World Series of Poker Circuit
The World Series of Poker Circuit is a series of poker tournaments held annually at a variety of casinos since 2005 as a build-up to the World Series of Poker.
All Championship events are competed in no limit Texas hold 'em; preliminary events may be different poker variants.
In 2015, the WSOP International Circuit was launched, with rounds in Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa. The WSOP Circuit National Championship was replaced by the WSOP Global Casino Championship, featuring the winners from both WSOP Circuit and WSOP International Circuit. The International Circuit has expanded to 13 tournaments for the 2017/18 season.
WSOP Circuit National Championship
Starting with the 2010–11 WSOP Circuit, the WSOP Circuit National Championship was held as a closed event for participants of various circuit events.Starting in 2011–12, qualification for the Circuit National Championship was significantly changed. A total of 100 players now receive automatic seats in the National Championship. The winners of each Circuit main event and the highest point earner at each circuit stop receive seats, with the remaining automatic seats filled by the top points earners throughout the Circuit season who are not already qualified. Additionally, the top 100 players in the "WSOP World Rankings", a points race determined on results in open events of the previous two WSOPs, are eligible to enter. The Circuit qualifiers play the National Championship on a freeroll, while the WSOP World Rankings qualifiers must pay a $10,000 buy-in.
The winner of the Circuit National Championship wins a World Series of Poker bracelet.
In 2015–16, the WSOP National Championship was renamed to the WSOP Global Casino Championship.
Season | Series Name | Winner | Prize | Runner-up |
2010–11 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | Sam Barnhart | $300,000 | James Anderson |
2011–12 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | Ryan Eriquezzo | $416,051 | Nikolas Stone |
2012–13 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | Jonathan Hilton | $355,599 | Max Steinberg |
2013–14 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | Dominik Nitsche | $352,800 | Athanasios Polychronopoulos |
2014–15 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | Loni Harwood | $341,599 | Alexandru Masek |
2015–16 | WSOP Global Casino Championship | Said El-Yousfi | $343,256 | Yasin Ahmady |
2016–17 | WSOP Global Casino Championship | Sean Yu | $296,941 | Alexander Lakhov |
2017–18 | WSOP Global Casino Championship | Warren Sheaves | $282,113 | Jeremy Meacham |
2018–19 | WSOP Global Casino Championship | Ryan Eriquezzo | $279,431 | Eric Salazar |
WSOP Circuit ring
Like the World Series of Poker and its prestigious bracelet, all circuit stops have preliminary events that award rings as well.In March 2018, WSOP.com in New Jersey hosted the first online poker tournament to award a Circuit ring.
WSOP Circuit ring winners
Below is a list of all poker players who have won at least five World Series of Poker Circuit rings.Rings | Player | Bracelets |
13 | Maurice Hawkins | 0 |
12 | Valentin Vornicu | 0 |
11 | Joshua Reichard | 0 |
9 | Ari Engel | 1 |
9 | Robert Hankins | 0 |
9 | Daniel Lowery | 0 |
9 | Alexandru Masek | 0 |
9 | Martin Ryan | 0 |
8 | Kyle Cartwright | 1 |
8 | Chris Reslock | 1 |
7 | Vincent Moscati | 0 |
7 | Joshua Turner | 0 |
7 | Cory Waaland | 0 |
7 | Sean Yu | 1 |
6 | John Holley | 0 |
6 | Roland Israelashvili | 0 |
6 | Michael Lech | 0 |
6 | Andrew Robinson | 0 |
6 | Mark Smith | 0 |
6 | Maxwell Young | 0 |
5 | Austin Apicella | 0 |
5 | Andrew Buel | 0 |
5 | Mark Fink | 0 |
5 | Brandon Fish | 0 |
5 | Loni Harwood | 2 |
5 | Blair Hinkle | 1 |
5 | Kurt Jewell | 0 |
5 | Martin Kabrhel | 2 |
5 | David Larson | 0 |
5 | Mike Leah | 1 |
5 | Christopher Leong | 0 |
5 | Kevin McColgan | 0 |
5 | Cody Pack | 0 |
5 | Scott Stewart | 0 |
5 | Caufman Talley | 0 |
5 | Jeffrey Trudeau | 0 |
5 | Blake Whittington | 0 |