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The 2012-2013 WSOP Circuit schedule was released earlier this week by WSOP officials. This year’s schedule will see the tour expanded to 20 stops and this year’s events will range in buy-ins from $365 to $1675. In addition, Southern Comfort 100 Proof will be this year’s presenting sponsor for the WSOP Circuit.
Among the tour stops »
This will be the second year that the WSOP will offer a World Series of Poker National Championship. Last year the field was limited to the top 100 players from WSOP Circuit events. This year the 100 players from the past two years WSOP and WSOP Europe events are also going to be allowed to »
With an increase in the entrants up twenty-five percent, causing an increase in the prize pool of thirty-two percent, the 2011-12 WSOP circuit events are set to be one of the most popular series of events, yet.
Still plenty of chances to win one of these.
Compared to last year, attendance throughout the series is up twenty »
The Nevada state legislature passed a law earlier in the year that requires online poker legislation to be in place by early 2012. As the result, the Nevada Gaming Control Board is accepting applications for online poker licenses. Since the talk of online poker legalization began in the United States, many feel that »
The WSOP circuit recently announced a new stop in Los Angeles. While I applaud this move, there are still a few additions I would like to see made as well as one deletion.
While Rincon is a beautiful property, it has performed horribly as a circuit stop in the past.
First, I would love to see a »
The WSOP announced last week a new WSOP circuit stop for the 2011-2012 circuit series. For the first time in WSOP circuit history, an event will be held in Los Angeles. The Bicycle Casino will host the first circuit event of 2012 from January 1st through January 12th of 2012.
The Bike will play host to »
A disturbing trend that I am noticing in many live poker tournaments are reentry events. A reentry poker tournament is one that allows you to reenter the event after you bust out of it. Usually, the player has to come back on a subsequent day to reenter. This means that if a tournament has four »
WSOP officials on Friday released the schedule for the 2011-2012 WSOP Circuit. This year’s circuit will include sixteen stops, including a brand new stop in Bossier City Louisiana to kick off the circuit series.
A record 16 stops are now on the WSOP Circuit schedule.
There are also a few key changes to this year’s »
Back in 2006, I was at a point in my poker career where I wanted to start playing against live competition in poker tournaments. To that point, I had only played in online poker games and there weren’t many local home games. As such, I wound up going to my first live event in Tunica, »
History was made on Tuesday when John Riordan became the youngest Main Event winner in WSOP Circuit history. The 19 year old Riordan took down the Main Event at the WSOP Circuit Event at the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Palm Beach, FL.
Youngest WSOP Circuit Winner Ever
The event kicked off on February 27th »
