Welcome to the 2020 WSOP Global Casino Championship!
On Sunday, the World Series of Poker Global Casino Championship will take place on WSOP.com. Depending on whether the situation with COVID-19 clears up, it may be the final bracelet awarded in 2020. Not only will PokerNews be offering live updates throughout the tournament, but they will also live-stream the action on the PokerNews Twitch Channel.
The online edition of the GCC is the first in the relatively short history of the WSOP Circuit's season-ending event. It typically brings together all of the Circuit's finest competitors under one roof for a great shot at a $1 million prize pool in a short field of 120 to 140 runners. Now, all participants will be required to be in either Nevada or New Jersey to play. We will publish a list of all registered players at the start of the tournament at Noon PDT on Sunday.
Some players qualified via winning WSOPC Main Events or Casino Champion honors, some qualified by making the top 50 of the points leaderboard, and in 2020, others qualified by simply winning a ring in the WSOP.com Season Finale.
Here's a look at all those who won rings in that online season finale:
| Tournament | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | ||||
| Event #1: $100,000 GTD NLH Online Finale Circuit Kick-Off 2x Re-entry | $215 | 886 | 177,200 | "YoungGunz21" | $42,528 | ||||
| Event #2: $100,000 GTD NLH Online Finale Circuit 2x Re-entry | $320 | 515 | $184,500 | Soheb "tommyconway6" Porbandarwala | $46,125 | ||||
| Event #3: $100,000 GTD Online Finale NLH Turbo Deepstack 2x Re-entry | $250 | 625 | $149,375 | "Aiden13" | $23,810 | ||||
| Event #4: $150,000 GTD Online Finale Big 500 3x Re-entry | $500 | 422 | $197,074 | Kyle "iwant2win" Marlborough | $52,224 | ||||
| Event #5: $200,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit Monster Stack 3x Re-entry | $525 | 663 | $331,500 | Alan "mossadshark" Sternberg | $81,217 | ||||
| Event #6: $100,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit Freezeout | $320 | 419 | $125,700 | David "TheClubber" Larson | $30,796 | ||||
| Event #7: $150,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit High Roller 6-Max 2x Re-entry | $1,000 | 291 | $277,905 | Shawn "Saygoodnight" Daniels | $75,035 | ||||
| Event #8: $100,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit NLH 2x Re-entry | $215 | 887 | $177,400 | Dan "fatdan44" Wach | $42,576 | ||||
| Event #9: $100,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit NLH 2x Re-entry | $320 | 681 | $204,300 | Kami "Loco4coco" Hudson | $50,053 | ||||
| Event #10: $100,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit NLH Monster Stack 3x Re-entry | $320 | 706 | $211,800 | Michael "ParxBigStax" Marder | $50,832 | ||||
| Event #11: $150,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit NLH Double Stack 2x Re-entry | $320 | 695 | $208,500 | "macallan25" | $51,082 | ||||
| Event #12: $300,000 GTD Online Finale Circuit NLH Main Event 3x Re-entry | $525 | 1,109 | $554,500 | Frank "spaghettiii" Marasco | $127,535 |
In addition, players who met certain criteria were eligible to buy into the Global Casino Championship directly. The entry fee was a rake-free $10,000, which is added to the $1,000,000 base prize pool. Those eligible to buy-in directly where any ring winner from the 2019-2020 WSOP Circuit season.
WSOP National/Global Casino Championship Winners
| Season | Tournament | Entries | Winner | Prize | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | 100 | Sam Barnhart | $300,000 | James Anderson |
| 2011–12 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | 157 | Ryan Eriquezzo | $416,051 | Nik Stone |
| 2012–13 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | 127 | Jonathan Hilton | $355,599 | Max Steinberg |
| 2013–14 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | 126 | Dominik Nitsche | $352,800 | Athanasios Polychronopoulos |
| 2014–15 | WSOP Circuit National Championship | 122 | Loni Harwood | $341,599 | Alexandru Masek |
| 2015–16 | WSOP Global Casino Championship | 126 | Said El-Yousfi | $343,256 | Yasin Ahmady |
| 2016–17 | WSOP Global Casino Championship | 124 | Sean Yu | $296,941 | Alexander Lakhov |
| 2017–18 | WSOP Global Casino Championship | 127 | Warren Sheaves | $282,113 | Jeremy Meacham |
| 2018–19 | WSOP Global Casino Championship | 129 | Ryan Eriquezzo | $279,431 | Eric Salazar |
The first step in getting set up to play on WSOP.com is to download the client. You can do so for both mobile (Android and iOS) and desktop (Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.6.8).
To get the correct version of the client, use the links below: