WSOP Releases Details of 2017-2018 International Circuit Schedule

The World Series of Poker has been busy over the past few months hosting the 2017 WSOP at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas. With the Main Event about to finish up, the WSOP is now moving on to provide poker players with more info on events set to take place outside the US. The 2017-2018 WSOP International Circuit schedule has now been announced and includes 13 events, with more stops expected to be added in the future.

The first stop of the 2017-2018 WSOP International Circuit will take place in Iguazu, Argentina and will begin just a short time after the Main Event of the WSOP comes to an end. From August 2nd to the 8th, Casino Iguazu will play host to the circuit stop.

As the schedule is in its early stages, only the dates and place of the event are included. In some instances, only the month or season is available as details are being worked out. Gregory Chochon is the Director of the WSOP who stated that the partner casinos have done a good job of bringing the WSOP brand and experience to their venues.

With each stop on the International circuit, players will have the ability to quality for the WSOP Global Casino Championship, which takes place at the season’s end. The event is invitation-only and has a $1 million prize pool minimum. The winner of each circuit stop’s Main Event will be a qualifier for the Championship as well as the player who earns the most points in the ring events of a tour stop.

On a side note, the top 100 players of the 2017 WSOP Player of the Year standings will be given the ability to buy-in to the Championship event of the International Circuit for $10,000 which would help to increase the overall prize pool.

Schedule as it stands:

Date Venue Location
August 2nd to the 8th Casino Iguazu Iguazu, Argentina
August 25th to September 2nd Holland Casino Rotterdam Rotterdam, Holland
September 1st to the 11th Casino Campione Campione, Italy
September 27th to October 4th Bienal Pavilion Sao Paolo, Brazil
September 28th to October 18th King’s Casino Rozvadov, Czech Republic
November 1st to the 15th Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino St. Marteen, Caribbean
November 17th to December 4th Cercle Clichy Montmartre Paris, France
November 28th to December 18th The Star Casino Sydney, Australia
December 7th to the 17th Enjoy Conrad Punta Del Este Punta del Este, Uruguay
January 2018 Casino De Marrakech Marrakech, Morocco
March 2018 Casino Campione Campione, Italy
Spring 2018 King’s Casino Rozvadov, Czech Republic
TBA 2018 Casino Adjarabet Tbilisi, Georgia

 

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