The World Series of Poker and its owners, GGPoker, is expanding its offerings through its poker apps that features play-for-fun games and a poker academy, but most of the good stuff is locked behind a paywall.
WSOP+, which was the name of what is now called WSOP Live, the live tournament registration and tracker app when it launch last year, is what the WSOP is calling subscription tiers that range from free to $49.99 a month.
It covers three WSOP apps players can download to their phones, not including WSOP Online, which can be used to play real money poker in Pennsylvania, Nevada, New Jersey or Michigan.
Besides WSOP Live, there’s also the WSOP Academy app, a poker training tool, and ClubGG, a subscription-based sweepstakes poker site available to most Americans that allows them to play for real entries into WSOP events.
Here are the tiers and features:
| Free Membership | WSOP+ Basic ($9.99/mo) | WSOP+ Premium ($49.99/mo) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WSOPAcademy | Free Poker IQ evaluation, all training units, free first challenge, 10 High Roller Table hands per day | Extra challenges vs. Negreanu, Maria Ho, and Michael Mizrachi, 50 High Roller Table hands per day | Sharky – ultimate challenge, unlimited High Roller Table hands |
| WSOPLive | Access to the WSOPLive app | One daily access to the Plus Lounge, 5% WSOPStore discount | Unlimited access to the Plus Lounge, special WSOP merch |
| ClubGG | Unrestricted play on ClubGG | One Stage 1 daily access, play up to 6 tables, Smart HUD, Rabbit Hunt, Squeeze, PokerCraft, Splash | Unlimited Stage 1 access, play up to 12 tables, Final Stage re-entry, Smart HUD, Rabbit Hunt, Splash, PokerCraft, Squeeze |
That’s just shy of $600 a year to access some special features, including full access to the Plus Lounges that pop-up at live WSOP events and access to an AI cartoon shark that will tell players to beware of bad aces. The entries to WSOP Circuit satellites is another feature, as well as the ability to utilize the HUD feature on ClubGG.
It only took a year for GGPoker and NSUS, which owns all of this, to implement pay-per-play tiers to their digital offerings. Players probably should expect the company to soon begin to put their broadcast content behind paywalls, even though it’s all now free through YouTube.
