{"id":2173,"date":"2018-02-28T16:20:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T17:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2018-03-01T17:35:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:35:52","slug":"wsop-com-makes-history-nevada-first-online-poker-circuit-ring-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-com-makes-history-nevada-first-online-poker-circuit-ring-event\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOP.com Makes History in Nevada With First Online Poker Circuit Ring Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0World Series of Poker Circuit<\/strong> made history on Tuesday night. The first-ever online circuit ring event was held in Nevada<\/strong>\u00a0on WSOP.com<\/strong> to coincide with the WSOPC series being held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to Bill Rini, head of online poker at WSOP.com, the inaugural was a success. \u201cWe felt it [the tournament] performed very well,\u201d he told US Poker. <\/em>\u201cIf you look at live circuit events at the Rio, the online ring event was at the top end of those events in terms of attendance for a mid-week tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tournament summary<\/span><\/h2>\n

When registration closed, 256 players had taken to the virtual felt with 5,000 in starting chips and a dream of a ring.<\/p>\n

The prize pool for the event was an impressive $137,760, which included buy-ins plus 164 rebuys.<\/p>\n

We touched base with Las Vegas<\/strong> poker pro Allen Kessler<\/strong> during the tournament to get his thoughts. It\u2019s probably no surprise that\u00a0Kessler thought the structure looked fast and called our attention to spots where additional levels would make the tournament more attractive.<\/p>\n

As with most online events, the levels increased quickly \u2014 every 12 minutes to be exact. In the end, it took just over seven hours to award \u2018casedismised\u2019<\/strong> a gold ring and the first-place prize of $35,817.<\/p>\n

Heads-up play between casedismised\u00a0and \u2018Gijoseph\u2019<\/strong> lasted about 20 minutes. casedismised emerged victorious when his ten-deuce turned a full house, and Gijoseph\u00a0called the all-in on the river with less.<\/p>\n

WSOP.com Circuit final table results<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\n‘casedismised’<\/td>\n$35,817.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n‘Gijoseph’<\/td>\n$20,644<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n‘FenixX<\/td>\n$13,224.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n‘Forever21’<\/td>\n$10,469.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n‘Sleeth’<\/td>\n$9,092.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n‘JR4591’<\/td>\n$6,199.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n‘Bigriskky’<\/td>\n$4,821.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n‘GLADIATOR’<\/td>\n$3,581.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n‘jchak’<\/td>\n$2,892.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Will there be more online circuit ring events?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Everything seemed to run smoothly and the first online circuit event performed as expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been running online bracelet events during the summer so we knew there was demand for cross-over online tournaments,\u201d Rini said. \u201cWe also see a lot of satellite interest going from online to live circuit events whenever we run them. It was really just a matter of offering something that the players wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is one more circuit stop in Las Vegas before the 49th Annual World Series of Poker<\/strong> begins in May.<\/p>\n

The next circuit stop in Las Vegas will be at\u00a0Planet Hollywood<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0beginning March 22. While there isn\u2019t an online circuit event on the Planet Hollywood schedule, there\u2019s always hope that the success of the first online circuit ring event will breed more online ring events in the future.<\/p>\n

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