After a two year absence, the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOP-C) is returning to Canada. Playground Poker Club welcomes players from around the world from August 23rd to September 3rd for the WSOP-C Playground. The $2,000,000 Guaranteed Main Event is a $1,100 buy-in tournament with two Online Day 1s and four Live Day 1s starting on August 25th. In total, there are 7 WSOP-C Playground Ring. Coverage of the poker series 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit - Cherokee, including results, chip counts, poker videos, and photos. WSOP Circuit Global Casino Championship Set for August at Harrah’s Cherokee 6th. It was the venue for two separate WSOP Circuit tour stops during the 2018-2019 season. Harrah’s Cherokee is located in the far southwestern corner of North Carolina, about a three-hour drive west of Charlotte, very close to the Tennessee border and not far.

As the World Series of Poker Circuit schedule comes closer and closer to wrapping up for the 2017-18 season, all eyes among Circuit grinders are on the points leaderboard, with everyone scrambling to secure seats to the season-ending WSOP Global Casino Championship.

Now, those grinders know exactly where and when the tournament they're shooting for will be taking place.

The WSOP announced in a Thursday press release that the Global Casino Championship is scheduled for Aug. 7-9, with Harrah's Cherokee playing host for the fourth consecutive year. It will feature $1 million in guaranteed prize money and award the final domestic bracelet of the year.

Last year, Sean Yutook down the event, topping the likes of Jason Mercier, Dylan Linde and now nine-time Circuit ring winner Josh Reichard — featured here on a recent LFG Podcast — at the stacked final table.

As per recent scheduling, the Championship will sit smack in the middle of the 2018-19 stop at Cherokee, set to run Aug. 2-13 to kick off the 15th season of the Circuit. It'll once again feature up to 128 automatic qualifiers — often a few stragglers don't bother to show up — who won either Circuit Main Events or Casino Champion points leaderboards for individual stops.

In addition, the field could swell past that with rake-free buy-ins courtesy of players who either made the top 100 of the WSOP 2017 Player of the Year standings or who won ring events at current season stops. These players can enter for $10,000.

Check here for the remaining domestic stops and here for the remaining international stops on the Circuit season, where you could win one of the remaining automatic seats into the season-ending event.

Here's a brief snapshot of the history of the Global Casino Championship, previously known as the National Championship:

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What once seemed an interminable stretch of hundreds of tournaments has dwindled down to just a few stops as the World Series of Poker Circuit draws near the end of its 2018-19 season.

With the Horseshoe Council Bluffs stop wrapping up on April 8, only three full stops remain before the opportunity to score more points for Circuit grinders comes to a close: WSOPC Harrah's Cherokee (April 10-22), WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica (April 25-May 6) and WSOPC Harrah's New Orleans (May 9-20).

As for exactly what those points are building toward, news dropped earlier this week from the WSOP that the Global Casino Championship — the $1 million guaranteed freeroll for the top performers throughout the season — will once again run at Harrah's Cherokee in August.

“Harrah’s Cherokee has become one of, if not the premiere destination on the WSOP Circuit with three annual stops, plus the Global Casino Championship,” said Regional Vice President and General Manager Brooks Robinson. “To be the home of the Global Casino Championship is an honor for us and we can’t wait for the new season to start and to welcome all the players back to the Smokey Mountains.”

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The 2019 GCC

In a Tuesday presser, WSOP officials revealed the 2019 GCC will run Aug. 6-8 at Harrah's Cherokee, coinciding with a Circuit stop for the 2019-20 season. It's the fifth straight year Harrah's Cherokee will play host to the event, which awards a gold bracelet for the winner.

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A quick refresher on the parameters of the GCC:

• $1 million guaranteed
• 132 automatic entries
• $10,000 rake-free entry available to 2018 WSOP Player of the Year top 100 and season ring winners

Last year, Warren Sheavesprevailed over a final table that included Keven Stammen and previous champion Loni Harwood, which earned him $282,113.

Points Situation Heading into Final Three Stops

Domestic points chasers — three international stops remain but only qualify two automatic entries apiece — still have time to accrue points for the leaderboard but they'll need to hurry.

The top 50 point earners receive at-large entries into the GCC, which come with three nights stay at Harrah's Cherokee and a $500 travel stipend. Currently, the cut line is at 165 points with Steve Buell the low man in the door. Projecting the final cut is difficult, but most expect the line to be north of 180, an increase over 2018's race. The tiebreaker for points is money won.

Here's a look at everyone within 10 points of the current mark:

With a small-field $1 million guaranteed at the end of the rainbow, it's sure the points race will heat up heading into the final three stops on the Circuit, providing ample prize pools for everyone in the tournaments and a mighty sweat for those on the bubble.

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