Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Official 2018 World Series of Poker schedule announced

78 events, 13 taking place after the Main Event and a lot of new events for modest budgets and High Rollers alike.





wsop 2018

Following a leaked early draft last week the official 2018 WSOP schedule was released last night, which mostly matched the leaked schedule with a few differences.

The 2018 World Series of Poker takes place between May 29 and July 17 with 78 bracelet events. The Main Event takes place between July 2 to July 14. 

The most notable change this year is that 13 bracelet events take place after the Main Event, rather than that being the culmination of the series. This includes a $1,500 event called 'The Closer' with a $1 million guarantee and the final event in the series is the returning $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop.

New additions to the schedule include:

  • $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em
  • $100,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
  • $365 PLO GIANT
  • $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No Limit Hold’em
  • $565 WSOP.com ONLINE Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed
  • $1,500 BOUNTY Pot Limit Omaha
  • $50,000 High Roller No Limit Hold’em

Once again there will be no November Nine and the series will be broadcast on ESPN and streamed on PokerGO. 

As always poker legend and former November Niner Kenny Hallaert has started his infamous WSOP spreadsheet and you can see the full schedule, which will soon include events from other venues in Vegas at the same time, right there. You can also make a donation to REG Charity if you appreciate his work on it:

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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.