World Series of Poker Circuit

The World Series of Poker Circuit is a series of poker tournaments held annually at a variety of casinos since 2005 as a build-up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

All Championship events are competed in no limit Texas hold 'em; preliminary events may be different poker variants.

Starting with the 2011 WSOP Circuit, the Circuit National Championship was held as a closed event for participants of various circuit events.

World Series of Poker Circuit Ring

WSOP Circuit ring

Like the World Series of Poker and its prestigious bracelet, all circuit stops have preliminary events the award rings as well. Since its inception in 2005, 972 rings have been awarded. 476 of the rings have been awarded to those that have won multiple rings. Seven players have won at least five rings.

Below is a list of all poker players who have won at least five World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit rings. Through April 11, 2016, eleven players have won at least five WSOP Circuit Rings.^[1]

World Series Circuit Ring Winners

Winners of 5 or more WSOP Circuit rings

Rings	Player
9	Alexandru Masek
8	Chris Reslock
8	Ari Engel
8	Valentin Vornicu
7	Cory Waaland
7	Maurice Hawkins
6	Kyle Cartwright
5	Kurt Jewell
5	Mark Smith
5	Kevin McColgan
5	Vincent Moscati

World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event Champions

The World Series of Poker Circuit now has 22 stops along the national tour.^[2] Each stop ends with a $1,675 buy-in Main Event. Originally they were $10,000. However, it changed rapidly with each succeeding WSOP Circuit season.

2004-05 Season

Date	Location	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists
January 18, 2005	Harrah's Atlantic City	Nghi Tran	$780,615	Erick Lindgren	Nick Frangos Mimi Tran Aaron Bartley Stan Goldstein Chad Brown Chris Ferguson Michael Esposito
March 2, 2005	Harrah's Rincon	Chris Ferguson	$655,220	Prahlad Friedman	Chad Brown James Worth Alex Prendes Jr Keith Sexton Robert Williamson III Lonnie Alexander Mark Hanna
March 23, 2005	Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino Las Vegas	Doug Lee	$695,970	Jennifer Harman	Jean-Robert Bellande Gabe Thaler Grant Lang Kevin Keller Dennis Perry Phil Ivey Tom Macey
May 8, 2005	Harrah's Lake Tahoe	Jeff Lisandro	$542,360	Phil Ivey	James Van Alstyne Jonathan Shecter Tommy Reed Salim Batshon David Pham George Saca Joe Awada
May 28, 2005	Harrah's New Orleans	Walter Chambers	$787,340	Corey Bierria	Antonio Esfandiari Nick Mao Mark Cole Harry Cullen Jr Imre Leibold Marlon Labbe Cyril Gittens

2005-06 Season

Date	Location	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists
August 25, 2005	Grand Casino Tunica	Gregg Merkow	$561,175	Robert Law	Sonny Perry Jeff Wood Steve Rassi Bryant King Johnny Clements John Juanda Darrell Struck
September 16, 2005	Harrah's Las Vegas	Chris Ferguson	$362,088	Chade Layne	Kevin Song Tom Pniak An Tran Gregg Fund Mike Fetter Tom Foley Jim McCrink
November 2, 2005	Caesars Indiana	Vinny Vinh	$437,760	Men Nguyen	Ron Hargrove Sam Whitt Douglas Carli Bill Edler Marlowe Rowe John Smith Clinton Keown
November 22, 2005	Paris Las Vegas	Thang Pham	$453,456	J. C. Tran	Lee Watkinson Scotty Nguyen Joe Hachem John Smith Steven Hudak Doug Lee Minh Ly
December 9, 2005	Showboat Casino, Atlantic City	Chris Reslock	$335,235	John Juanda	Chad Moore Nick Schulman John Spadavecchia Daniel Tolly Eric Panayiotou Julian Studley Daniel Shak
January 26, 2006	Grand Casino Tunica	Daniel Negreanu	$755,525	Bryant King	Kianoosh Mohajeri Lee Markholt Brian Lamkin Brandon Adams Wendell Barnes Robert Schulze Chad Brown
February 17, 2006	Harrah's Atlantic City	Abraham Korotki	$433,008	Brian Jensen	Steven Jacobs Jody Garaventa Herbet Cheng Ed Corrado Earnest Shepherd Harry White Jianhua Zhou
March 7, 2006	Harrah's Rincon	Darrell Dicken	$372,780	Weikai Chang	Kathy Liebert Gary Lent Jim Pechac Adam Kagin Andy Bloch Yosh Nakano Tom McCormick
March 31, 2006	Caesars Atlantic City	Jeffrey King	$345,708	Rep Porter	Jamie Ligator Ben Bianco Eric Panayiotou Chris Ferguson Herbert Cheng Mickey Appleman Louie Esposito
May 11, 2006	Caesars Palace	John Spadavecchia	$648,320	Sean McCabe	Ralph Perry Danny Fuhs Billy Baxter Bob Bright Tom Schneider Tony Cousineau Blair Rodman
May 28, 2006	Harrah's New Orleans	Peter Feldman	$532,950	Gavin Smith	Matt Russell George Abdallah Kenny Brown Dana Diephouse Allie Prescott Benjamin Gordon David Babin
June 19, 2006	Harrah's Lake Tahoe	Clint Baskin	$372,240	Brian Fidler	Tony Le R. C. W. Cheung Justin Scott J. C. Tran Joseph Dubois Matt Russell Jamin Stokes

