The World Series of Poker (WSOP) released the schedule for the thirteenth season of the World Series of Poker Circuit Tuesday, a schedule which features 22 tour stops in the United States plus six more international stops.
The centerpiece of the schedule appears to be Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina. The WSOP Circuit season begins August 4, 2016 at Harrah’s Cherokee at the same time the 2015-2016 concludes there with the WSOP Global Casino Championship. Harrah’s Cherokee also gets two more tour stops during the 2016-2017 season, one in the middle of the season and one near the end.
Two new tour stops have made the schedule: Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in February 2017 and Hard Rock Tulsa in March 2017. IP in Biloxi, Mississippi isn’t quite a “new” Circuit stop, but it was off the schedule last year, so let’s count it.
As usual, every tour stop will consist of a number of $365 buy-in ring events and a $1,675 Main Event. The winners of each Circuit Main Event will automatically qualify for the season-ending Global Casino Championship. In addition, the players who earn the most points across the dozen ring events at single tour stop will be named Casino Champions and also earn entry into the Global Casino Championship. Finally, the top 50 points earners over the entire season that didn’t already gain automatic entry punch their ticket into the season finale. Players can also qualify by winning a ring event or being one of the top 100 ranked players in the previous year’s WSOP Player of the Year standings, but they must pay the $10,000 buy-in. The other automatic qualifiers get to freeroll.
2016-2017 World Series of Poker Circuit United States Tour Schedule
August 4-16, 2016 – Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)
August 18-29, 2016 – Foxwoods Resorts (Connecticut)
August 25 – September 5, 2016 – Planet Hollywood (Las Vegas Strip)
September 8-19, 2016 – IP (Biloxi, Mississippi)
September 29 – October 10, 2016 – Horseshoe S. Indiana (Louisville)
October 13-24, 2016 – Horseshoe Hammond (Chicago)
October 27 – November 7, 2016 – Harveys Lake Tahoe (Nevada)
November 10-21, 2016 – Palm Beach Kennel Club (Florida)
November 24 – December 5, 2016 – Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)
December 1-12, 2016 – The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles)
January 5-16, 2017 – Choctaw Durant (Dallas/Oklahoma)
January 19-30, 2017 – Horseshoe Tunica (Mississippi)
February 2-13, 2017 – Potawatomi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
February 9-20, 2017 – Palm Beach Kennel Club (Florida)
February 23 – March 6, 2017 – Bally’s Las Vegas
March 4-15, 2017 – The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles)
March 9-20, 2017 – Harrah’s Atlantic City (New Jersey)
March 16-27, 2017 – Hard Rock (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
March 30 – April 10, 2017 – Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Omaha/Iowa)
April 13-24, 2017 – Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)
April 27 – May 8, 2017 – Horseshoe Baltimore (Maryland)
May 11-22, 2017 – Harrah’s New Orleans (Louisiana)
TBD – WSOP Global Casino Championship
2016-2017 World Series of Poker Circuit International Tour Schedule
September 8-20 – Casino Campione (Campione, Italy)
September 29 – October 9 – Spielbank Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
October 27 – November 14 – King’s Casino (Rozvadov, Czech Republic)
November 3-16 – Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino (St. Maarten, Caribbean)
November 11-27 – Cercle Clichy Montmartre (Paris, France)
December 2-11 – Enjoy Conrad Punta del Este (Punta del Este, Uruguay)
