The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is heading to Sydney for the very first time with the recently opened Star Poker room at The Star casino to host a WSOP Circuit Event from November 22 to December 12, 2016.
The prestigious event brings the world’s most recognizable poker brand to Australia’s largest city and will comprise 11 tournaments across 20 days including the AU$2,000 Main Event.
As well as having the opportunity to win a prized WSOP gold ring, two players – the Main Event winner and the Casino Champion – will also win a seat into the 2017 WSOP Global Casino Championship, which is an official WSOP gold bracelet event and boasts a guaranteed US$1 million prize pool. The Casino Champion will be the player that accrues the most points based on their performances across nine of the events (Teams and Ladies events excluded).
The WSOP was first held in 1970 when Las Vegas icon Benny Binion invited seven of the country’s best players to compete across a series of cash games and has since evolved into an annual festival of poker with the 2016 WSOP attracting more than 100,000 players across 69 bracelet events at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
The WSOP Circuit was added in 2005 and will this season feature 22 confirmed stops across the US, while the WSOP International Circuit debuted last year with stops in Italy, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Morocco and Canada.
