Cherokee Wsop August 2018
As poker players around the world anticipate the 2019 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, some of them are also following the WSOP Circuit. The current 2018/2019 season is still in full swing. Both the US and International Circuit schedules began in August 2018. The US WSOPC kicked off on August 2 at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina, and the International WSOPC held its first event of the. The 14th season of the World Series of Poker Circuit will conclude with the third annual running of the WSOP Global Casino Championship, formerly known as the WSOP National Championship. This was announced this month that the event will once again take place at the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina, which has hosted the Circuit’s season-ending event for four years now.
August 23rd to September 3rd, 2018
After a two year absence, the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOP-C) is returning to Canada. Playground Poker Club welcomes players from around the world from August 23rd to September 3rd for the WSOP-C Playground.
The $2,000,000 Guaranteed Main Event is a $1,100 buy-in tournament with two Online Day 1s and four Live Day 1s starting on August 25th. In total, there are 7 WSOP-C Playground Ring events, including a $330 Colossus, a $660 Monster Stack, and a PLO Event.
Click on any tournament name to view its structure and rules (PDF).
| Date | Time | Event | Buy-In | Tournament | Info | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday August 19th | 9:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1A - Online | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 |
| Monday August 20th | 9:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1B - Online | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 |
| Tuesday August 21st | 9:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1C - Online | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 |
| Wednesday August 22nd | 9:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1D - Online | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 |
| Thursday August 23rd | 12:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1A | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 |
| 4:30PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1B | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 | |
| Friday August 24th | 12:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1C | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 |
| 4:30PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1D | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 | |
| Saturday August 25th | 12:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1E | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 |
| 4:30PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1F | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 | |
| 7:00PM | #2 | $1,000 + $100 | Main Event Day 1A - Online | Single Re-entry per flight | $2,000,000 | |
| Sunday August 26th | 12:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1G | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 |
| 4:30PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Day 1H | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 | |
| 7:00PM | #2 | $1,000 + $100 | Main Event Day 1B - Online | Single Re-entry per flight | $2,000,000 | |
| 8:00PM | #1 | $300 + $30 | Colossus Turbo Day 1I | Single Re-entry per flight | $1,000,000 | |
| Monday August 27th | 12:00PM | #1 | Colossus Day 2 | $1,000,000 | ||
| 4:00PM | #3 | $600 + $60 | Monster Stack Day 1 | Freeze | $150,000 | |
| 8:00PM | $100 + $10 | Mega Satellite for the Main Event | Unlimited Re-entry | 20 Seats | ||
| Tuesday August 28th | 12:00PM | #1 | Colossus Day 3 | $1,000,000 | ||
| 12:00PM | #2 | $1,000 + $100 | Main Event Day 1A | Single Re-entry per flight | $2,000,000 | |
| 1:00PM | #3 | Monster Stack Day 2 | $150,000 | |||
| 2:00PM | $100 + $10 | Mega Satellite for the Main Event | Unlimited Re-entry | 30 Seats | ||
| 8:00PM | $100 + $10 | Mega Satellite for the Main Event | Unlimited Re-entry | 30 Seats | ||
| Wednesday August 29th | 12:00PM | #2 | $1,000 + $100 | Main Event Day 1B | Single Re-entry per flight | $2,000,000 |
| 2:00PM | $100 + $10 | Mega Satellite for the Main Event | Unlimited Re-entry | 30 Seats | ||
| 8:00PM | $100 + $10 | Mega Satellite for the Main Event | Unlimited Re-entry | 30 Seats | ||
| Thursday August 30th | 12:00PM | #2 | $1,000 + $100 | Main Event Day 1C | Single Re-entry per flight | $2,000,000 |
| 1:00PM | #4 | $5,000 + $300 | Super High Roller Day 1 | Unlimited Re-entry | $250,000 | |
| 2:00PM | $100 + $10 | Mega Satellite for the Main Event | Unlimited Re-entry | 30 Seats | ||
| 8:00PM | $100 + $10 | Mega Satellite for the Main Event | Unlimited Re-entry | 30 Seats | ||
| Friday August 31st | 12:00PM | #2 | $1,000 + $100 | Main Event Day 1D | Single Re-entry per flight | $2,000,000 |
| 1:00PM | #4 | $5,000 + $300 | Super High Roller Day 2 | Unlimited Re-entry | $250,000 | |
| 6:00PM | #5 | $300 + $30 | Closer Day 1A | Unlimited Re-entry | $300,000 | |
| 8:00PM | $100 + $10 | Mega Satellite for the Main Event | Unlimited Re-entry | 10 Seats | ||
| Saturday September 1st | 12:00PM | #2 | $1,000 + $100 | Main Event Day 2 | Single Re-entry per flight | $2,000,000 |
| 5:00PM | #6 | $2,000 + $200 | High Roller Day 1A | Unlimited Re-entry | $250,000 | |
| 6:00PM | #5 | $300 + $30 | Closer Day 1B | Unlimited Re-entry | $300,000 | |
| Sunday September 2nd | 12:00PM | #2 | Main Event Day 3 | $2,000,000 | ||
| 12:00PM | #5 | $300 + $30 | Closer Day 1C | Unlimited Re-entry | $300,000 | |
| 1:00PM | #6 | $2,000 + $200 | High Roller Day 1B | Unlimited Re-entry | $250,000 | |
| 6:00PM | #5 | $300 + $30 | Closer Day 1D | Unlimited Re-entry | $300,000 | |
| Monday September 3rd | 12:00PM | #2 | Main Event Day 4 | $2,000,000 | ||
| 12:00PM | #5 | Closer Day 2 | $300,000 | |||
| 1:00PM | #6 | $2,000 + $200 | High Roller Day 2 | Unlimited Re-entry | $250,000 | |
| 1:00PM | #7 | $500 + $50 | Pot Limit Omaha | Unlimited Re-entry | $50,000 |
The World Series of Poker announced this week that it has set the WSOP Circuit season-ending Global Casino Championship for August 6th through August 8th of this year. And for the fifth year in a row, it will be hosted by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina.
