Caesars Atlantic City

The very energetic World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit hits Atlantic City fresh off the back of the last event in Florida.

The Caesars Atlantic City casino plays host to the WSOP Circuit from 2nd March 2 to 13th. The tournament will include nine Hold’em ring events and Limit Omaha event. A number of satellite and second chance tournaments and seniors and ladies events will be on offer. Buy-ins for ring events start as low as $350. The Main Event will start on 11th March with a $1,650 buy-in for three days of No Limit Hold’em.

Last year’s Main Event at the Caesers in Atlantic City had a larger buy-in of $5,150 and attracted 174 players to create a prize pool of $817,015. Roland Isra from New York took home the top prize worth $264,715 and the prized gold ring.

The WSOP Circuit moves to Atlantic City straight from the Palm Beach Kennel Club in Florida where the first time the new circuit hit the state, the opening ring game worked its way into history as the largest single-venue poker tournament ever held in Florida.with a mighty whopping 877 participants. The winner of the stop’s Main event was 19-year-old professional, John Riordan, who took home $210,180 for first place. Riordan was also presented with a WSOP Circuit gold ring, the coveted prize awarded to all winners in poker’s biggest and most prestigious national tournament series. The WSOP Circuit stop also crowned Florida’s first major poker tournament female champion – June Amer won a WSOP Circuit gold ring and $65,338 in the $550 No-Limit Hold’em competition.

The next WSOPC series is the Regional Championship at Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort from March 10-30; that’s in San Diego. Good luck!

This year’s event will be the only game in town as the WPT decided to not renew the Tunica stop on the current season of the World Poker Tour. For years, the WPT and the WSOP competed for the tournament dollars of local poker players. This year, the WSOP should show a strong crowd for most events. Expect many pros to be among those in attendance during the events.

For more information, go to www.worldseriesofpoker.com. For those that may think about going to the event, discounts are usually offered for players playing in the events. Shuttle services are also available from the hotels to the casino. If you have never been to Tunica or to a WSOP Circuit event stop, this is one that you shouldn’t miss.

The scheduled for the circuit stop is below:

Date Event Buy-In Time
Tue, Jan 20th Event #1 – No Limit Hold’em $340 12:00 PM
Tue, Jan 20th Limit Hold’em $230 4:00 PM
Wed, Jan 21st Event #2 – No Limit Hold’em $340 12:00 PM
Wed, Jan 21st Omaha HI/Lo split Pot Limit $230 4:00 PM
Thu, Jan 22nd Event #3 – No Limit Hold’em $340 12:00 PM
Thu, Jan 22nd 7-stud Hi Lo Split $230 4:00 PM
Fri, Jan 23rd Event #4 – No Limit Hold’em $550 12:00 PM
Fri, Jan 23rd 6-Hand No Limit Hold’em $230 4:00 PM
Sat, Jan 24th Event #5 – No Limit Hold’em $340 12:00 PM
Sat, Jan 24th Seniors No Limit Hold’em $230 4:00 PM
Sun, Jan 25th Event #6 – No Limit Hold’em $440 12:00 PM
Sun, Jan 25th Ladies No Limit Hold’em $230 4:00 PM
Mon, Jan 26th Event #7 – No Limit Hold’em $230 12:00 PM
Mon, Jan 26th Seven Card Stud $230 4:00 PM
Tue, Jan 27th Event #8 – No Limit Hold’em $230 12:00 PM
Tue, Jan 27th Pot Limit Omaha $230 4:00 PM
Wed, Jan 28th Event #9 – No Limit Hold’em $340 12:00 PM
Wed, Jan 28th H.O.R.S.E $230 4:00 PM
Thu, Jan 29th Event #10 – No Limit Hold’em $440 12:00 PM
Thu, Jan 29th No Limit Hold’em $230 4:00 PM
Fri, Jan 30th Event #11 – No Limit Hold’em $550 12:00 PM
Fri, Jan 30th No Limit Hold’em $230 4:00 PM
Sat, Jan 31st Event #12 – No Limit Hold’em $1,080 12:00 PM
Sat, Jan 31st No Limit Hold’em $230 4:00 PM
Sun, Feb 1st Mega Satellite $550 12:00 PM
Sun, Feb 1st Mega Satellite $550 3:00 PM
Sun, Feb 1st Mega Satellite $550 7:00 PM
Sun, Feb 1st Mega Satellite $550 9:00 PM
Mon, Feb 2nd Event #13- Circuit Championship $5,150 12:00 PM
Tue, Feb 3rd Event #14- No Limit Hold’em $230 12:00 PM