Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Satellite advice for the WSOP Main Event

The WSOP starts next month so now is the time to think about winning your package at GGPoker - check out some of our best satellite advice!





This year's World Series of Poker looks set to be the biggest one ever and you can qualify for the Main Event now at GGPoker. Now seems the ideal time to brush up on those satellite skills. 

We have plenty of quick satellite strategy articles and videos to bring you up to speed on how to qualify for major poker tournaments. A good place to start is this video where SNG Guru CollinMoshman is joined by satellite expert Dara O'Kearney to discuss the strategic differences between satellites and regular MTTs. 

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Qualify for the Main Event

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The successful cooperation between the WSOP and GGPoker continues through 2022, with the World Series and the online poker market giant now offering exclusive satellites to the WSOP Main Event 2022, running from July 3-16 this year.

Ahead of what could be the biggest World Series of Poker in history, the hype for international players starts right now at GGPoker, with exclusive WSOP packages worth $12,500 given away these next three months.

The Road to Vegas at GGPoker is straightforward, with initial satellites starting at only $1, complemented by direct WSOP satellites running every night for a buy-in of $250, $525 and $1,000. Additionally, as before, players are also be able to win multiple of the $12,500 packages, however any package beyond the first one will be converted to T$10.000.

As usual, the benefits coming with the exclusive WSOP Main Event packages given away by GGPoker are substantial and include:

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$12,500 WSOP Main Event Packages at GGPoker
$10,000 WSOP 2022 Main Event tournament entry
Accommodation at Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel & Casino for 7 nights
$1,200 for travel expenses (to be booked with MainEventTravel.com)
Entry to a GGPoker Qualifier Last Longer promotion
GGPoker-branded merchandise & gifts
Access to the GGPoker Platinum Lounge
No need to wait in line, winners will be bought in directly

WSOPE Entry for the Last One Standing

And just like last year, anyone who's able to qualify for the WSOP Main Event 2022 via GGPoker will also take part in a special last longer promotion where a WSOP Europe 2022 package will be waiting on the GGPoker qualifier who's able to place highest in the Main Event.

"I’ll be playing the WSOP Main Event again this year, and I hope to be joined by hundreds of fellow GGPoker players from every corner of the planet," said Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador. "It’s every poker player’s dream to win the biggest tournament there is; there’s no other poker experience like playing the Main Event!"


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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.