Harrah’s Cherokee is an interesting venue at which to establish a major poker event. It is certainly not up there in name recognition with the Bellagio, Rio, Borgata, or even a place like Seminole Hard Rock, but the WSOP has put it on the map. In addition to being the location for the Global Casino Championship, it was the venue for two separate WSOP Circuit tour stops during the 2018-2019 season. Harrah’s Cherokee is located in the far southwestern corner of North Carolina, about a three-hour drive west of Charlotte, very close to the Tennessee border and not far from both Georgia and South Carolina. It is also one of the only casinos and poker venues within any sort of reasonable drive of Atlanta (about three hours, as well, which should tell you how poker-barren Georgia is). It is very much a regional casino.
Don’t Try to Get In Without an Invitation
As mentioned, the Global Casino Championship is the culminating event of the WSOP Circuit season. Similar to the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions, the GCC is an invite-only tournament. Unlike the Tournament of Champions, though, there are multiple ways a poker player can automatically qualify:
1) Win the Main Event at a domestic (that is, United States) or international WSOP Circuit stop.
2) Claim the Casino Champion title at a domestic or international WSOP Circuit stop.
3) Finish the 2018-2019 WSOP Circuit season in the top 50 of the domestic WSOP Circuit leaderboard.
To the second bullet above, the Casino Champion is the player at a tour stop who earns the most points based on their performance across the stop’s twelve “ring” events.
As many as 132 players will be automatic qualifiers for the Global Casino Championship, but it is almost a certainty that there will be overlap in that group, so the number will be somewhere below 132. A Main Event winner could also be the Casino Champion at that location. A Casino Champion could very likely end up in the top 50 on the leaderboard. If a Main Event winner or Casino Champion also ends up in the top 50 on the leaderboard, the number of leaderboard automatic qualifiers will be reduced by one.
Not everyone who qualifies will participate, either. As an incentive to get as many people playing as possible, the WSOP is awarding all automatic qualifiers a $500 travel stipend and a three-night stay at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. All international players and those who make the final table will get an extra hotel night, as well. This is all in addition to the comped entry into the Global Casino Championship.
Everyone who finished in the top 100 of the 2018 World Series of Poker Player of the Year rankings and anyone who won a WSOP Circuit ring event but did not meet the automatic qualification criteria is also eligible to play in the GCC, but they must pay the $10,000 buy-in and it doesn’t look like they get free lodging and travel. Their buy-ins will be added to the prize pool without rake, though, and that is on top of the $1 million guarantee.
A Few Spots Still Open
There are still four domestic WSOP Circuit stops remaining for the 2018-2019, so there is still time for players to try to qualify for the Global Casino Championship (though one stop is about to end):
Horseshoe Council Bluffs – March 28th through April 8th
Harrah’s Cherokee – April 10th through April 22nd
Horseshoe Tunica – April 25th through May 5th
Harrah’s New Orleans – May 9th through May 20th
For players not in the United States, there are three stops remaining (like the above, one is currently in motion):
Dusk Till Dawn (Nottingham, England) – March 31st through April 14th
Casino Barriere le Croisette (Cannes, France) – April 11th through April 22nd
Casino de Marrakech (Marrakech, Morocco) – June 15th through June 23rd
The current cutoff for the WSOP Circuit leaderboard is 165 points. Aaron Messmer holds the 50th spot with two rings and seven cashes this season. Stephen Buell also has 165 points, but he is listed in 51st place. The tiebreaker is total money earnings on the season. Messmer has $160,595 while Buell has $41,298. It is not rings or number of cashes, as there are instances of players tied in points elsewhere on the leaderboard where the lower-ranked player has more ring wins or number of cashes.
Stephen Song is in first place on the leaderboard right now with 320 points. Carl Brewington has won the most rings – three – and several others have won two. Darren Martin has the most WSOP Circuit cashes this season with 22, while Nicholas Pupillo is the top money earner with $397,489 (on only a dozen cashes).
Cherokee Wsop August 2018 Results
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