2006-2007 Season

Date	Location	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists
September 17, 2006	Harrah's Lake Tahoe	Michael Arents	$196,005	Jerrt Renfroe	Darrell Steed Randy Gil Travis Erdman Burt Boutin Brendan Lynch Scott Clements Paul Kobel
October 4, 2006	Grand Casino Tunica	Mark Smith	$306,003	Manelic Minaya	Glyn Banks Harold Mahaffey Jody Stanfill Jae Chang Hoyt Lance Ryan Lenaghan Ronald Huerkamp
November 3, 2006	Caesars Indiana	Chad Batista	$262,002	Hoyt Lance	Ed Corrado Hilbert Shirey Douglas Carli Joel Casper Robert Arthur William Brown Thomas Fuller
December 19, 2006	Harrah's Atlantic City	Rick Rossetti	$368,096	Alex Gomez	John Racener Feming Chan Ken Goldin Michael Bernstein Ray Lin Drew Gliem Tam Ly
January 17, 2007	Grand Tunica	Dennis Perry	$563,402	Gioi Luong	Lance Allred Larry Vance Peter Martin Michael Mizrachi Matt Dean Andi Chang Elvin Simpson
February 7, 2007	Horseshoe Council Bluffs	Kosta Sengos	$219,576	Paul Kraus	Sam Von Duhn Jeff Banghart Doug Carli Larry Vance John Kincaid Thadd Wolff Everett Carlton
February 22, 2007	Harrah's Rincon	Peter Feldman	$372,780	Davidson Matthew	Gavin Griffin Danny Wong Erik Cajelais Shane Schleger Gavin Smith Yoon Kim Jerry Renfroe
March 14, 2007	Caesars Atlantic City	Mehrdad Yousefzadeh	$488,828	John McMahon	Eugene Fouksman Frank Vizza Matt Brady Rick Austin David Fox Grant Lang Chuck Norris
April 6, 2007	Caesars Indiana	Men Nguyen	$238,756	Young Phan	Bryan Sapp Tim McCarthy Dennis Anness Steve Boyle George Lusby Dean Schultz Scott Fischman
May 2, 2007	Caesars Las Vegas	Cory Carroll	$505,176	Justin Pechie	Eric Davis Vasile Buboi Paul Kitsos (dec.)[3] David Pham Steve Wong Michelle Law Chad Brown
May 23, 2007	Harrah's New Orleans	Louie Esposito	$516,801	Clint Schafer	David Fox Phil Gordon Anthony Longoria JD Estilette David McLeroy Bobby Wisiak Scott Mitchell

