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WSOP 2024 Players Guide: Satellites & Daily Deepstacks
- PokerWired's 2024 WSOP Players Guide
- Satellite schedules for all events
- Daily Deepstack schedule
WSOP Champ Jamie Gold''s Chip Stack in the 2006 WSOP Main Event (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
- WSOP 2024 Underway
- Satellite Tournaments
- Qualify Online to the WSOP Main Event
- Main Event Satellite Schedule
- Speciality Event Satellites
- High Roller Event Satellites
- Mystery Bounty and Gladiators of Poker Satellites
- Casino Credit Satellites
- Daily Deepstacks
- Weekly H.O.R.S.E. and Seniors Tournaments
- The Road to Vegas at GG Poker
In part one of the series we looked at the new events making their first appearance on a WSOP schedule. In part two we examined the Marquee (multi-starting-day) events that have become the hallmark of WSOP schedules in recent years. In part three we perused the Championship events. In part four we mulled over the non-Hold'em events on the tournament schedule.
In this fifth edition of the series we investigate the satellite schedules and daily deepstack tournaments on the 2024 WSOP schedule.
Most of the bracelet events have quite costly buy-ins for the average poker player (with a few notable exceptions such as the Gladiator). For many players, their main fare when visiting the World Series of Poker will be the daily deepstack tournaments, which run three times per day.
Others may wish to take a shot at getting into one of the big money bracelet events and there is an extensive schedule of satellite tournaments to help with this ambition. In this edition we take a look at the Satellite and Daily Deepstack schedules at the 2024 WSOP.
WSOP 2024 Underway
The WSOP is now underway. News and results of completed events can be found on PokerWired's WSOP Bracelet Winners page, updated regularly throughout the 2024 WSOP.
Satellite Tournaments
The format of live satellites to WSOP events has been changed for 2024. Over the last few years most live poker operators have made the same switch, abandoning the traditional satellite format where the tournament ends when the number of players left is exactly number of seats being awarded to the target event.
The new format, for which each operator has slightly confusingly given a different name. The WPT calls them milestone satellites and the WSOP has chosen to call them Landmark satellites. In this format a target number of chips is pre-determined and once players have built a chip stack that is equal or greater to that target, they are awarded a seat in the target event and their chips are removed from play. It is a more exciting format and speeds up the process for most of the seat winners.
While the format of the satellites has changed, the schedule remains similar to that of the previous year, including some satellites into specific target events and some which award casino chips as their prize.
The satellites that award casino chips give players full flexibility to decide which event to use their winnings to play. As the prize in these is casino chips, you can also use them to play casino games, or simply cash them out at the casino cage and use it for something entirely different. Those Las Vegas nightclubs ain’t cheap and weed is now legal in the state of Nevada.
Qualify Online to the WSOP Main Event
If you prefer to have your seat in the Main Event locked up before you travel to Las Vegas, there are qualifying options on GG Poker. The world's largest online poker site's Road to Vegas satellite promotion awards $12,000 packages to the Main Event, including $2,000 towards travel expenses and hotel accommodation. 1,000 packages will be awarded throughout the qualification period, which runs until close to the start of the Main Event on July 3, 2024.
New players can use the GG Poker Promo Code WIRED for a sign up bonus of up to $600.
Main Event Satellite Schedule
The tournament that has the most direct satellites scheduled into it is obviously the $10,000 Championship Main Event. These don’t run throughout the entire series, but they dominate the qualification offering from the beginning of July. Buy-ins to main event satellites are either $580, $1,100 or $2,200, however there are also feeder satellites for $145 or $260, offering a chance to gain your way into the bigger buy-in direct satellites for less.
| Dates | Start Time | Buy-In |
|---|---|---|
| July 3rd-8th | 8am | $1,100 |
| July 2nd-7th | 10am | $580 |
| July 2nd-7th | 12pm | $580 |
| July 2nd-7th | 1pm | $1,100 |
| July 2nd-7th | 7pm | $2,200 |
Feeder Satellite Schedule
| Dates | Start Time | Buy-In | Target Satellite |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2nd-7th | 8am | $145 | $1,100 at 1pm |
| July 2nd-7th | 2pm | $260 | $2,200 at 7pm |
Speciality Event Satellites
In addition to the main event, the $5,000 and $10,000 buy-in bracelet events all have specific satellites to enable players to qualify directly into them. These take place at 7pm on the day before their target event. Satellites to the $5,000 speciality events also give players the option to takle $5,000 in casino chips as an alternative to seat into the target event.
| Date | Start Time | Satellite Format | Target Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 30 May | 7pm | $ 580 Pot Limit Omaha - Landmark Satellite | $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha or $5,000 in casino chips |
| Fri 31 May | 7pm | $ 1,100 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Landmark Satellite | $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship |
| Sun 2 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Mixed Games: Dealers Choice Landmark Satellite | $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship |
| Mon 3 June | 7pm | $ 580 No Limit Hold'em - 8-Handed Landmark Satellite | $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha or $5,000 in casino chips |
| Tue 4 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Limit Hold'em Landmark Satellite | $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship |
| Thu 6 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Landmark Satellite | $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship |
| Sun 9 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Landmark Satellite | $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship |
| Wed 12 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Big O Landmark Satellite | $10,000 BIG O Championship |
| Fri 14 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Limit Seven Card Stud Landmark Satellite | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship |
| Sun 16 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Limit H.O.R.S.E. Landmark Satellite | $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship |
| Tue 18 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Limit Razz Landmark Satellite | $10,000 Razz Championship |
| Wed 19 June | 7pm | $ 580 No Limit Hold'em - 6-Handed Landmark Satellite | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed or $5,000 in casino chips |
| Fri 21 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 No Limit Hold'em - Super Turbo Bounty Satellite | $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty |
| Tue 25 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Landmark Satellite | $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship Satellite |
| Thu 27 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Landmark Satellite | $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Championship |
| Sat 29 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better Championship |
| Sun 30 June | 7pm | $ 1,100 No Limit Hold'em - Mystery Bounty Landmark Satellite | $10,000 No Limit Mystery Bounty |
| Mon 8 July | 7pm | $ 580 No Limit Hold'em - 8-Handed Landmark Satellite | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed or $5,000 in casino chips |
| Tue 9 July | 7pm | $ 1,100 Mixed Games: 8-Game Mixed Landmark Satellite | $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship |
| Fri 12 July | 7pm | $ 1,100 No Limit Hold'em - 6-Handed Landmark Satellite | $10,000 No Limit 6-Handed |
High Roller Event Satellites
There are also satellites to the really high buy-in events and gladly some of these also have lower buy-in feeder satellites into them.
