For the second consecutive yr, the World Sequence of Poker Circuit Match of Champions is heading to California.
The WSOP introduced Wednesday that the match can be held on the Commerce On line casino in Los Angeles from Might 15-17.
The freeroll occasion runs in the course of the WSOP Circuit cease on the Commerce. It’s sandwiched between an $1,100 no-limit maintain’em and the beginning of the $1,700 no-limit maintain’em principal occasion.
In contrast to the opposite occasions scheduled for the collection, solely bracelet and ring winners from the 2024-2025 WSOP season are eligible to play the occasion. Moreover, the winner will obtain the yr’s first WSOP bracelet.
“We’re comfortable to return to The Commerce On line casino & Resort for the WSOP Match of Champions and our fifteenth consecutive $1,000,000 freeroll,” mentioned WSOP CEO Ty Stewart in an announcement. “With a $2 million assured Circuit principal occasion, WSOP satellites and nonstop motion on the world’s largest poker site, that is just like the opening ceremonies for the 2025 WSOP.”
The WSOP will livestream the ultimate desk of the occasion, however particulars of the stream might be introduced in some unspecified time in the future within the subsequent few weeks. Final yr, Dong Meng bested a 559-player discipline to win a bracelet and $200,000.
The Match of Champions was initially dubbed the Nationwide Championship at its inception in 2011. Because the tour added extra worldwide stops, occasion was finally rebranded to the World On line casino Championship.
It was a freeroll for gamers who certified on the WSOP Circuit by both profitable the cease’s principal occasion, the on line casino champion title, or completed within the prime 50 of the season’s level system.
Moreover, gamers who have been within the prime 100 of the WSOP Participant of the 12 months race had the choice to purchase into the occasion for $10,000. However in 2022, the WSOP loosened these necessities and it was opened as much as a wider viewers.
Now, it’s a freeroll for everybody who enters. Thus, the prize pool might be $1,000,000. No extra and no much less.
For many of its historical past, the match was both held as a part of the WSOP in Las Vegas or firstly of the brand new Circuit season at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina.
The occasion was held as a web-based poker match in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and it was skipped utterly in 2021 for a similar causes.
In 2024, the match was held on the Commerce for the primary time.
“The Commerce is thrilled to be welcoming again the WSOP Circuit Finals, in addition to the T.O.C., each of that are such prestigious occasions,” mentioned Commerce match director Cavin Quintanilla. “It takes a devoted group to ship legendary customer support and I’m excited and honored to have the chance to collaborate with these two iconic manufacturers. We are going to try to uphold the integrity of the sport, present everybody a good time and elevate one another’s legacy.”
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