WSOP Circuit Brings 18 Rings and $500,000 Main Event Back to New Orleans
Caesars New Orleans hosts its second Circuit stop of 2026 from Nov. 12-23, with more than $1 million guaranteed across the schedule.
- Caesars New Orleans hosts an 18-ring WSOP Circuit series from Nov. 12-23 with more than $1 million guaranteed.
- The $1,700 Main Event starts Nov. 19, offers three opening flights and guarantees $500,000.
- A $400 Mini Main Event and $400 Monster Stack carry guarantees of $150,000 and $100,000, respectively.
- The May festival was the first New Orleans Circuit stop since 2025, when Yousef Saleh won the Main Event for $149,268.
The World Series of Poker Circuit returns to Caesars New Orleans on Nov. 12 for its second stop at the Louisiana property this year, with 18 gold rings and more than $1 million in guaranteed prize money on offer. The 12-day festival runs through Nov. 23.
The headline tournament is the $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, which carries a $500,000 guarantee. It begins Nov. 19 and has three opening flights, running through Nov. 21, with each flight starting at 11 a.m. local time.
Players looking for lower buy-ins have a $400 Mini Main Event with a $150,000 guarantee and four starting flights, plus a $400 Monster Stack carrying a $100,000 guarantee over three flights. The schedule also opens with a $400 Double Stack event guaranteed at $25,000.
Other ring events include $400 Pot-Limit Omaha, PLO 8 or Better and Big O tournaments. A $400 Seniors event is open to players aged 50 and over, while the Ladies event costs $300.
This is New Orleans’ second Circuit festival of 2026. The first ran May 14-25 and also awarded 18 rings, marking the property’s first Circuit visit since its 2025 return, according to WSOP.com.
The previous two New Orleans Main Events produced more than $1.3 million in combined prize pools, and each winner received a six-figure payout.
Yousef Saleh won the 2025 New Orleans Main Event for $149,268 and his second Circuit ring after beating Kane Keller heads-up. That same series saw Maurice Hawkins win the $400 No-Limit Hold’em and $600 Pot-Limit Omaha events, taking his 20th and 21st Circuit rings and becoming the standalone all-time leader in Circuit ring victories.
