Pokerfuse Says WSOP Paradise Packages Now Favor Live Circuit Winners
Online Circuit winners appear to be out, a shift from the broader 2025 package offer.
Pokerfuse reported that only live WSOP Circuit winners will get a WSOP Paradise package, and that the rule does not apply to online winners. The outlet described the live-only eligibility as a departure from previous years and said the change seemed to have passed players by.
In a WSOP news post, the company said every live and online WSOP Circuit ring winner through Dec. 2, 2025 received free entry to the WSOP Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty and a $5,000 package to cover the stay in the Bahamas.
WSOP Paradise is the Bahamas-based extension of the main World Series of Poker festival, and all Paradise winners earn bracelets. Pokerfuse’s Paradise guide says the 2026 series runs from Dec. 3 to 17 at Baha Mar, making it the fourth edition after the event debuted in 2023 and has returned each December since.
The same guide says the 2026 stop is expected to lean more toward higher buy-ins and high rollers, with the full schedule still to come. It also says the 2025 Paradise schedule had 15 bracelet-awarding events and that 2026 is likely to match or exceed that number.
Pokerfuse says the 2025 WSOP Paradise Main Event drew 2,891 entries and produced a $72.2 million prize pool, while the Super Main Event carried a $25,000 buy-in and a $60 million guarantee.
At the time of the guide, there were no satellites running specifically for the 2026 series yet. International players could qualify through GGPoker, US players through WSOP Online satellites, and players in Ontario through GGPoker Ontario.
