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.
SeasonSeries NameWinnerPrizeRunner-up
2010–11WSOP Circuit National Championship Sam Barnhart$300,000 James Anderson
2011–12WSOP Circuit National Championship Ryan Eriquezzo$416,051 Nikolas Stone
2012–13WSOP Circuit National Championship Jonathan Hilton$355,599 Max Steinberg
2013–14WSOP Circuit National Championship Dominik Nitsche$352,800 Athanasios Polychronopoulos
2014–15WSOP Circuit National Championship Loni Harwood$341,599 Alexandru Masek
2015–16WSOP Global Casino Championship Said El-Yousfi$343,256 Yasin Ahmady
2016–17WSOP Global Casino Championship Sean Yu$296,941 Alexander Lakhov
2017–18WSOP Global Casino Championship Warren Sheaves$282,113 Jeremy Meacham
2018–19WSOP 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.
RingsPlayerBracelets
13 Maurice Hawkins0
12 Valentin Vornicu0
11 Joshua Reichard0
9 Ari Engel1
9 Robert Hankins0
9 Daniel Lowery0
9 Alexandru Masek0
9 Martin Ryan0
8 Kyle Cartwright1
8 Chris Reslock1
7 Vincent Moscati0
7 Joshua Turner0
7 Cory Waaland0
7 Sean Yu1
6 John Holley0
6 Roland Israelashvili0
6 Michael Lech0
6 Andrew Robinson0
6 Mark Smith0
6 Maxwell Young0
5 Austin Apicella0
5 Andrew Buel0
5 Mark Fink0
5 Brandon Fish0
5 Loni Harwood2
5 Blair Hinkle1
5 Kurt Jewell0
5 Martin Kabrhel2
5 David Larson0
5 Mike Leah1
5 Christopher Leong0
5 Kevin McColgan0
5 Cody Pack0
5 Scott Stewart0
5 Caufman Talley0
5 Jeffrey Trudeau0
5 Blake Whittington0

WSOP Circuit Main Event winners

The World Series of Poker Circuit now has 22 stops along the national tour. Each stop ends with a $1,675 buy-in Main Event. Originally they were $10,000. However, it changed rapidly with each succeeding WSOP Circuit season.

2005 season

2005–06 season

2006–07 season

2007–08 season

2008–09 season

2009–10 season

2010–11 season

2011–12 season

2012–13 season

2013–14 season

2014–15 season

2015–16 season

2016–17 season

2017–18 season

2018–19 season