WSOP Circuit Cancels Mexico Stop as Tour Rolls On
The World Series of Poker Circuit kicked off its eighteenth season in July. The 2022-2023 schedule started in the United States with Oklahoma and North Carolina series. That USA-based tour is in progress with numerous other stops in the lineup.
The international WSOP Circuit series will kick off soon in Aruba and then the Czech Republic. The next stop was going to be in Mexico, but it is now on hold until 2023, a seemingly familiar refrain from any tour operator that tries to host a poker tournament in Mexico.
Let’s take a look at where the action stands so far.
WSOP Circuit USA (and Aruba)
Players who were excited by the summer World Series of Poker in Las Vegas headed right out to Choctaw Casino in Oklahoma – on the Texas border – for the first WSOPC stop of the new season. But Harrah’s Cherokee drew the biggest crowds thus far, surpassing the guarantee in the Main Event by more than $1.3M. The Tulsa stop on the tour was the lowest turnout of the first three this season thus far.
These are the Main Event results from those stops:
| July 20-31, 2022 | $1,700 buy-in ME | Choctaw Durant (Oklahoma) |
| Total entries: | 931 | |
| Total prize pool: | $1,410,465 | ($1M GTD) |
| Players paid: | 141 | |
| Minimum payout: | $1,914 | |
| Final table results: | 1st place: | Daniel Marx (TX) $246,820 |
| August 4-15 | $1,700 buy-in ME | Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina) |
| Total entries: | 1,558 | |
| Total prize pool: | $2,360,370 | ($1M GTD) |
| Players paid: | 233 | |
| Minimum payout: | $1,275 | |
| Winner: | 1st place: | Brett Bader (FL) $364,104 |
| August 17-28 | $1,700 buy-in ME | Hard Rock Tulsa (Oklahoma) |
| Total entries: | 646 | |
| Total prize pool: | $978,690 | |
| Players paid: | 98 | |
| Minimum payout: | $2,547 | |
| Winner: | 1st place: | Arthur Morris (TX) $182,379 |
Action is just starting at Council Bluffs, with other players heading to Aruba for an island vacation mixed with some Circuit tournaments. There are plenty of stops available on the tour before the end of this year and into 2023.
| Tour Dates | Tournament Location |
| 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 |
WSOP Circuit International
The first stop on the international WSOPC will be in the Czech Republic. It will be one of the few Circuit series with guarantees on most of the events, and it will lead into the WSOP Europe set to begin in November. King’s Casino will be the center of European poker for the next two months.
After Aruba – which strangely makes both the domestic and international schedules – play was supposed to take place in Monterrey, Mexico. However, as with so many attempts to host poker in Mexico in the past, that action is postponed. The official notice came on September 2 on Twitter:
We're sorry to announce that the scheduled WSOP Circuit Stop in Monterrey, Mexico is POSTPONED until 2023. https://t.co/qFCm5KleFD
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) September 2, 2022
Per “government recommendations,” they’re going to host the event in 2023. Perhaps it’s not smart to bet on that.
Meanwhile, there are WSOP Circuit events around the world for travelers. Here’s the full international schedule:
| Tour Dates | Tournament Location |
| Sep 31-Oct 11 | King’s Resort in Rozvadov (Czech Republic) |
| Sep 22-Oct 2 | Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort (Aruba) |
| Oct 18-28 | Unique Hotel in Sao Paulo (Brazil) |
| Nov 2-14 | The Star Sydney (Australia) |
| Nov 25-Dec 3 | Holland Casino in Rotterdam (Holland) |
| Dec 2-10 | Enjoy Punta del Este Resort (Uruguay) |
| Jan 11-23 | Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary (Canada) |
| Jan 14-22 | Es Saadi Marrakech Resort (Morocco) |
| Mar 22-Apr 3 | Casino Royale (St. Maarten) |
