The coronavirus shutdowns took many live poker tournament series out of commission for the foreseeable future. One of the tours hit hardest by the forced cancellations was the World Series of Poker Circuit series.
The first WSOP Circuit cancellations were tough decisions for World Series of Poker executives. And the list of cancelled events was significant, ranging from coast to coast in the United States and from Cannes in France to St. Maarten on the international tour.
But they had a plan. The folks at the WSOP quickly put together an online series for players in New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware – the only states in which WSOP.com is operational – and set it to launch on March 14. That was only one day after the notice of live event cancellations.
The WSOP.com Online Super Circuit was set to run March 14-31 with 18 gold ring tournaments and more than $1 million prize pool guarantees.
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So far, registration has been quite impressive. Let’s take a look at the results of the first 10 events.
WSOP Online Circuit Results: Events 1-10
Notice that most of the tournaments so far attracted enough entries to nearly triple their guarantees. Turnout was greater than many could have expected.
Each stop on the WSOP Circuit tracks points and maintains a leaderboard throughout each series. It is a way to track the best players at each stop and qualify the best of them for the end-of-season Global Casino Championship.
Through the first 10 events, the top five players with their points totals are:
--1. Jonathan Dokler (102.5 points)--2. James Carroll (92.5 points)--3. Matt Stout (87.5 points)--4. Brian Sherrier (77.5 points)--5. Thomas Maguire (70 points)
Each of those five won a ring already with the exception of Brian Sherrier. And while most of those in the top five have four cashes thus far, Dokler leads with six cashes.
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