The World Series of Poker and its online partner, GGPoker, have jointly released the full schedule of bracelet events for December's WSOP Paradise series, which will be held at Atlantis Paradise Island near Nassau, Bahamas. The 15-event series runs December 3-14 and will pay out more than $50 million in prize money, in addition to the desired gold WSOP bracelets.
The WSOP Paradise schedule features a $5,000 main event that begins on December 9 and offers $15 million in guaranteed prize money. That main event will be heavily supported by online qualifiers that will run on GGPoker in the weeks preceding the series, with hundreds of players likely to win seat packages that way.
The WSOP and GGPoker have created other online-to-live channels as well. Among the events running in the WSOP Online series that begins August 20 on GGPoker is an event called "MILLIONAIRE MAKER in Paradise." When the field in the online event reaches its final 100 players, action will be halted. In early December, those 100 final players will be flown to the Bahamas for a live finale to the event. That live finale begins December 4, and the $1,500 event will offer its own $5 million guarantee.
Another online-to-live event with a similar wrinkle is the Paradise series' Mystery Millions tourney. This event begins online with multiple Day 1 flights, and players can "fast forward" into the money and travel to the Bahamas for the conclusion of the event, knowing they're already guaranteed to cash. The live portion pf the Mystery Millions begins on December 3 and opens the WSOP Paradise series.
Then there's the third event on the Paradise slate, the GGMillion$ $25,000 High Rollers Championship. Like the main event and the other special series offerings, this tourney will receive extensive support through GGPoker's online qualifiers. GGPoker is guaranteeing 200 seat packages into the GGMillion$ live event, which also carries its own $10 million prize-pool guarantee, second only to the main event in that regard.
All told, GGPoker will award at least 1,000 seats into WSOP Paradise events through its own online qualifiers between now and December. The qualifiers begin later this month and additional information will be made available within the GGPoker client software.
“It’s official, WSOP Paradise is set to deliver an unforgettable new winter series with our jam-packed schedule,” said Ty Stewart, SVP & Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. “We can’t wait for cards to be in the air in paradise this December, and we look forward to crowning our first Main Event champion at Atlantis Paradise Island. Whether you made the trip to Vegas or not, you don’t want to miss out on what we’ve got in store with our partners at GGPoker.”
The complete bracelet-event schedule for WSOP Paradise is as follows:
| Date / Event | Buy-in | Guarantee |
| Dec. 3 - Mystery Millions | $1,500 | $5,000,000 |
| Dec. 4 - MILLIONAIRE MAKER in Paradise [Final 100 – Final Day]* | $1,500 | $5,000,000 |
| Dec. 5 - GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship | $25,000 | $10,000,000 |
| Dec. 5 - Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em | $1,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Dec. 7 - High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha | $25,000 | $2,000,000 |
| Dec. 7 - 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | $3,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Dec. 8 - Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em | $50,000 | $2,000,000 |
| Dec. 8 - Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha [ONLINE] | $2,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Dec. 9 - Ultra High Roller No-Limit Hold'em | $100,000 | $5,000,000 |
| Dec. 9 - Main Event - NLHE Championship | $5,000 | $15,000,000 |
| Dec. 12 - Flip & Go $800 | $800 | |
| Dec. 13 - No-Limit Hold’em FREEZEOUT [ONLINE] | $1,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Dec. 13 - Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | $10,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Dec. 13 - The Closer [Turbo Bounty] | $2,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Dec. 14 - High Roller No-Limit Hold'em [6-Handed] | $10,000 | $1,000,000 |
