The World Series of Poker Circuit is back for the opening stop of 2025 at Choctaw in Durant, Oklahoma and they’re bringing along another $1 million guarantee.
The 14-day event runs from January 6-19 and it will feature 18 rings and a flagship $1,700 Main Event with two opening flights and a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.
Last time at Choctaw, Phil Bertram beat a field of 944 entries to claim $237K from a total prize pool of just over $1.4 million. Bertram came from behind in heads-up play to pick up the WSOP Circuit Main Event ring and a banner that will immortalize him in the rafters at Choctaw.
Phil Bertram is the reigning Choctaw Main Event champion. The schedule
The opening $250 Seniors Event of the series gives way to the first six-figure guarantee of the series, a $100K Monster Stack on Wednesday, January 8. Also featured in the first week is the $600 Escalating Bounty, a two-day event with two opening flights that guarantees $50K and offers bounties that are half of the payout of the knocked out. (For example, if you knock out the 10th-place finisher, your bounty will be half of the 10th-place payout.)
Survivors from the opening flights on January 9 will meet on Friday to play the bounty rounds before the $500 Gargantuan gets started on Saturday, Jan. 10th. Two opening flights will fill up a field that plays for a $300K prize pool on Sunday.
Another big turnout is expected at Choctaw for the $1 million Main Event. The $250 Womens Event will also run on Sunday alongside a pair of one-day NLH events with $25K guarantees. The rest of the week plays out with a $250 NLH on Monday, a $400 Six Max on Tuesday, a $1,000 PLO, a $250 NLH, and a $500 Double Stack on Wednesday, and two one-day NLH tournaments on Thursday with a $1,000,000 guarantee.
The action leads up to the $1,700 Main Event, which starts on Friday, Jan. 17 with a second flight on Saturday. Players will fight for a spot on Sunday’s Day 2 for a mad sprint to the series-ending final table on Monday, Jan. 20.
Tune into PokerOrg’s Instant Live coverage for the latest updates from the floor at WSOPC Choctaw. Check out the full series schedule on WSOP.com.