| Date | Start Time | Satellite Format | Target Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 29 May | 6pm | $ 2,700 No Limit Hold'em | $25,000 Heads Up |
| Wed 5 June | 11am | $ 2,700 No Limit Hold'em | $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed |
| Sat 8 June | 6pm | $ 2,700 No Limit Hold'em | $25,000 High Roller |
| Thu 13 June | 6pm | $ 5,300 No Limit Hold'em | $50,000 High Roller |
| Mon 17 June | 6pm | $ 7,500 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 High Roller |
| Thu 20 June | 6pm | $ 25,350 No Limit Hold'em | $250,000 Super High Roller |
| 21st June | 6pm | $5,300 No Limit Hold'em | $50,000 Players Championship |
| 22nd June | 6pm | $5,300 No Limit Hold'em | $50,000 Players Championship |
| Fri 28 June | 6pm | $ 2,700 Pot Limit Omaha | $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller 8-Handed |
| Mon 1 July | 6pm | $ 5,300 Pot Limit Omaha | $50,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller |
| Thu 11 July | 6pm | $ 5,300 No Limit Hold'em | $50,000 High Roller |
| Sat 13 July | 6pm | $ 2,700 Limit H.O.R.S.E. | $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. |
As these satellites are all steep buy-ins, the WSOP also spreads some feeder or 'step' satellites as a cheaper way to gain entry into them.
Step Satellites into High Roller Events Schedule
| Date | Start Time | Satellite Format | Target Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 13 June | 3pm | $ 625 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller $50,000 Landmark Step Satellite | $5,300 High Roller Landmark Satellite |
| Mon 17 June | 3pm | $ 850 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller $100,000 Step 2 Satellite | $7,500 High Roller Landmark Satellite |
| Mon 17 June | 12pm | $ 120 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller $100,000 Step 1 Satellite | $850 High Roller Step 2 Satellite |
| Thu 20 June | 3pm | $ 2,750 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller $250,000 Landmark Step Satellite | $25,350 High Roller Satellite |
| Fri 21 June | 3pm | $ 625 Mixed Games: 8-Game Poker Players Championshjp Step Landmark Satellite | $2,700 Poker Players Championship Satellite |
| Sat 22 June | 3pm | $ 625 Mixed Games: 8-Game Poker Players Championshjp Step Landmark Satellite | $2,700 Poker Players Championship Satellite |
| Fri 28 June | 3pm | $ 320 Pot Limit Omaha - High Roller 8-Handed Satellite | $2,700 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Satellite |
| Mon 1 July | 3pm | $ 625 Pot Limit Omaha - $50,000 High Roller Landmark Step Satellite | $5,300 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller Satellite |
| Thu 11 July | 3pm | $ 625 No Limit Hold'em - $50,000 High Roller Landmark Step Satellite | $5,300 High Roller Landmark Satellite |
Mystery Bounty and Gladiators of Poker Satellites
These lower buy-in marquee events also have direct satellites, although the daily casino credit satellites are just as good an option.
| Dates | Start Time | Buy-In | Target Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30th May-1st June | 12pm | $135 | $1,000 Mystery Millions |
| 30th May-1st June | 4pm | $240 | $1,000 Mystery Millions |
| 5th-8th June | 12pm | $50 | $300 Gladiators of Poker |
Casino Credit Satellites
As well as satellites into specific events, the WSOP also runs three daily satellites that award casino chips as prizes. These give players the option to choose which event to use them for and players can accumulate them to buy into the bigger ticket tournaments. They can also be used in conjunction with cash to buy into events. These take place every day at the following times.
| Start Time | Buy-In | Target Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 3pm | $240 | $2,000 Casino Chips |
| 7pm | $580 | $5,000 Casino Chips |
| 10pm | $135 | $1,000 Casino Chips |
Daily Deepstacks
While the main focus of the WSOP is on the bracelet events, there are also daily deepstack tournaments priced at a much more affordable level. These take place three times a day, running from May 28th until July 15th. The schedule is the same each day.
| Start Time | Buy-In |
|---|---|
| 1pm | $250 |
| 4pm | $400 |
| 8pm | $200 |
Weekly H.O.R.S.E. and Seniors Tournaments
There are also weekly $250 H.O.R.S.E. and Seniors No Limit Hold'em tournaments on Mondays and Thursdays respectively.
| Dates | Event | Start Time | Buy-In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday Only June 3rd-July 15th | H.O.R.S.E | 3pm | $250 |
| Thursdays Only May 30th-June 11th | Seniors(50+) NLH | 9am | $250 |
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