There is a little over 12 weeks until the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Super Main Event shuffles up and deals at its new home in Baha Mar. The $50 million guaranteed tournament commands a $26,000 buy-in, which is likely way outside the constraints of your bankroll, but what if we told you that you could be rubbing shoulders with some of poker’s greats in this spectacular event for free?
Online poker giant GGPoker, whose parent company owns the WSOP brand, is continuing the WSOP Express, which enables players to win their way to the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event for free.
Receive a Daily Free WSOP Express Ticket
Fire up your GGPoker account, navigate to the WSOP Express tab in the lobby, and you should see a free Step 0 ticket. This Step 0 ticket can be used to enter the Avatar Race, where Lady Luck determines whether you win a Step 1 ticket or not.
Once you have claimed your free daily ticket, you can claim a free Step 1 ticket once you have been dealt pocket aces in a cash game, and then you can bank a free Step 2 ticket if you receive pocket aces as your cash game hole cards three more times.
WSOP Express Step 1 – All-in or Fold 4-Max
Step 1 of the WSOP Express is a $0.50 buy-in (or Step 1 ticket) All-in of Fold 4-Max tournament. You receive three stacks of 80 chips and battle against three opponents in a winner-takes-all format. As the name suggests, you can only move all-in or fold until one player has all of the chips. GGPoker rewards that player with a Step 2 ticket.
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WSOP Express Step 2 – Spin & Gold 6-Max
The second step of the WSOP Express costs you $2 or a Step 2 ticket. Enter this stage and you’ll compete against five opponents in a Spin & Gold tournament where the prize pool is randomly determined before the dealing of the first hand.
Most of the time, you’ll be playing for a Step 3 ticket, but the random nature of Spin & Gold means there’s a chance that Step 4 tickets, $3,500 Ring Passes, $10,000 Bracelet Passes, and even $30,000 Super Passes can be won in mere minutes.
WSOP Express Step 3 – Sit & Go On-Demand
If you have a Step 3 ticket or fancy using $10 of your bankroll for the next stage of the WSOP Express, you’ll clash with fellow grinders in a Sit & Go On-Demand. These shuffle up and deal once eight players register, and late registration remains open for 10 minutes.
Everyone starts with 3,000 chips and shares the common goal of increasing their stack to 50,000 chips. Reach 50,000, and you win a Step 4 ticket.
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WSOP Express Step 4 – Traditional Multi-Day Tournament
Step 4 is where the real action begins, as it is here that $30,000 Super Passes are won. Buy in with either a Step 4 ticket of $150 cash and bring your A-game to the tables.
This stage is a traditional tournament where you are armed with 6,000 chips and play to blinds starting at 30/60/4a. The blinds increase every 8 minutes, and the goal is to last long enough for only 6% of the field to remain or until the end of Level 31.
Achieve that goal, and you’ll advance to the $2,500 Express to $30K Super Pass where 34x $30,000 Super Passes are in the prize pool.
What is in a $30,000 Super Pass?
What do you win if you get your hands on a $30,000 Super Pass? The largest component of the package is a $26,000 entry to the $50 million guaranteed 2026 WSOP Paradise Main Event.
Last year, Bernhard Binder topped a 2,891-strong field and returned home with $10 million and a WSOP bracelet.
In addition to Super Main Event entry, you’ll also receive a 13-night stay at Baha Mar from December 5-18, a free entry into a last longer where you can win $10,000 worth of tournament dollars, access to the Platinum Discord community, and exclusive GGPoker x WSOP Paradise merchandise.
Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor