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Earlier this month, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced the full-year schedule for the 2021 WSOP Circuit season.
The 2021 season kicks off today with the Winter Online Circuit Super Series which runs through January 31 and features over $1 million in guarantees. Only players from New Jersey and Nevada will be able to take part in the series on WSOP NJ and WSOP NV respectively.
- Patterned after the live WSOP Circuit of past years, the online series will feature monthly 12- or 18-tournament series in which winners will receive WSOP-C gold rings. The 2021 WSOP Online Circuit will culminate with the $250,000 WSOP Online Circuit Championship in December, which will award a WSOP gold bracelet to the winner.
- The WSOP 2020 Online, which is set to kick off on July 1, will award 85 bracelets and plenty of prize money, but instead of happening in Las Vegas, it will take place on individual computer.
THE GAME OF ONLINE POKER HAS CHANGED IN THE UNITED STATES. For the first time ever poker players in New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware can play against each other and find a wider variety of game selection, both in cash games and tournaments.
The series marks the first stop of this year’s WSOP Circuit tour.
Buy-ins across the Winter Online Super Circuit Series range from $215 to $2000, with each event sporting five-to-six figure guarantees.
The $525 buy-in Main Event on January 31 tops the bill with a $250,000 guarantee. Apart from the Main Event, the Winter Online Super Circuit series features a wide range of formats including a knockout freezeout, Pot Limit Omaha events, rebuys, High Rollers, and more.
Like the live WSOP circuit stops, each of the 18 circuit events will award an official WSOP gold ring to the winner. In addition, for this series, there will be a $10,000 Player of the Month leaderboard as well as a $25,000 Freeroll and a Grinder’s Only Second Chance Freeroll – both taking place on February 2.
The topper of the leaderboard board will gain a seat into the $250,000 Year-End Championship event, the winner of which will win a WSOP Gold Bracelet.
Entire WSOP Circuit 2021 Season Tour Moved Online
The World Series of Poker Circuit tour is quite popular with the US players. Every year, a series of WSOPC events take place at various live casinos across the country, with one or two events held online at WSOP.com.
However, due to the continued fallout from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, every stop on this year’s Circuit tour has been moved online. One event will take place each month at WSOP.com, catering to players in New Jersey and Nevada, where both online poker rooms share a common player pool.
A total of 13 WSOP Online Circuit Series have been scheduled throughout the year, with each Circuit series featuring at least 12 WSOP official gold ring events. Four special “Super Circuits” will feature 18 gold ring events including the January edition, with the expanded schedule including $1000 and $2000 high roller events and a $500 PLO tournament.
Some of the stops have been named in homage to their live counterparts. Additionally, the WSOP will be offering promotional room rates for players from outside of New Jersey and Nevada to stay onsite, including the “cash at the cage” buy-in and cash out option.
All combined, 180 gold rings will be awarded across 2021 with the first batch of 18 Circuit ring events starting today.
“Players deserve great tournaments and great value year-round, and that’s what we aim to do with the 2021 WSOP Online Circuit Series,” said Ty Stewart, WSOP Executive Director. “We’ve been thrilled with the big prize pools for WSOP.COM events in 2020, and we only expect to see that grow with this new model.”
Lots of Perks Throughout the Year
Each stop will feature a $10,000 leaderboard, where the top ten players will win a share of $10,000 in tournament tickets. Furthermore, there will also be a $25,000 freeroll, dubbed the WSOP Circuit Stars Monthly Freeroll – open to the winners of each gold ring event and the top performers of the series leaderboard.
In addition, there will also be a Second Chance Fast Forward “winner take all” freeroll for players who have played in a minimum of four ring events but did not qualify for the End of Year Championship event. These players will automatically get added into a freeroll to win a seat to the end-of-year tournament.
The Year-End Championship will award a WSOP gold bracelet to its winner and will have 256 eligible players competing for a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000. It is open to the Second Chance Fast Forward winners, leaderboard winners and anyone who has won a ring throughout the year.
Hints at Launching in New State
Notably, the press release also states that one series has been touted to run in a yet-to-launch “newly regulated market.” Details about when that series will be held and in what market will be announced later, but our best guess is Pennsylvania.
888 was approved by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) as an Interactive Gaming Manufacturer in October.
888 currently provides both B2B and B2C online poker services in the US with its platform powering brands that include 888poker NJ and WSOP NJ, and a launch of WSOP PA is expected at some point.
Michigan is also a possibility, but Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE), the owner of WSOP has yet to submit an application to the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) for a license.
WSOP Online Super Circuit Series 2021
Event | Dates | Ring Events | GTD |
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Winter Online Super Circut Series | Jan 14 to 31 | 18 | 1,000,000 |
Planet Hollywood Circut | February 12 to 28 | 12 | |
Silver Legacy Circuit | March 19 to 30 | 12 | |
Spring Online Super Circuit | April 10 to 27 | 18 | |
Caesars Atlantic City Super Circuit | May 8 to 25 | 12 | |
Summer Online Super Circuit | June 10 to 27 | 18 | |
Bally’s Online Circuit | July 16 to 27 | 12 | |
RIO Online Circuit | August 20 to 31 | 12 | |
Caesars Las Vegas Online Circuit | September 15 to 26 | 12 | |
Fall Online Super Circuit | October 9 to 26 | 18 | |
Paris Las Vegas Super Circuit | November 10 to 21 | 12 | |
Harrah’s Las Vegas Online Super Circuit | December 8 to 19 | 12 | |
$250K Year End Championship | December 28 |
It’s a new year, although poker tournament organizers continue to confront the same challenges they faced during most of 2020.
