{"id":728,"date":"2019-11-07T01:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T01:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=728"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:08:10","slug":"wsopc-sydney-kicks-off-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wsopc-sydney-kicks-off-next-week","title":{"rendered":"WSOPC Sydney kicks off next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) tournament event to take place at The Star Sydney from November 14 to December 9, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The WSOP Circuit Sydney tournament, starts on monday and will have 14 events with a total prize money guaranteed of \u20ac5,7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the exclusive partnership WSOPC has with <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/the-star-to-bring-ir-to-sydneyhttps:\/\/focusgn.com\/the-star-to-bring-ir-to-sydney\"><em><strong>The <\/strong><\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/the-star-to-bring-ir-to-sydney\"><strong><em>Star Sydney<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a special leaderboard and award players points system for each event will be implemented. Moreover, in the end of the tournament, the player who tops the leaderboard will receive a free pass to the <em><strong>2019 WSOP Global Casino Championship<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 which has a \u20ac900,600 guarantee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The buy-ins to these events present different price ranges to enable players with different types of bankrolls to participate. The buy-ins start at \u20ac297 however, for the high stake events, buy-ins can reach up to \u20ac18,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is definitely worth highlighting <em><strong>some of the interesting events WSOPC Sydney <\/strong><\/em>is to host during this year\u2019s edition; a ladies\u2019 event, six-handed tournaments, a masters\u2019 tournament, pot-limit Omaha and the Monster Stack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another flagship event is the High Roller, on December 4 which has \u20ac900,600 guarantee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most anticipated day will be December 5, when WSOPC Sydney Main Event with \u20ac2,000 buy-in a will take place. The guaranteed prize for this event is \u20ac2 million. However, this amount could easily increase in case Sydney gets a good turnout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, for this 2019 edition, the winner will not only walk away with a nice payout; but will also receive an entry to the 2019 WSOP Global Casino Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) tournament event to take place at The Star Sydney from November 14 to December 9, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Sydney tournament, hosted at The Star Sydney, commenced with 14 events and a guaranteed prize pool of \u20ac5.7 million. 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