WSOP-Style 2026
The WSOP-Style Series for 2026 finished on July 15th.
No Prizes, No Cash, Just Fun
There were no prizes. Had there been prizes, I, Cliff Matthews (aka deadhead), wouldn’t have been eligible for them.
Overview
The WSOP-Style Series 2026 was a set of free tournaments—one per day—from May 26th through July 15th. Those were the days of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The WSOP provides the inspiration for this series.
This series is not even remotely affiliated with the World Series of Poker.
Each day’s tournament in the WSOP-Style series was a modified version of a tournament that was played in real life on the same day at the WSOP. In general, the same WSOP levels and rules applied.
All of these WSOP-Style tournaments were played in one day, with five minute breaks every hour. Each started at 5:05 pm Pacific time (8:05 pm Eastern).
Late registration varied per tournament, but was always available for at least forty-five minutes after the tournament started.
Many tournaments allowed one or more re-entries.
All were welcome
All events in this series were open to the public.
Round Duration
All levels were five minutes long.
There was a five minute break that started after each table had completed a hand at 55 minutes past the hour or later. That means the last table to finish a hand at 55 minutes past the hour or later got exactly a five minute breaks and all other tables had been paused while waiting for that table to finish a hand.
Leaderboard
There is a “WSOPS 2026 Leaderboard” entry in the Leaderboard menu available in the lobby. By default, only players with a net Fun Money win show up on leaderboards, but if you’ve played and have a net loss, you can see your entry by having the shift key held down when you select an entry from the Leaderboard menu.
The Tournaments
The link in the W# column is a link to the actual WSOP structure sheet for comparison purposes. The link in the Event column is a link to the
Mb2 structure sheet and will be definitive.
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