WPT Gold Tournament Schedule: Passport Events & Championships

If you’ve searched for “WPT Gold poker,” you’re most likely looking for ClubWPT Gold, the World Poker Tour’s sweepstakes-style online poker site for US players. You might also be trying to work out how its online series, championship events and “Passport” qualifiers connect to live WPT tournaments in Las Vegas.

This guide brings it all together: what WPT Gold is, the 2026 tournament schedule so far, which qualifiers are still running this month, and how online play can lead to a seat at the WPT World Championship festival at Wynn Las Vegas in December.

Quick answer: what is WPT Gold?

ClubWPT Gold (often shortened to “WPT Gold”) is the World Poker Tour’s sweepstakes-based online poker platform for players in the United States. It launched in 2025 and relaunched with a new model in late 2025. Under that model, players buy Hand Analysis credits for training tools, which can’t be redeemed, and receive Chips with them. Chips are used in tournaments and cash games and can be redeemed at 1 Chip = $1.

Key facts at a glance:

Operator: World Poker Tour
Type: Sweepstakes-based online poker with built-in training tools
Currency: Chips (redeemable 1:1 for US dollars); Hand Analysis credits (non-redeemable)
Availability: 40+ US states, plus Canada outside Quebec
Minimum redemption: 20 Chips
Main game: No-Limit Hold’em, with some PLO events during series
Age requirement: 18+

State availability has changed several times. One review lists restrictions in Connecticut, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, Tennessee and Washington, while WPT Gold’s own promotional page lists Idaho, Montana, Michigan, New Jersey and Washington. Always check the current terms on the official site before signing up.

ClubWPT vs ClubWPT Gold: don’t mix them up

This is where many players get confused. WPT runs two separate online products, and Passport qualifiers often live on the older one:

ClubWPT is a membership-based site with tiers like VIP, Diamond and Super SATurdays. It’s where most WPT Championship Passport qualifiers and the Super Gold Million seat qualifiers run.

ClubWPT Gold is the sweepstakes Chips platform, which runs its own big online series like the Gold Million, Crown Series and Summer of Gold.

The live Super Gold Million at Wynn carries the ClubWPT Gold name, but its seat qualifiers in October 2026 run on ClubWPT. If you’re hunting for a Passport, check both lobbies.

One more point of confusion: WPT Global, WPT’s real-money online site outside the US, introduced “Passport Dollars” in 2024. That’s a separate system for live event credits and is not the same as ClubWPT Passports.

WPT Gold online tournament schedule 2026

Here’s how ClubWPT Gold’s 2026 calendar has unfolded so far. All buy-ins and guarantees are in Chips.

Gold Million (March 1): A one-day mystery bounty event with a 218-Chip buy-in and a 1,000,000-Chip guarantee. It needed roughly 4,588 entries to cover the guarantee.

Crown Series I (April 5–19): 33 events with more than 7,000,000 Chips guaranteed and buy-ins from 11 to 2,200 Chips. The headline Crown Championship cost 320 Chips with a 1,500,000 guarantee, and its Day 2 ran on April 19. Other highlights included a 55-Chip Crown Stackbuilder and a 1,100-Chip Crown PKO, each with a 500,000 guarantee.

Summer of Gold (May 24–June 28): The biggest series of the year, with a headline figure of 50,000,000 Chips guaranteed. It included:

• a Gold Million every Sunday (218 Chips, 1,000,000 guaranteed, mystery bounty);
• four WPT-branded online championships, including the WPT500 Championship (530 Chips, 750,000 guaranteed, June 4–14) and the series-closing WPT Championship (3,500 Chips, 1,500,000 guaranteed, June 14–28);
• two other main events at 530 Chips (400,000 guaranteed, May 24–31) and 1,100 Chips (1,500,000 guaranteed, May 24–June 7);
• 76 Crown Series titles and a 100,000-Chip weekly freeroll.

Crown Series II (September 20–October 11): More than 12,000,000 Chips guaranteed, with 50 players crowned. Satellites started September 14, and feeders began from just 3 Chips.

Comparing the 2026 series

Crown Series I (April): 33 events, 7M+ guaranteed
Summer of Gold (May–June): 76 Crown titles plus Sunday Gold Millions, 50M headline guarantee
Crown Series II (Sept–Oct): 50 titles, 12M+ guaranteed

The trend is clear. The fall Crown Series offered roughly 70% more in guarantees than the spring edition, which suggests WPT is pushing more players and prize money onto the platform. Crown winners receive a trophy, a commemorative jersey, a permanent avatar badge and a spot in the Crownholders’ Hall of Fame. That’s a nice touch that makes an online title feel more like a live win.

What are WPT Passport events?

A Passport is a live tournament package won through an online qualifier. Instead of just a seat, it bundles the buy-in with a travel and hotel stipend, and often a VIP experience. Here’s how the 2026 ClubWPT Passport values break down:

$5,000 Passport: $3,500 WPT Championship seat + $1,500 travel stipend
$6,500 Passport: $5,000 seat + $1,500 stipend (used for the bestbet Scramble and the Venetian)
$2,500 Prime Lodge Passport: $1,100 seat + $1,400 stipend

Practical insight: the stipend makes up 23% to 56% of a Passport’s value depending on the tier. If you live near the venue, that stipend effectively becomes extra bankroll. If you’re flying cross-country, it may barely cover your costs, so factor that in before you chase a seat.

