GGPoker and PokerStars Announce Dates for Their Major Fall Online Poker Festivals

PokerStars has officially unveiled the schedule for the 25th anniversary edition of the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), while GGPoker has confirmed the return of the WSOP Online Bracelet Series and the PLO Series. The result is another action-packed online poker season stretching from early August through the end of September.

GGPoker will host the seventh edition of the WSOP Online Bracelet Series from August 16 through the end of September.

The festival will once again feature 33 official WSOP bracelet events, accompanied by $5 million in promotional giveaways.

As in previous years, every bracelet event will have its own Continental Freeroll, creating 33 freerolls with a combined $3 million guaranteed prize pool.

Country-based leaderboard promotions will also return, with the top ten performing nations sharing an additional $1 million in prizes.

Bracelet winners will once again receive a $30,000 Super Pass, which includes entry to the $26,000 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event as well as accommodation during the festival.

Last year's WSOP Online Bracelet Series was one of the biggest in the festival's history.

The series attracted nearly 165,000 entries and awarded $119.5 million in prize money, marking the fourth consecutive year of growth.

Among the 33 bracelet events:

• 29 generated prize pools of at least $1 million
• 6 surpassed $5 million
• 3 exceeded $10 million in prize money

Before the bracelet events begin, GGPoker will launch the PLO Series, running from August 2 to August 17.

Featuring $20 million in guaranteed prize money, it ranks among the largest Pot-Limit Omaha tournament festivals ever held online. The series also introduces a new name, replacing the long-running Omaholic Series branding with simply PLO Series.

PokerStars has confirmed that the 2026 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) will run from September 6 through the end of the month.

This year's edition marks the 25th anniversary of WCOOP, which PokerStars continues to promote as the world's most prestigious online poker tournament series.

Ahead of WCOOP, PokerStars will once again host WCOOP Boot Camp, now in its third edition.

Running from August 2 through August 17, the warm-up festival includes:

• 130 tournaments
• $6.5 million in guaranteed prize pools
• Buy-ins ranging from $2.20 to $1,050

The festival concludes with two featured Main Events:

• $109 NLHE Main Event Low – $500,000 guaranteed
• $1,050 Main Event High Roller – $300,000 guaranteed

PokerStars has also renewed its partnership with BBZ Poker.

Between July 31 and August 14, the BBZ coaching team will host free coaching sessions every Friday on Discord, covering WCOOP strategy, mixed games, tournament preparation, and more.

Several PokerStars ambassadors, including Spraggy, Marle Spragg, and Sebastian Huber, will also take part in selected sessions.

The coming weeks promise another exciting period for online tournament players, with GGPoker's WSOP Online Bracelet Series and PokerStars' WCOOP once again running simultaneously for much of September.

Beyond the two industry giants, PartyPoker is expected to return with its Anniversary Series, while WPT Global, CoinPoker, and ClubWPT Gold are also likely to launch major tournament festivals during the fall season.