Tournament of Champions will be the first time all WSOP winners in a given year are brought together for one ultimate bragging rights event featuring regional grinders and international superstars.
Mid-stakes Events: June 1, 8, 15, 23, 30 and July 11, 13, 16 – Ranging between $2,000 and $5,000 No-Limit Hold ‘Em, 2022 features an expansion of mistakes events throughout the series (with the addition of $2k and $3k no limit events this year).
$100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold’em: May 31 – This new high stakes offering is sure to entice poker’s elite as each player they eliminate will award them a $25,000 bounty prize in addition to competing for one of this year’s largest events prize pools on the schedule.
$25,000 Buy-In Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship: June 2 – The WSOP’s annual heads-up championship goes for prestige with an increase to $25,000 and a cap of 64 players, certain to be a roster of the world’s elite.
$1,000 Buy-In Flip and Go Presented by GGPoker: June 12 – The popular online format is galvanized into a live event. Each player will be all in preflop on the first hand, dealt three cards and selecting two. One player will win the table and immediately fast forward into the money, where the tournament will then play out under a traditional structure.
$1,000 Buy-In Seniors Championship: June 22-23 – The record-smashing Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship will return for the second year, with players allowed one optional re-entry per flight.
$777 Lucky Seven’s: July 10-12 – The name says it all. The Buy-In is $777 with a $777,777 guaranteed first-place prize.
$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty: July 10 – In homage to the Poker Hall of Fame (PHOF) that started in 1979, living Hall of Fame members will be invited to freeroll into the $1,979 No-Limit Hold’em tournament open to all players. Each participating player will have a bounty corresponding to the year they were inducted into poker’s most exclusive club and the 2022 PHOF inductee will be announced.
WSOP.COM Online Bracelets: Popular WSOP Online bracelet events are back including each and every Sunday during the summer, with three special “Double Up Bracelet Days” on June 5, July 10 and 17. The schedule is highlighted by popular events including the BIG $500, a Lucky Sevens $7,777 high roller, two freezeout events and the signature $1,000 NLHE Online Championship.
In addition, Daily Deepstack tournaments return at 2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m. on most days in the Paris Ballroom, which will also be the location for satellite tournaments and live-action daily.
ABOUT THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER
Part of Caesars Entertainment’s Caesars Digital operations, the World Series of Poker® is the largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world, having awarded more than $3.29 billion in prize money and the prestigious gold bracelet, globally recognized as the sport’s top prize. Featuring a comprehensive slate of tournaments in every major poker variation, the WSOP is poker’s longest-running tournament in the world, dating back to 1970. In 2019, the event attracted 187,298 entrants from 118 different countries to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and awarded more than $293 million in prize money. In addition, the WSOP has formed groundbreaking alliances in broadcasting, digital media and corporate sponsorships, while successfully expanding the brand internationally with the advent of WSOP Europe in 2007 and the WSOP Asia-Pacific in 2013 and the WSOP International Circuit Series in 2015. For more information on the WSOP, please visit www.wsop.com.