As the 2022 World Series of Poker lunges forward, in the middle of its seven-week stint in Las Vegas, the WSOP revealed news about the next Circuit season.
It’s never too early for poker players to start planning their trips for the second half of 2022 and even into 2023. And with all eyes on the World Series, it can’t hurt to give the WSOP Circuit a little attention.
WSOPC 2022-2023
The upcoming WSOP Circuit season will be Season 18 and will run from July 2022 through May 2023. Thus, many will often refer to it as the 2022-2023 season.
The action will kick off as soon as the 2022 WSOP in Las Vegas wraps.
The first stop of the new season will be at Choctaw in Durant, Oklahoma. So far, there are 25 stops on the schedule, including the Choctaw kickoff, but there will be many more stops announced. The WSOP will announce at least 10 more in the weeks to follow. (Last year, international stops joined the schedule as late as the second half of the season.)
WSOP Senior VP and Executive Director Ty Stewart noted that he expects the Circuit to return to its pre-pandemic status with pre-pandemic attendance. “With record-breaking attendance so far this summer (at the WSOP in Las Vegas),” he said, “we expect a huge response to the full-scale return of our regional mid-stakes tour.”
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New Circuit Schedule
Of the 25 stops on the schedule thus far, three stops are new: Grand Victoria Casino Chicago, Harveys Lake Tahoe, and Caesars Southern Indiana.
Note that most of the Circuit stops will offer a series of events, typically about one dozen, that will each include a four-day Main Event. The addition of ladies-only and seniors-only tournaments are at the discretion of the host casinos, but the WSOP has encouraged them to host those specialty events.
The first iteration of the 2022-2023 schedule is:
Tour Dates
Tournament Location
Jul 20-31
Choctaw Durant (Oklahoma)
Aug 4-15
Harrah' Cherokee (North Carolina)
Aug 17-28
Hard Rock Tulsa (Oklahoma)
Sept 15-26
Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Iowa)
Sept 22-Oct 2
Aruba Hilton (Caribbean)
Sept 29-Oct 10
Thunder Valley (Northern California)
Oct 13-24
Isle of Capri (Pompano Beach, Florida)
Oct 20-31
Harveys Lake Taho (Nevada)
Nov 3-13
Choctaw Durant (Oklahoma)
Nov 10-21
Grand Victoria Casino (Chicago, Illinois)
Nov 24-Dec 5
Harrah' Cherokee (North Carolina)
Dec 3-14
Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles, California)
Jan 4-15
Choctaw Durant (Oklahoma)
Jan 12-23
Thunder Valley (Northern California)
Jan 19-30
Horseshoe Tunica (Mississippi)
Feb 2-13
Isle of Capri (Pompano Beach, Florida)
Feb 16-27
Harrah' Cherokee (North Carolina)
Feb 23-Mar 6
Horseshoe Hammond (Chicago, Illinois)
Mar 4-15
Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles, California)
Mar 9-20
Hard Rock Tulsa (Oklahoma)
Mar 16-27
Turning Stone (Verona, New York)
Apr 6-17
Grand Victoria Casino (Chicago, Illinois)
Apr 20-May 1
Horseshoe Tunica (Mississippi)
May 4-15
Harrah' Cherokee (North Carolina)
May 11-22
Caesars Southern Indiana
Choctaw Durant is the only tour stop with a schedule thus far, and that schedule is not complete. It does note that there are 13 events in total, including one for women and another for seniors. The Main Event is set to begin July 29 with a $1M guarantee. However, there is no indication as to how many flights will offer entry or how many days the tournament will run. That information will appear in the coming weeks.
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