As a means to meet those challenges, the World Series of Poker this week announced a new WSOP Online Circuit Series that will last throughout 2021.
Patterned after the live WSOP Circuit of past years, the online series will feature monthly 12- or 18-tournament series in which winners will receive WSOP-C gold rings.
The 2021 WSOP Online Circuit will culminate with the $250,000 WSOP Online Circuit Championship in December, which will award a WSOP gold bracelet to the winner.
Monthly online series similar in format to earlier live WSOP-C stops
A press release on Wednesday from the WSOP noted how “live poker remains a challenge due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” thus prompting the decision to create an expanded online series.
During 2020, the WSOP was able to stage a handful of live tournament series early in the year, including one in February at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. However, from mid-March onward, all live WSOP-C events were cancelled and replaced by several online series on WSOP.com.
For the 2021 WSOP Online Circuit Series, tournaments will only be open to those playing on the WSOP Nevada and WSOP New Jersey sites.
There will be 12 WSOP-C tournament series in 2021, one per month. In most cases, the series schedule will contain 12 tournaments, similar to the schedule used in the past at live WSOP-C series stops. Roughly once per quarter will come an expanded “Super Circuit” series with 18 tournaments.
The Super Circuit series will include both $1,000 and $2,000high roller events and a $500 pot-limit Omaha event.
Extra tournament in the cards?
The announcement notes that a 13th tournament series might be added to the schedule at a later date “pending launch of the WSOP.com service in a newly regulated market.”
WSOP.com received regulatory approval to launch in Pennsylvania last year, and has indicated the new site will go live in 2021. There has been no announcement regarding whether or not the new WSOP PA player pool might be shared with those at other WSOP sites as part of a multi-state agreement, either initially or in the future.
As noted, winners of each tournament will receive a WSOP Circuit ring along with first-place prize money. In addition, the WSOP will be adding over $600,000 in prize money over the course of the year via “a variety of promotions and events.”
Casino branding, leaderboard and freerolls with added prize money
For the first time, some of the online tournament series will be “co-branded” via partnerships with various retail casinos.
Planet Hollywood, Bally’s, Paris Las Vegas and Harrah’s Las Vegas are among the Nevada properties that will be represented. Such tournaments will feature “‘cash at the cage’ buy-in and cash out availability while offering its out-of-market players special promotional rates to stay onsite” while they play.
There will be a 2021 WSOP Circuit Series Leaderboard as well, with all players who cash in events receiving points for their finishes.
The points will enable players to become eligible for freeroll events. They also will help players win their way into the year-ending $250,000 WSOP Online Circuit Championship (discussed below).
Also, the top 10 players each month will divide $10,000 worth of tournament tickets. Those 10 players will also win seats to play in that month’s $25,000 Monthly Freeroll where only that month’s event winners and top 10 points-getters will participate.
The $25,000 Monthly Freerolls are scheduled for the following dates:
- Feb. 2
- Mar. 2
- Apr. 1
- Apr. 29
- May 27
- Jun. 29
- Jul. 29
- Sep. 28
- Oct. 28
- Nov. 23
- Dec. 21
Players who play in a minimum number of tournaments each series who have not otherwise won their way into the Championship will be able to play another freeroll event, the Monthly Second Chance Fast Forward. That will be a winner-take-all tournament with first-prize being a seat in the Championship.
WSOP bracelet awaits $250K Championship winner
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The $250,000 WSOP Online Circuit Championship will take place Dec. 21, 2021. Players can become eligible in a variety of ways:
- Winning any 2021 WSOP Online Circuit gold ring event
- Finishing with the most points in a given month to win Player of the Month
- Winning a Monthly Second Chance Fast Forward freeroll
- Finishing as one of the top 50 players on cumulative 2021 WSOP Circuit Series Leaderboard (if not already eligible)
The Championship will be limited to a maximum of 256 entrants.
2021 World Series of Poker Online Circuit Series Schedule
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Series | Dates | Ring Events |
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Winter Online Super Circuit | Jan. 14-31 | 18 |
Planet Hollywood Circuit | Feb. 17-28 | 12 |
Silver Legacy Circuit | Mar. 19-30 | 12 |
Spring Online Super Circuit | Apr. 10-27 | 18 |
Caesars Atlantic City Super Circuit | May 8-25 | 12 |
Summer Online Super Circuit | Jun. 10-27 | 18 |
Bally's Online Circuit | Jul. 16-27 | 12 |
Rio Online Circuit | Aug. 20-31 | 12 |
Caesars Las Vegas Online Circuit | Sep. 15-26 | 12 |
Fall Online Super Circuit | Oct. 9-26 | 18 |
Paris Las Vegas Online Circuit | Nov. 10-21 | 12 |
Harrah's Las Vegas Online Circuit | Dec. 8-19 | 12 |
$250,000 Year End Championship Event | Dec. 28 | bracelet event |