The partnership between the World Series of Poker and GGPoker keeps getting stronger. They have partnered again for an online WSOP Circuit series. It was a bit of a last-minute announcement, as press releases just went out this week…and neither GGPoker nor the WSOP have even posted on social media about it yet.
Even so, it is happening and starting March 24.
There will be an entire series built around the WSOP Circuit, but the WSOPC itself just offers 18 ring-awarding events. The larger series guarantees $100M in prize pools.
WSOPC Spring Online Circuit
There’s no time to lose. The WSOP Spring Online Circuit series begins on March 24. IT will run through April 17. The series will offer 18 official World Series of Poker Circuit events, each awarding a WSOP gold ring. Along with the rest of the series, the guarantees total $100M.
A highlight of the series will be a charity-focused event. It will run as a WSOP Circuit event and award a ring to the winner, but it will also raise money for the Ukrainian Red Cross. It is Event 16 on the calendar, and the $111 fee on the $1K buy-in event will go directly to the Red Cross helping people in Ukraine.
(For those who want to donate separately, donate more, or donate in lieu of playing this event, GGPoker provides a direct link to the Red Cross’ Ukraine Emergency Appeal portal.
It is important to note that every winner of a WSOP ring in this series will win several other prizes:
--Entry to the $1,500 Millionaire Maker at the official WSOP 2022 in Las Vegas this summer. --Seat in the $1M Tournament of Champions freeroll in Las Vegas--Access to GGPoker Platinum Lounge at Paris during 2022 WSOP--Caesars Rewards Diamond status--Membership in GGPoker Team Champions (for Main Event winner only)--Special badge reward on GGPoker
(Note: The press release states that only the Main Event winner will win a spot on GGPoker Team Champions, but the web page for the series does not specify that it is only that one tournament winner.)
WSOP Circuit Schedule
This schedule contains only the 18 official WSOP ring events. There is also a plethora of unnumbered side events, which are listed at the bottom of this GGPoker page in date/time order. However, the WSOP schedule alone is as follows:
WSOP Circuit 21-22
WSOP Spring Circuit Online at GGPoker
Event 1 (Mar 27)
$500
NLHE Big 500 Spring Kick-Off ($2M GTD)
(final day, initial flight information unknown)
Event 2 (Mar 27-28)
$10,300
NLHE Super Million$ High Roller ($3M GTD)
Event 3 (Mar 29-30)
$800
PLO Spring Championship ($500K GTD)
Event 4 (Mar31-Apr1)
$800
NLHE Bounty Hunters Spring Championship ($1M GTD)
Evnet 5 (Apr 2-3)
$315
NLHE Bounty Giant ($500K GTD)
Event 6 (Apr 3-4)
$365
NLHE Giant ($1M GTD)
Event 7 (Apr 3)
$50
NLHE Million$ Mini Main Event ($1M GTD)
(final day, initial flight information unknown)
Event 8 (Apr 5-6)
$800
NLHE Deepstack Spring Championship ($1M GTD)
Event 9 (Apr 7-8)
$500
PLO Big 500 Bounty ($300K GTD)
Event 10 (Apr 9-10)
$525
NLHE Monster Stack Bounty ($500K GTD)
Event 11 (Apr 9)
$210
NLHE Mystery Bounty ($1M GTD)
(final day, initial flight information unknown)
Event 12 (Apr 10-11)
$1,050
NLHE GGMasters Circuit Championship ($1.5M GTD)
Event 13 (Apr 10-11)
$2,000
NLHE 6-Max High Roller ($1M GTD)
Event 14 (Apr 12-13)
$800
NLHE 6-Max Championship ($1M GTD)
Event 15 (Apr 14-15)
$105
NLHE Bounty Double Stack ($500K GTD)
Event 16 (Apr 16-17)
$1,111
NLHE Red Cross Charity Event ($500K GTD)
Event 17 (Apr 16)
$2,100
NLHE Mystery Bounty High Roller ($2M GTD)
(final day, initial flight information unknown)
Event 18 (Apr 17)
$525
NLHE Main Event ($5M GTD)
(final day, initial flight information unknown)
First of Four Seasons
It appears that the WSOP and GGPoker have agreed to four of these Online Circuit events throughout the year. The GGPoker website says that this is the first of four seasonal series of 2022.
There are no dates for the other three seasonal WSOPC series yet, obviously, but it would be safe to assume that the Summer Circuit would be not long after the WSOP in Las Vegas wraps. The fall and winter options would then squeeze into the last few months of the year.
