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<\/div>\nThe Harrah\u2019s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina has once again become the home of a major World Series of Poker (WSOP) contest as it hosts 18 WSOP Circuit ring events.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a tournament\u2026It\u2019s 12 days, $5 MILLION in guarantees, and your shot at the gold ring,\u201d the Caesars-operated casino resort exclaimed<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n The event kicked off on Thursday (August 7) and will run through to August 18, with a $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event. There is also a $1.5 million prize pool guarantee, with every WSOP Circuit<\/a> ring winner at this tournament to receive a special package to attend WSOP Paradise 2025 in the Bahamas later this year.<\/p>\n Making the solo trip to Cherokee, North Carolina next week to grind some WSOP circuit tournaments, cash games, and to get in some quality fishing time in the mountains.<\/p>\n Just gotta let the poker gods do their work and hopefully I return home with a WSOP ring and some bands<\/p>\n — Tate Ikeda (@tate_or_tot) August 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n According to WSOP<\/a>: \u201cAlong with entry to the $2,500 WSOP Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty, WSOP Circuit ring winners also receive an Atlantis Bahamas hotel package to fund their stay.\u201d<\/p>\n At the previous event at Harrah\u2019s Cherokee this past May, Tuyen Dieu won the Circuit Main Event and gained a $287,230 payday.<\/p>\n The first day got underway on Thursday, with the event beginning at 11AM ET, with the remaining days still looming over the players.<\/p>\n It started with a $400 Double Stack Opener, with the series-opening Cherokee event containing 25-minute levels, 40,000 starting chips, and players to receive a 15-minute break every four levels, with a 45-minute dinner break after Level 16.<\/p>\n As for the Double Stack Opener, there were a total of 687 entries which built a prize pool of $226,710 with the final 104 players able to earn at least a min-cash of $800.<\/p>\n While some big players made it to the final table, James Wieks was crowned the first champion of the series at Cherokee. He secured $38,765 and his first ring at the event.<\/p>\n While Harrah’s Cherokee has become a staple on the WSOP calendar, live table games wasn’t always a possibility here. It was only in 2011 when the tribe reached an agreement with the state to allow live cards at the casino resort.<\/p>\n A year later, in 2012, the casino began introducing live table games and two years later they had over 100.<\/p>\n Featured Image: AI-generated via Ideogram<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The post Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort welcomes poker players back as it prepares for tournament<\/a> appeared first on ReadWrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
First day of Harrah\u2019s Cherokee WSOP tournament has commenced<\/span><\/h2>\n