December arrives with all the usual signals. Trees go up. Menorahs glow. Families make plans. For years, this was the quiet corner of the poker calendar, the short stretch where the industry finally took a breath before the new year began. Not anymore.
Since the WPT World Championships burst onto the scene in 2022, the final month of the year has turned into poker’s busiest battleground, with three major festivals now fighting for attention in the space of three frantic weeks.
Those three giants are the reason December has become the most important month in live poker:
- WSOP Paradise, headlined by the $25,000 WSOP Paradise Super Main Event with a record $60 million guarantee.