2007-08 Season

Date	Location	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists
September 13, 2007	Grand Casino Tunica	Jordan Morgan	$216,852	Terry Hawkins	Jerry Saucier Gil George Glyn Banks Brian Rutland Jeff Cohen Steve Hyvonen Mark Garner
November 2, 2007	Caesars Indiana	Carlos Uz	$175,034	Marc Fratter	Vito Casullo Jr. Terry Ogle Chris Moore Chris Viox James Lindsey Tom Schneider Thomas Hover
November 18, 2007	Harrah's Lake Tahoe	Chris Ferguson	$203,649	Dustin Fox	Mark Bonsack Sylvester Geoghegan Gabriel Testa Michael Banducci George Saca Frank Lee Travis Erdman
December 5, 2007	Harrah's New Orleans	Andy Philachack	$247,860	Josh Arieh	Ted McCollom David Fox Leonard Pruzansky Nic Gellepis Bruce MacGregor Philip Sparta Louie Esposito
December 18, 2007	Harrah's Atlantic City	John Racener	$379,392	Eric Buchman	Feming Chan Joseph Brooks Thomas Fee David Fox Adrian Velez James Nelson Sam Skolnik
January 22, 2008	Grand Casino Tunica	Bart Tichelman	$428,210	Donald Nicholson	Giovanni Maracci John Devia Ben Sabrin Mark Garner Ryan Young Tom Schneider Jordan Rich
February 7, 2008	Harrah's Rincon San Diego North	Mike Pickett	$229,002	David Peters	Edward Sabat Kenny Bedoya Christian Avendano Gavin Smith Lee Watkinson Damien Oborne Jon Eaton Richard Morgan
February 27, 2008	Horseshoe Council Bluffs	Ben Hock	$169,327	Michael Martin	Nicholas Manganaro Bernard Lee Keith Murrell Samuel Shamburg Dan Jensen Ron Koenemann Howard Wolper
March 15, 2008	Caesars Atlantic City	Eric Haber	$431,136	Dan Hicks	Sumeet Batra Soheil Shamseddin Steve Greenberg Nick Binger Scott Blackman Steven Merrifield Marc Morris
April 14, 2008	Caesars Indiana	Wilbur Futhey	$180,289	Steve Merrifield	Dale Poynter Douglas Carli Ben Hock Jason Mann Giovanni Marcacci Jerry Martin Michael Iacovone
May 1, 2008	Caesars Las Vegas	Allen Cunningham	$499,162	Ben Fineman	Kelly Samson Motoyuki Mabuchi Justin Bonomo Blair Hinkle Thomas Hover Ralph Perry Doug Lee
May 21, 2008	Harrah's New Orleans	Nick Ceci	$382,928	Timothy Miles	Floyd Vanderford Gabe Costner Jeff Tims Lou Esposito Chuck Kelley Ed Jatho Marc Fratter

2008-09 Season

Date	Location	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists
October 14, 2008	Horseshoe Southern Indiana	Samuel Oberlin	$143,064	Jerry Martin	David Kopacz Len Ashby Joey Couden Jamin Stokes Derek Whelan Dean Schultz Ray Lynn
November 2, 2008	Harrahs Horseshoe Casino Hammond	Steve Billirakis	$208,885	Thomas Koral	Gary Leibovitz Kyle Schertz George Dietz Sameer Al-Dbhany Ravi Raghavan Jason DeWitt Dustin Woolf
November 16, 2008	Harveys Resort & Casino, Lake Tahoe	Michael Binger	$181,379	Ty Stewart	Jake Solis Mike McClain Tay Nguyen Allen Kessler Travis Erdman Bill Bostick Scott Clements
December 16, 2008	Harrah's Atlantic City	Brent Roberts	$280,940	Phillip Reed	Kyle Bowker Robert McLaughlin Allen Bari Tim Kelly Dwyte Pilgrim Scott Zakheim Rafael Camejo
February 2, 2009	Harrah's Casino Tunica	Kai Landry	$183,974	David Dao	Matthew Stout Leonard Eidson Jeremy Byrum Mike Leah Glenn Hyde Brian McCoy Frank Wyville
February 25, 2009	Horseshoe Council Bluffs	Jesse Hale	$113,020	Dennis Meierotto	John McDonald Evan Panesis Joaquin Sosa Alan Engel Jeff Banghart Jeff Bryan Jeff Daubs
March 14, 2009	Caesars Atlantic City	Samuel Chartier	$322,944	John Nixon	Francis Vizza Michael Michnik Alex Bolotin Matt Brady Jason Young Chris Klodnicki David Zeitlin
April 1, 2009	Harrah's Rincon San Diego	Dwyte Pilgrim	$125,775	Esther Taylor	Charles Williams Christopher Tryba Thao Thiem Josh Prager Pogos Simityan John McGowan John Farrell
April 30, 2009	Caesars Palace	Justin Bonomo	$227,692	Michael Mizrachi	Men Nguyen Jeremiah Degreef Matt Graham Dwyte Pilgrim Jack Schanbacher Nashaat Antonious Evgeny Serebryakov
May 20, 2009	Harrah's New Orleans	Jean Gaspard	$211,722	Billy Kopp	Ken Christopher Steven McKoy Daniel Walsh Anita Vasquez Justin Allen Kenny Milam Kurt Scheer