How Passport qualifiers work

• Each qualifier is an online No-Limit Hold’em tournament capped at 3,200 players.
• Usually only the winner gets the Passport. The Prime Lodge qualifiers paid the top two.
• Other final table finishers share $500 in cash.
• Super SATurdays and Diamond qualifiers are freerolls for eligible members. VIP qualifiers cost 2,000 tournament points.
• Passports are non-transferable and only valid for the named event.

2026 Passport events

Rolling Thunder: qualifier February 7; live event March 29–April 1, Thunder Valley Casino Resort, California
bestbet Scramble: qualifiers July 18–19; live event September 4–9, bestbet Jacksonville, Florida
Prime Lodge: qualifiers August 15–16; live event October 8–12, Austin, Texas
Venetian Las Vegas: qualifiers September 19–20; live event November 5–10, The Venetian, Las Vegas

Monthly $5,000 Passport qualifiers also ran in January, March, April and May.

Live now: Super Gold Million seat qualifiers (October 2026)

The biggest WPT Gold-linked live event this year is the ClubWPT Gold Super Gold Million at Wynn Las Vegas:

Dates: December 10–14, 2026
Buy-in: $400
Guarantee: $3,000,000
Format: Mystery bounty

To get players there, ClubWPT is running 11 online qualifiers in October that award 43 seat packages in total. Each package is worth $800: a $400 seat, a $400 travel and hotel stipend, and a VIP experience.

Qualifiers still to come as of October 23 (Eastern Time):

Super SATurdays: Saturday, October 24 and Saturday, October 31, 7:00 PM. The last five players standing win a package.
VIP: Sunday, October 25, 4:00 PM. The top three win a package and the event is Player of the Year eligible.

The two Diamond qualifiers (October 11 and 18) have already finished.

Practical insight: a 3,200-player cap with three to five seats awarded means roughly 0.1% to 0.2% of a full field qualifies. Those are long odds, but because Super SATurdays qualifiers are freerolls for members, it’s a free lottery ticket with real skill involved. If you’re already a member, it costs you nothing but time.

Championships: how online leads to live

WPT Gold’s online championships give you a title, a trophy and a Hall of Fame spot. The live championships are where Passports take you. Here’s the remaining 2026 WPT live calendar where online qualifiers matter most:

WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: festival October 16–November 1, championship October 23–27
WPT Venetian Fall Festival: championship November 5–10, Las Vegas
WPT World Championship festival at Wynn: November 27–December 21, with more than 85 events and $20 million guaranteed
WPT Prime Championship: December 5–12, $1,100 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed
ClubWPT Gold Super Gold Million: December 10–14, $400 buy-in, $3 million guaranteed
WPT World Championship: December 13–20, $10,400 buy-in, $1 million in added mystery bounties

WPT also lists online qualification paths on ClubWPT and ClubWPT Gold for the World Championship itself. Check both lobbies over the next few weeks.

There’s precedent too. In December 2024, ClubWPT Gold handed out 300 “Golden Passports” through online qualifiers for a $5 million Invitational Freeroll at Wynn Las Vegas, which had a $1 million first prize. WPT hasn’t announced a repeat for 2026, but it shows how seriously WPT uses Gold to feed its live festival.

How to get started on WPT Gold

1. Go to the official ClubWPT Gold site and create an account. You must be 18+ and in an eligible state.
2. Verify your identity before you try to redeem Chips.
3. Start small. Feeders to Crown events begin at 3 Chips, and Gold Million satellites have started from as little as 2 Chips.
4. Use the satellite ladder. For example, in the spring Crown Series the ladder went 3 → 33 → 320 Chips into the 1,500,000 Crown Championship.
5. If you’re chasing a live Passport, also sign up for ClubWPT. ClubWPT has offered a 14-day free trial (code WPT2026, one per person), so check the current offer on the official site.

Beginner tips for WPT Gold tournaments

Play satellites, not direct buy-ins. A 3-Chip feeder into a 320-Chip event is the best way to test the big tournaments without risking much.

Mystery bounty events reward aggression late. In the Gold Million, knocking out players after the bounty stage can be worth more than moving up a few pay spots.

Don’t chase every Passport. Pick the live events you’d genuinely travel to and focus your qualifier time there.

Track redemption rules. Redemptions need a minimum of 20 Chips, security reviews can take up to 72 hours, and payouts can take up to five more business days.

Is WPT Gold worth it?

For US players in eligible states, WPT Gold is one of the few ways to play large-field online tournaments with a direct link to real WPT events. The 2026 schedule shows steady growth, from a 7M-guaranteed spring series to a 12M fall series and a 50M summer festival. The Passport system also gives low-stakes players a realistic, if long-shot, path to Las Vegas.

The main downsides are the patchy state availability and the fact that Passport qualifiers sit on a separate membership site. That can confuse new players, so read both sites’ terms carefully.

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