PokerCircuit.ioA selective guide to the August 20-September 9 WPT festival at bestbet Jacksonville: choose an opening-event, Mystery Bounty or Championship window, then use the calendar for the flights and backups that fit your trip.
Strong for players who want a Florida fly-in with clearly separated buy-in tiers and several genuine flight choices. Pick one anchor before booking: the $400 opener, $1,700 Mystery Bounty or $5,000 Championship. The schedule offers recovery options, but they often overlap a possible continuation, so keep a flexible return and do not plan around an assumed satellite finish time.
Players who want a Florida fly-in with one clear event window.
Players looking for a downtown itinerary or a complete schedule mirror.
Choose one of these three windows before booking. Each route states the continuation time that must remain available.
Six Thursday-to-Saturday starting flights lead to the Sunday continuation/final. Keep Sunday available; another #1 flight is the cleanest recovery after an early bust.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday flights lead to the Sunday final. Keep Sunday available; a later Mystery flight preserves the same trip objective.
Friday-Sunday flights lead to Monday Day 2, Tuesday Day 3 and Wednesday’s final table. Enter only if Monday through Wednesday remain available.
Pick one anchor, then decide in advance how much recovery budget and travel flexibility you want.
Choose the situation that matches your trip to see the strongest next option and when it stops being attractive.
The planning-critical windows, grouped by root event. Use the scoped calendar for every flight, satellite and continuation row.
Six starting flights from Thursday through Saturday; Sunday final. $325 prize contribution, $57 entry fee and $18 staff gratuity. Flights stop at 10% of the field; only Day 2 qualifiers are paid, and a multi-bagger plays the highest stack.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday flights, then Sunday final. $1,500 buy-in with $500 to bounties, plus $175 entry fee and $25 gratuity. Flights stop at 12.5%; bounties begin on Day 2 and range from $500 to $50,000.
50,000 chips, 30-minute levels and a one-day schedule. A practical separate trip option, not a Mystery-final recovery plan.
Friday-Sunday flights; Monday Day 2, Tuesday Day 3 and Wednesday final table. $4,550 prize contribution, $380 entry fee and $70 gratuity. The listed World Championship package drawing is added to the prize pool, not a personal rebate or cash-equivalent.
The $100 satellite can feed Event #1; the $360 Mega can feed the Mystery Bounty; and $580 direct or milestone satellites can feed the Championship. Their registration-close levels are published, but their finish times are not—treat every target handoff as conditional.
The tournament venue is bestbet Jacksonville, 201 Monument Road, Jacksonville, FL 32225. This is a poker-first base, not a downtown itinerary: compare a venue/Arlington-area stay with an airport-side stay only as a practical transfer trade-off. Keep checkout flexibility around Sunday Aug 23, Sunday Aug 30 and Monday-Wednesday Sep 7-9.
Official bestbet Jacksonville location and scheduleThis guide focuses on source-backed structure and schedule information. It does not use a stop-wide score, field-softness claim or ROI claim. Read the full Edge Score methodology.
One apparent malformed satellite listing is excluded unless bestbet corrects or confirms it.
Registration-close levels are published, but satellite finish times are not.
Last verified July 21, 2026. Recheck the official schedule before booking around a specific event.