WSOP Tournament Account

You can cashout at any time but you'll have to take it all out and can't redeposit in it because they dont want to act as a bank.

There are two different TBIC account types this year: WSOP-TBIC & Bravo-TBIC.

The wsop account is the same as previous years, for current series only, allowing you to register and print seat assignments at kiosks.

The Bravo TBIC is new this year. This is where your funds will end up if you do a wire transfer through Payfiniti. You may then move money from the Bravo account to WSOP account.

At the end of the series, all WSOP-TBIC accounts are cleared. Money is returned to the same method of funding. If you deposited cash or chips, make sure to cash out after playing your final event.

The Bravo account is intended to be ongoing, so there are currently no plans to clear out those accounts. Bravo wants to use those accounts for other tournament series (i.e., circuit stops) throughout the year. They're betting that this is the future of tournament buy-ins.

Thanks for the info. I am not doing the Bravo/Payfiniti this year, I'll let them work out the bugs the first year.

I'm not sure the WSOP could have made this process any more difficult. Is it possible to fund a WSOP-TBIC account via a wire transfer before you get to town? I don't see any instructions how to do this on the WSOP website. In fact, the site says:

**NEW FOR 2024** Participants that wish to pay for their Tournament registrations via a wire transfer or ACH will need to do so through Bravo TBIC.

I'm not really excited about the thought of going to Vegas in a few weeks with a backpack full of cash. Can anyone provide clarity on how to wire in money for tournaments without going through Payfiniti? Any guidance would be appreciated.

Only option for wire is payfiniti.

can you fund the WSOP-TBIC with a cashiers check? maybe email a photo of it in advance for preapproval so when you get there with it you can deposit it immediately and be good to go?

I posted this in a different thread but I will do it again to make it easy
1) Paris will accept a wire transfer ONLY or >$100,000 so effectively NO
2) Bravo/Pafiniti will accept wires, ACH, BUT WATCH THE FEES. ACH is 3%
3) PARIS will accept a Cashiers Check that has been PREAPPROVED by their credit group to establish a TBIC account................
4) EMAIL a copy of your Cashiers Check a WEEK prior to your arrival for PRE approval from CZR Credit.

CONTACT TO GET THIS ALL DIRECT

See the emails I have received below.

The credit area gives some additional details but anyone that wants to utilize that option should take the time to confirm those directly with CZR Credit. I don't want to assume they are absolutely identical for everyone even though I believe they are.

Personally when I deal with any monetary issue of this nature I am EXTREMELY specific and detailed so that in the rare situation that when I get to LV and someone gives me any type of grief I can provide documents that I have followed the instructions I was given. The last thing in the world I want to mess with on my arrival is a money snafu.

Hope this helps.
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From: WSOP Faq

To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: WSOP Faq

Sent: Monday, April 15, 2024 at 06:24:36 PM PDT

Subject: Wire Instructions

Hello XXX,  

We are sorry for any inconvenience this my cause. Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC will no longer accept wire transfers. However, you can do a cashier's check in advance. When doing a cashier's check before your arrival in Las Vegas, email a copy of the check to our credit department for verification. The credit department email is [email]CZRCredit@Caesars.com[/email] and it must include your first and last name, Caesars Reward Number, and state that it is going to be used at the Paris Las Vegas for WSOP. If you use a cashier's check and send it to our credit department ahead it would save a few days before you come. You will still need to bring the original check with you to the Paris cashier cage in the Convention Center.

Thanks again

------- Original message --------

From: CZRCredit

Date: 4/18/24 9:25 PM (GMT-06:00)

To: XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] WSOP Cashier Check questions

xxxxxx

Hello,

The credit office at the [email]czrvcredit@caesars.com[/email] email will verify the check prior to arrival ................ (it goes on after this )

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thanks!

Thanks.
Who do we get the check made out to?

I strongly suggest you email the WSOP and CZRcredit yourself to confirm but

Paris Las Vegas Operating Company, LLC is my answer to the question.

The instructions I received said to make it out to:

Paris Las Vegas Property LLC

Thank you very much.

I just got an email reply myself seeking to verify they actually seem pretty flexible, which surprised me

Hello,

The cashiers check can be made payable to Paris, WSOP, or the Name of the guest.

Note: guest must be the remitter/purchaser of the check. We are unable to accept any third party checks.

Thank you

When cashing events, can you have them load it to your WSOP account?

I emailed a copy of my cashier's check 7 days ago and nothing but complete crickets.

Update: Ok I emailed them right when I posted this and got an immediate reply that it's verified. ::shrug::

It has been that way in the past and so I would say yes until told otherwise.

Players should always check with the folks in charge, but I’m pretty sure what you are saying here isn’t entirely true. Yes, you can only withdraw once (as opposed to being able to deposit as many times as you like). But that is once per year. You just have to make the withdrawl before the end of the series. And funds can remain in your account for up to 3 years, so I don’t think you have to withdraw everything. Apparently there are some players from abroad who prefer to keep their money parked in the WSOP account. I’m not sure if that makes sense from a money-management standpoint, but I suppose they have their reasons.

I tried to call a lot of phone numbers that I was given. Player Services at Caesars etc. No one has any idea about cashiers checks and on top of that email addresses to get them approved ahead of time.

I wanted to verify the email address in this thread. On one hand it makes sense they want to verify ahead of time the cashiers check is valid. On the other hand the WSOP registration website DOESN'T tell you to email a copy of the check ahead of time so that doesn't make sense to me. I have a WSOP tournament account already with $$ in it. But I am bringing a cashiers check as well. I suppose I will bring it to the WSOP Main Cage in the Champagne Ballroom and if there is a delay in them putting money in my account so be it. There are ATM's.

I did email a check in advance (copy of it). No response but when I arrived they had it approved in the system and it was quickly added to my account.

Also to the guy on a prior post that asked if cashes can be added right into your account the answer is yes. They ask how you want to be paid and you can tell them to add it to your account.

The system works great. Some long lines this weekend for registering events and I am registered in two seconds with the Bravo account and machines.

Registration question: If you've already played some events at WSOP and deposited some funds into your tournament account, is there anything else you need to do to be "FastTrack verified" and print tickets from the kiosks? My nightmare is registering, trying to print a ticket, but being told that I need to go wait in another line to officially get verified and be able to get my ticket.

Nope, you just go to bravopokerlive.com, log in. Click on tournaments and scroll down to Paris/WSOP. Click on that and then pick the event you are going to play. Once you do that you just go to the kiosk and scan your Caesars card. Then print out the tickets and seating info for your event. It's real easy.