WSOP-Style 2026

No Prizes, No Cash, Just Fun

There will be no prizes (unless there are). If there are prizes, I, Cliff Matthews (aka deadhead), won’t be eligible for them.

Overview

The WSOP-Style Series is a set of free tournaments—one per day—from May 26th through July 15th. Those are 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 is a modified version of a tournament that will be played in real life on the same day at the WSOP. In general, the same WSOP levels and rules will apply.

All of these WSOP-Style tournaments are played in one day, with five minute breaks every hour. Each starts at 5:05 pm Pacific time (8:05 pm Eastern).

You can see how long each of the WSOP-Style series tournaments lasted last year by clicking on the WSOP-Style 2025 link and then clicking on the winner’s nickname. That will bring up a list of who played and when they bust.

Late registration varies per tournament, but is always available for at least forty-five minutes after the tournament starts.

Many tournaments allow one or more re-entries.

All are welcome

All events in this series are open to the public.

Round Duration

All levels will be five minutes long.

There will be a five minute break that will start after each table has 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 will get exactly a five minute breaks and all other tables will be paused while waiting for that table to finish a hand.

Leaderboard

There will be 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.