A operating joke for years on the World Sequence of Poker in Las Vegas was that gamers spent extra time ready in line to register for a match than they did truly enjoying in it.
That actually held true for large occasions like The Colossus, a smaller $500 buy-in match that has attracted as many as 20,000 entrants in earlier years. Tons of of gamers waited in lengthy traces, solely to bust from the match inside minutes — after which get again in line once more to re-register.
Logistically, it simply wasn’t essentially the most environment friendly option to run a poker sequence or preserve clients completely satisfied.
In 2025, nevertheless, the WSOP unveiled a brand new telephone app that’s revolutionizing the way in which poker tournaments function and the way info is delivered to gamers.
And lengthy traces, for essentially the most half, are lifeless and buried within the Nevada desert.
The WSOP+ app rolled out final month and instantly acquired rave opinions from gamers and poker followers alike. Contributors can register and purchase into WSOP dwell occasions immediately from their telephone utilizing the app, eliminating the nightmare of in-person registration.
If gamers are eradicated from a re-entry occasion, they will re-enter from their system earlier than they even get up from their chair. The app provides them to a digital ready checklist and alerts them after they can take their new seat within the match.
Actual-time info can also be a significant new characteristic. As soon as gamers are registered for a match, they will see each knowledge level for the occasion, together with the present blind degree, minutes left within the degree, gamers remaining, the names of gamers at their desk and different tables, and stats and outcomes for every participant.
Gamers even have the power to take notes on their opponents immediately within the app. In the event that they run into these opponents later within the match — or in a unique occasion through the summer season — the notes will nonetheless be saved.
Jack Effel, senior vp of poker operations and the World Sequence of Poker, has been thrilled with the app’s success via the primary two weeks of the sequence.
“It turns into really easy (for the gamers),” Effel advised WSOP.com. “You may have cash in your account, you play the occasions that you just need to, go on to your desk, sit down and begin enjoying. You don’t need to go stand in line. And it’s serving to us handle some actually massive fields in a extra environment friendly method.”
The app is a sport changer, and different poker excursions will probably try and mimic these large upgrades within the coming months.
The 56th version of the World Sequence of Poker options 100 gold bracelet occasions on the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. The sequence runs via July 16.