2009-10 Season

Date	Location	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists
October 25, 2009	Harrah's Horseshoe Casino Hammond	Daniel Livingston	$291,749	Thanasi Floros	Christopher Gentile James Mosele William Schweinebraten William Miner Joshua Goldstein Jacob Bazeley Mike Parisi
November 2, 2009	Horseshoe Southern Indiana	Gabriel Cook	$92,430	Christopher Tryba	David Leonard Ronald Surenkamp Chase Steely Harold Evans Jamin Stokes Steve Galey Karen Hayden
November 17, 2009	Harveys Resort & Casino, Lake Tahoe	Matt Keikoan	$106,435	Justin Hallstrom	John Goodger Alan Engel Tommy Vedes Roger Sippl David Woo Timothy Davey John McNeilly
December 15, 2009	Harrah's Atlantic City	Chris Klodnicki	$215,915	Kyle Bowker	Grayson Ramage Mukul Pahuja Karp Ryan Charles Furey Wayne Lewis Farzad Rouhani Eugene Fouksman
February 10, 2010	Harrah's Casino Tunica	Paul Wasicka	$139,422	Larry Gurney	Richard Robb Shane Zell Carter Phillips Dwyte Pilgrim Matt Stout Jason Thornhill Jerry Saucier
March 2, 2010	Horseshoe Council Bluffs	Jovan Sudar	$95,455	Gerald Walter	Derek Masek Jack Do Michael Sortino
March 14, 2010	Caesars Atlantic City	Roland Isra	$264,715	Chris Mitchell	Daniel Witcher Chris Klodnicki Jesse Chinni Grayson Ramage Feming Chan Konstantino Dimitroulakis Richard Austin
March 31, 2010	Harrah's Rincon San Diego	Bryan Devoshire	$114,975	Daniel Schreiber	Howard Andrew John Farrell Ronald Segni Michael McClain Daniel Burke
April 15, 2010	Harrah's St.Louis	Jeffrey Roper	$170,814	Jason Mo	Gary Lambert Matthew Schwarmann Jordan Portell Joel Casper Gregory Headrick Gary Bolden Michael Sortino
April 30, 2010	Caesars Palace	Andrew Lichtenberger	$190,137	Dan Casetta	Brock Parker Diego Sanchez James Carroll Stephen O'Dwyer Anthony Yeh Aaron Been Matt Stout
May 19, 2010	Harrah's New Orleans	Fred Berger	$197,584	Mike Beasley	Ben Keiley Edward Corrado Fernando Perez Joel Merwick Jacob Naquin Chander Jain Jared Ingles

