WSOP Circuit fixing to break some more records in Texas

The last time the WSOP Circuit visited Texas, back in May, was also the first time.

The circuit made its debut in the Lone Star State with a $1,700 buy-in, $1M GTD Main Event at the Texas Card House in Austin. If the intent was to gauge the appetite for more, the answer was definitive: the $1M guaranteed prizepool was blown out of the water.

In the end, over $2.5M was paid out to 191 in-the-money finishers from a field of 1,709. It was the biggest poker prizepool in Texas history.

It’s with this success in mind that the WSOP Circuit will be returning to Austin, September 10-21, with a tweaked schedule that doubles down on that record-breaking Main Event, with $2M guaranteed in the series’ showcase.

The $2M GTD Main Event will run from September 17-21.

Thomas 'Trey' Brabham won $368K in May's record-breaking Main Event.

Hayley Hochstetler

Variety adds spice to 50-event mix

The 50 scheduled tournaments across the two-week festival together feature guarantees of over $4.1 million, with 18 different ring events.

While the Main Event accounts for almost half the series guarantee, there are plenty of other opportunities to make some big bucks, and the action isn’t reserved for no-limit hold’em players.

Below we’ve pulled out the 18 ring events from the full schedule, both for hold’em players and others.

Hold’em events

• $400 Lone Star: September 10-11, $100K GTD
• $600 Mini Main: September 10-14, $750K GTD
• $400 Showdown at the Capital: September 13, $51.2K GTD
• $400 Ladies: September 13, $25K GTD
• $400 Seniors: September 14, $50K GTD
• $3,250 Big Tex High Roller: September 14-15, $200K GTD
• $400 Quarter Mil Monster Stack: September 14-16, $250K GTD
• $1,100 Texas Trailblazer: September 16-17, $100K GTD
• $1,700 Main Event: September 17-21, $2,000,000 GTD
• $600 Double Black Chip Bounty Turbo: September 19, $50K GTD
• $600 Texas Stack: September 20-21, $100K GTD
• $400 Last Lone Star: September 21, $50K GTD

Other games

• $600 Pot-Limit Big O: September 11-12, $50K GTD
• $600 Omaha Hi/Lo: September 14-15, $25K GTD
• $600 HORSE: September 15-16, $25K GTD
• $600 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw: September 16-17, $25K GTD
• $600 PLO: September 17-18, $100K GTD
• $400 Double Board Bomb Pot PLO: September 20, $50K GTD

NLH side events and satellites will also be running throughout the series.

All events will take place at the Texas Card House in Austin, Texas.