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Another Commerce stop is in the books in Los Angeles and now the World Series of Poker Circuit will cross the country to the other coast for 20 rings at Harrah's Cherokee in North Carolina from November 28-December 9.
The super-sized stop will start on Thanksgiving Day with a $400 Turkey Day ring event and it leads into a weekend that kicks off several multi-flight tournaments with six-figure guarantees. The flagship Main Event will cap it all off with a $1.5 million guarantee and two opening flights on Dec. 6-7.
Last time at Cherokee, Donovan Dean won his second Main Event at the venue. The three-time WSOP Circuit ring winner outlasted a field of 1,451 entries to win $326K from a total prize pool of nearly $2.2 million. Also at Cherokee, Susan Faber won two rings and stopped Maurice Hawkins from tying Ari Engel's all-time ring record (at the time.)
Donovan Dean has two Cherokee Main Event titles. Six-figure guarantees and a $1.5M Main Event
The opening weekend offers the first of many six-figure guarantees with the $400 Mini Main Event. The event starts on Nov. 29 and offers four opening flights spread over Friday and Saturday. They'll go at 10 am and 4 pm each day with players fighting for a spot on Sunday's Day 2 and a shot at their piece of a $500K guarantee.
Sunday's $400 Seniors Event plays for a $200K guarantee at 10 am and the rest of the age groups can jump in their own $200K at 2 pm for the $600 NLH. The $400 PLO8 also runs on Sunday and mixed players can stick around for the $600 PLO on Monday.
The $400 Monster Stack will feature three opening flights and a $500K guarantee on Dec. 3-4 and the $1,100 NLH has a $300K and two opening flights on Dec. 4-5.
It will be another packed house at Cherokee all series long. Friday, Dec. 6 will start with the $300 Women's Event at 10 am before the first flight of the $1,700 Main Event starts at 11 am. The Main Event offers two opening flights at 11 am on the final Friday and Saturday of the series. The surviving players will meet up on Sunday for Day 2 and play for a spot at Monday's final table for a large piece of the $1.5 million guarantee.
The series closes out with several events running alongside the Main, including another $300 Seniors Event on Sunday at 10 am and a $2,200 High Roller with a $100K guarantee later that evening at 6 pm. A $400 Double Stack Closer will wrap up the series on Monday. Check out the full schedule and find a list of structure sheets at WSOP.com.