2010-11 Season

Date	Location	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists
August 31, 2010	Horseshoe Council Bluffs	Blair Hinkle	$88,555	Shiva Dudani	Dwyte Pilgrim Matthew Lawrence Charles Moore Jack Do John Wakeen Daniel Biddle Kevin Calenzo
October 12, 2010	Horseshoe Council Bluffs	Charles Moore	$98,878	Kevin Calenzo	John Holder Michael Foster Kristopher Bradshaw Brian McKain John Alfera Jorge Solorzano-Reyes Joel Merwick
October 31, 2010	Emerald Casino	Warren Zackey	$231,956	Melanie Banfield	Kyri Patsalos Raj Aiyalavajjala Rob Fenner Maria Ho Hugh Todd Jason Straus Muaaz Gani
November 9, 2010	IP Casino Resort & Spa	Travis Lutes	$95,253	Farid Nasserazad	Bobbie Talbot Jason Cluxton Yair Alon Bobby Gunter Jerry Monroe Steven Marshall John Holley
November 10, 2010	Harveys Lake Tahoe	Stanley Quinn	$86,789	John Mcneilly	Michael Traylor Daniel Black Drew Caseri Ned Mantua Donna Jetter Grantland Hillman Joseph Mongkoluaaree
December 22, 2010	WSOP Regional Championship - Harrah's Atlantic City	Chris Bell	$358,295	Chris Klodnicki	Ketan Pandya Micah Raskin Todd Terry Andy Frankenberger Jason Burt Nicholas Mitchell Seth Fischer
January 24, 2011	Choctaw Casino Resort	Huy Nguyen	$232,706	Traci Brown	Mstr Lynch Jeffrey Gibralter Bobby Hempkins Drazen Ilich Victor Haynes Andrew Watson Robert Cheung
February 15, 2011	Harrah's Tunica	Sam Barnhart	$148,612	Jesse White	Mary Harden Brian Burney Marco Palacios John Nguyen Preston Derden Kurt Jewell John Holley
March 1, 2011	Palm Beach Kennel Club	John Riordan	$210,180	Mike Morton	Thomas Aprea Austin Buchanan Ryan Lenaghan Jonathan Brody David Macdonald Jesse Okonczak Jerry Timmons
March 13, 2011	Caesars Atlantic City	Brian Ali	$139,284	John Andress	Patrick Houchins Ellis Frazier Roland Israelashvili Jeffrey Rowland Jerry Van Strydonck Albert Winchester Joseph Caffrey

WSOP Circuit National Championship

Starting in 2012, qualification for the Circuit National Championship was significantly changed. A total of 100 players now receive automatic seats in the National Championship. The winners of each Circuit main event and the highest point earner at each circuit stop receive seats, with the remaining automatic seats filled by the top points earners throughout the Circuit season who are not already qualified. Additionally, the top 100 players in the "WSOP World Rankings", a points race determined on results in open events of the previous two WSOPs, are eligible to enter. The Circuit qualifiers play the National Championship on a freeroll, while the WSOP World Rankings qualifiers must pay a $10,000 buy-in.^[4][5]

The winner of the Circuit National Championship wins a World Series of Poker bracelet.

Season	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Other Finalists
2010/11	Sam Barnhart	$300,000	James Anderson	Joshua Evans La Sengphet Jonathan Poche Charles Moore Drazen Ilich Adam Hui Matthew Lawrence Huy Nguyen
2011/12	Ryan Eriquezzo	$416,051	Nikolas Stone	Huy Nguyen Matt Keikoan Andy Hwang David "ODB" Baker Sam Stein Amanda Musumeci Justin Gardenhire David Peters
2012/13	Jonathan Hilton	$355,599	Max Steinberg	Robert Panitch Brock Parker John Bowman Joe Tehan Nicolas Vaca-Rondon Jeremy Ausmus Austin Apicella Pavlin Karakikov
2013/14	Dominik Nitsche	$352,800	Athanasios Polychronopoulos	Matthew Ashton Christopher Bibb Tracy Doss Andrew Robinson Ylon Schwartz Jeffrey Gunnip Sean Lippel Micheal Oshana

Notes

1. "WSOP Players". WSOP. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
2. Palansky, Seth (July 14, 2014). "WSOP ANNOUNCES 2014-15 WSOP CIRCUIT TOUR SCHEDULE". wsop.com. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
3. "Paul Kitsos Dies on Flight to World Series of Poker in Las Vegas". National Ledger. June 9, 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
4. Feldman, Andrew (July 29, 2011). "'11-'12 WSOP Circuit to feature 16 stops". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
5. Feldman, Andrew (July 23, 2012). "WSOP Circuit expands for 2012–13". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.