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The first week of the 4th World Series of Poker Super Circuit, hosted by GGPoker; the world’s most prestigious poker tournament at the world’s biggest poker room is complete. Five WSOP Circuit gold rings have already been won with a sixth that will be awarded later today. In addition, over the coming weeks, there are 5 more events that will begin (and maybe end) including a mini event and a GIANT event, but more on those later.

The first event to award a bracelet was the World Series of Poker Super Circuit Event #2: Mystery Bounty Kick-Off. This $105 buy-in Mystery Bount event, which offered a top bounty of $100,000, attracted a total of 16,975 players. When the last buy-in was registered, a total prize pool of $1,697,500 had been built for the event, well exceeding the $1.5M guarantee. When the event finally finished, it was ‘GordimSapeca’ who won the event and earned $171,198.86 for the effort, including $102,986 in bounties.

WSOP Circuit Ring Events

Event #1: BIG 500 No-Limit Hold’em, the official first event of the WSOP Super Circuit online poker tournament series, offered a $2,500,000 guarantee on a $500 ($475 + $25) buy-in and a multitude of Day 1’s. Over the week leading up to Day 2, a total of 6,720 players joined the festivities and chase for a World Series of Poker Championship Circuit Ring. Of the starting pack, 865 players made it through to Day 2 to compete for the $3,192,000 prize pool, a significant jump from the guarantee. This prize pool guaranteed the final table would all receive at least $25,000 and the final four would all earn over $100,000. It took over 26 hours of play on Day 2, including a break during play, for ‘Xleeee’ to top the pack and claim the ring and the victory worth $292,563.43. 

 

The third event of the official World Series of Poker Online tournament series was event #3: $300 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em Championship. Similar to most of the events in this poker tournament series, there was a hefty prize guarantee – $1,000,000 – in addition to the coveted WSOP ring. The tiny $300 buy-in added to the excitement as 4,184 players jumped at the chance to become the champion. Creating a total prize pool of $1,167,336 and a top prize of $128,619.77. It took over 30 hours of play before ‘Made_In_Moscow’ could claim the victory in this championship event.

 

Thursday, March 7th at 18:00 UTC marked the start of the fourth bracelet event as part of the World Series of Poker Super Circuit online poker tournament series. The event, a $600 buy-in March Mayhem Bounty 6-max event, had progressive bounties starting at $140 per player. When late registration was completed, a total of 2,535 players bought in to fight for the victory. The prize pool totaled $1,444,950, well exceeding the $1,000,000 guarantee and at the end of play, it was “Weinschorleeeee’ claiming the championship ring, $59,848.10 for first place and $80,156.10 in bounty awards.

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The Weekend Events

The weekend, the first full weekend of the World Series of Poker Super Circuit Online poker tournament series, saw 2 more events completion. The first was Event #5: GGMasters NLH Circuit Championship, a $1,050 buy-in event with a $1,500,000 guarantee. The first of only two events in the WSOP Super Circuit series with a buy-in over $800 saw a total of 1,791 vie for the victory. All told, the biggest share of the $1,791,000 prize pool, along with the championship ring, went to ‘hey guy’ who took home $200,322.18 after a 3-way chop with ‘4StrongManAllNP’ and ‘havskat’ who won $158,176.03 and $161,469.21 respectively.

The final event of the weekend was the $210 Mystery Millions offering a $5,000,000 guarantee and a top mystery bounty of $500,000. The multitude of Day 1’s allowed for a total of 23,423 buy-ins to the event, creating a prize pool of $6,000,200! When the last hand was dealt out, it was ‘Edm0nd Dantes’ standing victorious, claiming the glory and prestige of winning a WSOP Super Circuit event and the $214,686.14 top prize plus $5,950 in bounties. Of course, the most exciting part of any mystery bounty tournament is the bounties. The biggest winners of this tournament, while they do not get to call themselves champions, are ‘HappyOwl’ who finished 76th after hitting the $210,380 bounty, guaranteeing money on par with finishing first, ‘Pensionato’ who found the 2nd biggest bounty worth $330,000 and got to leave early after being KOed in 337th. But the biggest winner of the event was the 828th place finisher, ‘delfin44’ who had to console themself with a cool $500,000 and an early night’s sleep.

The Next Events

Over the next week, GGPoker will continue to host dozens of WSOP Super Circuit side events. With a range of buy-ins to accommodate all players. There are 4 more rings to be won before the end of the weekend and 8 more after that until the end of the series with Event #18: Super Circuit MAIN EVENT –  Day 1’s for this event have already started.

 

For this week, you can still get in and win a ring, just pick you game and go for it. While it’s too late to join Event #7: $800 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Championship, you can watch the action or stake your favorite players. On Thursday, March 14th, event #8: BIG 500 PLO Bounty begins, guaranteeing $500,000 and the thrill of Omaha. Sunday March 17th will see the start of event #9: Super GIANT No-Limit Hold’em a super deepstack (250BB to start) tournament with $1,000,000 guaranteed. In addition to all of that excitement, Day 1’s to Event #10: $50 MILLION$ Mini Main Event have started to run. This WSOP Super Circuit event has a $1.5 Million guarantee off a $50 buy-in and starts every player with 100BB.

$10,000,000 Guaranteed

The finale of the first major online World Series of Poker Super Circuit Online is Event #18: Super Circuit MAIN EVENT. This is a $525 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $10,000,000 guarantee. As mentioned, Day 1’s for this tournament are already running at regular intervals leading up to the Day 2 on Monday, April 1st. You can also work your way through the step satellites for this monstrous event start from as little as $1. This could be your best chance to win a WSOP Major Poker Tournament and Ring for less than a cup of coffee. The World Series of Poker Super Circuit is here.

WSOP Vegas Main Event

Two more things before we sign off for the week. First, we want to remind everyone that if YOU win a WSOP Super Circuit event (or any WSOP event) you will be invited to the exclusive Tournament of Champions. This is an invitation-only, $1,000,000 freeroll and the only way to get an invitation is by winning a WSOP tournament.

Second, and lastly, we want everyone to come away as a winner as part of the WSOP Super Circuit. That’s why, this year, we are dropping $2 million in Road to Vegas tickets. If you are unsure what the Road to Vegas is, in the simplest terms, GGPoker is the exclusive partner of the WSOP and the only place online to qualify for the WSOP Main Event officially. To ensure the 55th anniversary of the WSOP is bigger and better, we are dropping tickets randomly at the tables to help you qualify for the WSOP Main Event. These tickets could be worth $20, $150, $1,200, or even a full package worth $12,000!

So get in on all of the action and we hope to see you at the tables and in Las Vegas!