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Tournament Structures

The following is our blind, prize and point structures. For a complete set of these items you can view our Format page.

Most tournament rounds are 25 minutes.  Please see the format page for complete details on all of our tournament formats and structures.


Blind Structure

Rounds vary. See this chart for specific blind and ante amounts:

Round Small Big Ante
1 25 50
2 50 100
3 75 150
4 100 200
5 100 200 25
6 150 300 25
7 200 400 50
8 300 600 50
9 400 800 100
10 600 1200 100
11 800 1600 200
12 1000 2000 200
13 1200 2400 300
14 1500 3000 300
15 2000 4000 500
16 3000 6000 500
17 4000 8000 500
18+ 5000 10000 1000

 

Prizes and Points

We are competing for three different things:

1. Prize Payout

Earnings by player for 1st and additional positions for each tournament:
Number of Players Competing In Individual Tournament
41 - 50 26 - 40 16 - 25 11 - 15 10 or Less
PRIZE PAYOUT:  50% to WSOP Trust; Remaing $$:
1st 40% 42% 46% 50% 65%
2nd 20% 22% 25% 30% 35%
3rd 13% 14% 17% 20%
4th 11% 12% 12%
5th 9% 10%
6th 7%

 

2. Points System

Points earned for playing individual tournaments based on number of players. At the end of the year the person with the most accumulated points wins while other top contenders compete for available additional WSOP seats.

 

                    Number Of Players Competing In Individual Tournament    
41 - 50 Players 26 -  40 Players 16 - 25 Players 11 - 15 Players 10 or Less Players
1st 100 1st 100 1st 100 1st 100 1st 100
2nd 80 2nd 80 2nd 80 2nd 80 2nd 80
3rd 60 3rd 60 3rd 60 3rd 60 3rd 60
4th 40 4th 40 4th 40 4th 40 4th 30
5th 30 5th 30 5th 30 5th 20 5th 10
6th 25 6th 25 6th 20 6th 15    
7th 20 7th 20 7th 15 7th 10    
8th 18 8th 18 8th 10      
9th 16 9th 16 9th 8      
10th 15 10th 15 10th 7      
11-15th 10 11-12th 10          
16-20th 7 13-15th 7            

 

 

3. Per-Tournament Points


In addition to the above points, which are awarded based on your individual tournament play, each player will receive at least 5 bonus points and 50 playoff chips for simply attending each tournament. Tournaments played later into the season may earn additional points.

See the Format page for a printable version of this page.

See the Rules for complete details.

View your Syndicate standings by visiting the Results page.