2018 World Series of Poker Registration
Players have two ways to register for WSOP events. In-person at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Or online, via our WSOP registration software provider, Bravo Poker Live.
How to Register In-Person
Anyone who is in Las Vegas or visiting Las Vegas between April 2nd and the start of the 2018 WSOP that would
like to register may go to the Rio Main Casino Cage and buy into any event
they choose, and receive their starting seat assignment and receipt. This
guarantees your entry into the event. Beginning May 29 at 9am, the WSOP
Main Cage opens up in the Rio Convention Center in the Tropical Ballroom,
where players can register in-person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through
July 17, 2018. The WSOP Main Cage replaces the Rio Main Casino Cage on May
29. Remember to bring a valid photo ID and your Caesars Rewards Loyalty card
to register for events. Any participants residing outside the United States
must all provide a second form of identification that includes a
residential address. In-person registration requires cash, casino chips or
cashier's check.
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How To Register Online (Advanced deadlines apply!)
Online registration is an option again this year using Bravo Poker Live,
our vendor who has long supplied our registration and payout program
software, and began in 2016 handling the online registration system, in
order to keep all our systems linked together.
For those that register and send payment online (meeting the deadlines
required), you will reduce time spent at the Rio waiting in a line. For
those that wait until the last minute, online registration will not be a
suitable option. It is important to note the three ways to pay for Online
Registration Buy-Ins:
- Credit Card - for buy-ins $10,000 and under only (requires registration at least 72 hours prior for first time use) (Can use Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover & Diners Club)
- Once a credit card has been verified for WSOP 2018, this same card can be used for online registration until the end of the WSOP.
- Wire Transfer (requires registration at least 14 days prior to event's start date)
- Cashier's Check (requires registration at least 14 days prior to event's start date)
Learn how to register online by viewing this tutorial.
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Step-by-Step Details of Online Registration:
The process online will be hosted on the secure and encrypted Bravo Poker
Live website, at the following URL:
https://www.bravopokerlive.com/venues/wsop/
.
Participants will be required to do a one-time sign-up with Bravo Poker
Live, which will save and password protect their registration information,
so participants will have quick and easy return access for future events,
both WSOP and for other venues that work with Bravo Poker Tournament
software. (If you registered for this in 2016 or 2017, you have an account and can
just log-in)
Participants also are required to have a Caesars Rewards
Card®/Account to online register. Participants can register for and
activate a Caesars Rewards Account at
https://www.caesars.com/program/
.
Once the participant completes the online process (including sending in
payment) for one or more events, they then only have to show up in the Rio
Convention Center "Rotunda Area" WSOP FasTrac Caesars Rewards Desk one hour
prior to their event's start, to show proof of identification and have
their identity verified. If the method of payment is credit card, the
participant must also present the credit card used for the online
registration (which must be in the name of the registered player). Once
verified, the participant will receive seat assignments and receipts for
any and all event(s) this participant has registered for and can proceed to
their starting room, table and seat at the participant's leisure.
ADA accessible kiosks are available at designated locations, and staff are
available at those kiosks to provide additional assistance if needed.
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WSOP FasTrac Kiosks
After completing the "one-time in-person" verification process in the
Rotunda Area to confirm identity and credit card payment method, players
can simply use the WSOP FasTrac Kiosks to print their own seat cards and
receipts for all future 2018 WSOP online registrations. Similar to an
airline boarding pass experience once at the airport, the WSOP FasTrac
Kiosks require the participant's Caesars Rewards Card to verify identity, and
once verified, a participant can print all seat assignments and receipts
for any tournaments that the participant has registered for.
Once a participant has used that credit card once to online register, then
they will have no advanced wait time required to online register for future
events. For example, if a participant online registers for
Flight A of the Colossus online (before June 1),
then plays in that flight on June 2 but is eliminated before the end of
the day, they will be able to go online and register and pay for another
Colossus flight using that same credit card, without the need to go to the
live registration cage. They will purchase online and then go directly to
the WSOP FasTrac Kiosk in the Rio Rotunda to print their seat card and
receipt. So a participant could be eliminated from Saturday morning's
Flight A, but could use the online registration process to buy-in to
Saturday evening's Flight B. With a rule allowing only one advanced entry
for multi-flight events, this new online registration process with credit
cards, eliminates the need to use the WSOP registration cage for popular
events like Colossus that draw large fields and usually feature lengthier
lines.
Fees
The payment required for participation in any Tournament event is the full
amount of the event's entry fee, which includes an administrative fee to
cover necessary Tournament staffing, materials and related administrative
costs. There are additional fees applicable to online registration and the
chosen method of payment. Additional Fees: There will be a $3 processing
fee added to each event transaction for using the online registration
system. Credit cards are charged an additional 2.95% fee to use this method
of payment. (Fees for American Express are 3.95%) In addition, anyone who
uses a wire-transfer or cashier's check are still subject to any fees their
bank imposes (the WSOP does not impose any fees). These are typical fees
used in the payment processing industry for online transactions of this
nature, by the vendors and providers of these services. Participant is
responsible for payment of the full registration amount and all applicable
fees.
Refunds
Anyone who registers for an event online but chooses not to play may get a
refund at the WSOP registration cage on-site in the Rio Convention Center
up to the start time for the event. Participants, who don't end up
travelling out to an event they online registered for, should email Tyler
Pipal at
tpipal@caesars.com
to request the necessary paperwork to receive a refund. This request must
be done in advance of the event's start. Refunds will be issued for the
buy-in amount only.
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