Harrah's Rincon to host WSOP event

September 28

We all know that the most popular form of online gambling is now poker. Even on land, this form of gambling is white hot. Now, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. has revealed that a World Series of Poker Circuit stop is scheduled for Harrah's Rincon in Valley Center, California, from February 26 to March 7, 2006.

A WSOP event at Harrah's Rincon earlier this year had a total of 1,834 players and bestowed over  $2.7 million in prize money.

Now that the event is slated for Harrah's Rincon, there are now 12 tournament stops at various Harrah's casinos around the US. This season started on August 11 at Grand Casino Tunica and includes upcoming events at Harrah's casinos in places like Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Lake Tahoe.

Each Circuit stop offers several tournaments with buy-ins ranging from a few hundred dollars to $10,000 for the no-limit hold'em Circuit Championship. The winner of the final event of each Circuit stop will qualify for the tour's grand finale, the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions.

The 2006 TOC, a $2 million free-roll event, will be played in Las Vegas next June just before the 2006 World Series of Poker. A free-roll event is one in which there is no buy-in.