WSOP-Style 2024
Overview
The WSOP-Style Series is a set of free tournaments with a cash prize, one per day, from May 28th through July 17th. Those are the days the World Series of Poker are being held in Las Vegas, Nevada and the World Series of Poker provides the inspiration for this series.
This series is not even remotely affiliated with the World Series of Poker.
This series does, however, use modified versions of the World Series of Poker tournament structures for each of the daily tournaments, with the exception of July 5th (see below). All of the craftpoker.com WSOP-Style tournaments are played in one day, with five minute breaks every hour. Each starts at:
- Monday through Friday: 5pm Pacific time (8pm Eastern)
- Saturday and Sunday: 3pm Pacific time (6pm Eastern)
WSOP-Style 2024 will be fairly similar to WSOP-Style 2023, although there will be no option to receive a physical prize, only cash via Venmo or Zelle. Additionally, up to five places will pay per tournament, dependent on the number of players.
All are welcome
All events in this series are open to the public. Please spread the word.
Payouts
Payments, depending on how many players1 participate:
| Place | 2-4 | 5-8 | 9-15 | 16-24 | 25 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 |
| 2nd | $45 | $60 | $60 | $65 | |
| 3rd | $40 | $45 | $50 | ||
| 4th | $35 | $35 | |||
| 5th | $30 |
Overall prizes
There may be overall prizes for the top three players on the WSOP-Style 2024 leaderboard by Net Profit and by Win Rate. If so, to qualify for a win rate prize, the player will have to complete at least seven tournaments.
Re-entries don't count as separate players
Re-entries are not included in the player count, because the player who re-enters is already counted. That means it is possible for players to win Fun Money but not actually win real cash, because the Fun Money payouts do count re-entries.
More details will be available as the series approaches. With luck, everything will be finalized no later than May 10th.
The Tournaments
Each day, other than July 5th (see below), has a tournament whose rounds are derived from a structure that is being played in Las Vegas on that day.
All of the WSOP-Style 2024 tournaments are currently available on
craftpoker.com. Most can be found with the "WSOP 2024"-style prefix,
the exceptions are noted with footnotes.
July 5th
Since July 5th has no World Series of Poker tournament play, July 5th is a BARGE inspired structure, "SAM_6", a four game mix of:
"Sam_6" was the nickname of David Lawful, a generous member of BARGE. He liked to play odd games, although he was a formidable opponent in all and a BARGE main event winner (2013).
Real players; no sock puppets or no-shows, please
"WSOP 2023"-style #01 No-Limit Hold'em
"WSOP 2023"-style #17 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or better
"WSOP 2023"-style #66 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or better
"WSOP 2023"-style #41 Big O (Five Card Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or better)
"WSOP 2023"-style #43 Poker Players Championship
"WSOP 2023"-style #69 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship
"WSOP 2023"-style #71 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
"WSOP 2023"-style #76 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em Championship
"SAM_6: Scrotum, Action razz, Murder, 6 card sohe"
"WSOP 2023"-style #94 No-Limit Hold'em
"WSOP 2023"-style #90 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
"WSOP 2023"-style #95 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em