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Information and Reviews about Harrah's Cherokee Poker Room in Cherokee, including Poker Tournaments, Games, Special Events and Promotions. Attention Poker Rooms: Get your Real-Time Live Action on PokerAtlas! World Series of Poker (WSOP) will entertain poker lovers at the Harrahs Cherokee Casino at the 2019 WSOP Circuit from 1 st till 12 th of August. The tournament will feature over 15 events with the main event having a guaranteed $1,000,000 in prize pool money.

Billy Cashwell is the latest champion on the World Series of Poker Circuit. The 42-year-old construction worker from Stedman, North Carolina defeated a field of 1,057 total entries to win the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Cherokee $1,700 no-limit hold’em main event. For the win, he earned $271,234 and his first WSOPC gold ring.

In addition to the money and the hardware, Cashwell also earned 960 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his first POY-qualified score of the year, but it alone was enough to see him move into 341st place in the 2019 POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.

Cashwell entered the third and final day of this event in fourth chip position with 20 players remaining. A number of big names hit the rail in the early going, including Dan Lowery (20th – $12,273), Asher Conniff (19th – $12,273) and all-time ring leader Maurice Hawkins (16th – $14,841).

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When the unofficial final table of ten players was set, Cashwell had climbed into second place behind Thomas Alcorn. Cashwell got off to a quick start after the field had combined onto a single table, picking up pocket kings against pocket eights to knock out Dinh Ba in 10th place ($22,347).

With seven players remaining Forrest Raleigh got involved in a preflop coin flip against Alcorn, with his AK going up against the QQ of Alcorn. Raleigh managed to spike an ace on the river to double into the chip lead. Alcorn remained one of the larger stacks at the table.

Raleigh increased his lead by eliminating WSOP bracelet winner Martin Kozlov in sixth place. Raleigh called Kozlov’s shove with a bottom pair and the nut flush draw. He rivered the flush to best Kozlov’s flopped pair of queens, sending the Australian poker pro home with $56,832.

Alcorn scored the next two knockouts, busting Brad Albrinck (5th – $73,467) and Dann Turner (4th – $95,847) to close the gap with Raleigh and Cashwell a bit heading into three-handed action. He was unable to maintain that momentum over the next hour, and was down to just 11 big blinds when his final hand was dealt. He got all-in with 66 and was called by the Raliegh, whose KJ made a full house by the turn to leave Alcorn drawing dead. He earned $126,188 for his third-place finish.

Raleigh took a lead into heads-up play against Cashwell, and was able to expand that advantage to more than 6-to-1 at one point. Cashwell doubled up and then fought his way back into contention. He surged into the lead after winning a massive pot with two pair over two pair. With 9725 showing on the board the two got all-in. Cashwell held 97 for top two pair, while Raleigh had 95[[suit:club]. The river was the 8, securing the double up and the lead for Cashwell.

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In the final hand of the event, Raliegh shoved his last 16 big blinds with J7 and Cashwell called with 55. The board came down 9867A and Cashwell made a straight to lock up the pot and the title. Raleigh was awarded $167,637 as the runner-up.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Winner photo provided by WSOP.

The World Series of Poker has announced the schedule for the WSOP Circuit in 2019 – 2020. The 16th season of the WSOPC features a record 35 stops around the United States, including six new locations. The season will once again conclude with the Global Casino Championship, which will award a WSOP gold bracelet.

In addition to releasing the dates and locations of the upcoming stops, the WSOP also revealed a number of big changes coming to the circuit. The 16th season will see all WSOPC stops utilize the big blind ante format. The standardized percentage of the field that makes the money has also been increased by 50 percent, up to 15 percent of the field from 10 percent. The WSOP has also contracted Poker News to provide live updates from all WSOPC main events and high roller tournaments.

“Changes in the past year were well received by both players and operators,” said WSOP Vice President Jack Effel. “This year, we complete our enhancements with Big Blind Ante becoming standard throughout all our events and stops, plus the decision to give 50 percent more players a portion of the prize pool.'

As in past years, players can qualify of for the invitation-only Global Casino Championship by winning a WSOPC main event at any U.S. or international stop, by winning a ‘Casino Championship’ by accumulating the most points at any stop in open gold ring events, or by being one of the top 50 point earners in the WSOP Circuit standings that hasn’t otherwise qualified. Anyone who achieves one of those requirements will earn their seat in the GCC for free. Players that have won a gold ring or finished in the top 100 ranked players in the previous year’s _WSOP Player of the Year race are eligible to buy into the event for a rake-free $10,000. The event will once again feature $1,000,000 added by the WSOP, along with the money put into the prize pool by additional buy-ins.

Here is a look at the scheduled stops for the upcoming WSOP Circuit Season:

More detailed schedules for each stop will be made available closer to their starting date, but the WSOP has confirmed that all stops will offer at least a dozen official gold ring events and feature a $1,700 buy-in main event.

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