Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
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How to qualify for the Main Event

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For the sixth year in a row, 888poker is sponsoring the WSOP, giving players a unique way to make it to the most anticipated poker event of the year.

Last year, the package up for grabs at one of our most popular partner rooms had a value of $12,600. This year, 888poker is topping that number with a mega package worth $15,000 which sees players not only participating in the WSOP Main Event but also giving them a shot at a life changing cash prize in the WSOP Crazy Eights event.

The anniversary World Series in 2019 delivered a record-breaking total of 187,298 tournament entries, leading to a 50-year high of $293,183,345 given away in prize money. With all the favourite events like Colossus and Millionaire Maker returning, and some spectular new additions to the schedule, the WSOP 2020 is all set on topping those figures.

The WSOP Main Event will be played from July 1 onwards, once again offering three different starting flights as well as late registration up until the start of Day 2. The Final Table is due from July 12-14—and with 888poker you could be right in the action when the most-coveted bracelet of the year is up for grabs.

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How to qualify for the WSOP 2020

You can either work your way to the top and enter a series of step satellites with buy-ins starting at just 1ct, or you take a short-cut by playing $5 daily qualifiers or mid-week $55 qualifiers at 888poker to try and make it to the final stage of the qualification road.

This final step is reached with the "WSOP 2020 MEGA Package Qualifier" with a buy-in of $1,050, running every single Sunday at 20:30 GMT until mid June. And of course, you can also buy-in directly into these to try and get your hands on one of the prize packages valued at $15,000 each:

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$15,000 WSOP MEGA Package at 888poker
12 nights (June 26-July 8) at the luxurious 5-star Vdara Hotel, Las Vegas
$10,000 WSOP Main Event buy-in
$888 WSOP Crazy Eights buy-in
$1,000 for travel & expenses (paid directly to your 888poker account)
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Transportation from Vdara Hotel to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.