Solana × World Series of Poker
Official presenting sponsor · 2026
The main event
WSOP: Solana Showdown
WSOP: Solana Showdown is a live-streamed invitational bringing some of crypto’s biggest personalities to the bright lights of the WSOP feature table - the same felt where champions are crowned.
Prize Pool
+ custom Solana WSOP bracelet
August 4, 2026
WSOP feature table, Horseshoe Las Vegas
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2006 Main Event champion Jamie Gold
At the table
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Watch on @SolanaThe ambassadors
Some of poker’s biggest names will represent Solana at the WSOP and beyond.
2006 Main Event champion
Winner of the 2006 WSOP Main Event, the largest in history at the time, for a record $12 million. Gold is one of poker’s biggest personalities and a defining figure of the WSOP’s original ESPN era.
The Grinder
The 2025 WSOP Main Event champion took down the title for $10 million. His nine bracelets include a record four Poker Players Championship wins. Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2025, his career earnings exceed $30 million.
17-time WSOP bracelet winner
Winner of the 1989 WSOP Main Event and poker’s all-time leader with a record 17 bracelets. Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2007, Hellmuth has built one of the most accomplished careers in WSOP history.
The edge
The skills that make a great poker player are the skills that make a great trader. Reading the situation, sizing your bets, holding your nerve under pressure. Solana already leads crypto by giving traders the fastest, cheapest, most reliable way to move money. Now that same edge comes to poker.
Poker tournament buy-ins started as cash at the cage. Then came slow, expensive wire transfers and high-interest credit card advances. The next step is free, borderless, instant: digital buy-ins and payouts, powered by Solana.
No more customs declarations at the border. No more security escort to your car after a big session. No more refreshing your bank app for days waiting on a wire. At WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas, Solana is the fastest, cleanest way to get money in and out of play.
Buy-ins powered by Solana + MoonPay
Every crypto buy-in goes straight into play.
From wallet to tournament ticket in seconds.
A cleaner way for a global field to move money.
Pay in SOL, USDC, or USDT.
What’s next
The Las Vegas pilot brought crypto buy-ins to the WSOP LIVE app for the first time. This December at WSOP Paradise, the experience expands with fast crypto buy-ins and payouts powered by Solana.
Payment simulator · Demo only
Choose an event, review one clear payment, and preview how quickly a ticket can land after approval. It’s a fast, simple look at the flow from buy-in to done.
Review the entry, then choose how you want to pay.
From the felt
WSOP and poker coverage, updated automatically as the campaign unfolds.
Your first hand
Set up a wallet, learn the basics, and be ready when the action moves onchain.
