WSOP Circuit November 2026: Sanremo and New Orleans Schedules, Main Events and Paradise Packages

The Circuit season is nearly over. Only a few rings are left to win in 2026, and a large share of them will be handed out over the next two weeks in two very different places: a casino at the foot of Poydras Street in New Orleans and a casino on the Italian Riviera that opened in 1905.

Caesars New Orleans is already four days into its stop. Its $1,700 Main Event, with a $500,000 guarantee, starts on Thursday. Casino Sanremo opens on November 20 with 11 ring events, a €1,500 Main Event and one of the last chances to earn a package to WSOP Paradise, which starts in the Bahamas on December 2.

Below is the full WSOP Circuit November 2026 schedule for both stops, plus a few things the schedule tables won’t tell you.

The Two Stops Side by Side

	WSOPC Casino Sanremo	WSOPC Caesars New Orleans
Dates	Nov 20–30, 2026	Nov 12–23, 2026
Status (Nov 15)	Starts in 5 days	Running
Ring events	11	18
Main Event buy-in	€1,500	$1,700
Main Event guarantee	Not published	$500,000
Main Event flights	4 (Nov 26–28)	3 (Nov 19–21)
Starting stack	50,000	40,000
Levels	40 min (Flight D: 20 min)	40 min, then 60 min
Re-entry	Unlimited	One per flight
Main Event final day	Nov 30	Nov 23
Cheapest event	€300	$300 (Ladies)

Taken from WSOP.com and PokerAtlas on November 15. Schedules change, so check the WSOP LIVE app before you book anything.

Sanremo: Small Schedule, Deep Main Event

Sanremo is a short drive from the French border, and a lot of the players who turn up will have driven in from Nice, Monaco or Genoa. The schedule matches that crowd. There are eleven events, nearly all of them No-Limit Hold’em, and the buy-ins range from €300 to €2,500. Every event on the official list has unlimited re-entry.

Event	Name	Buy-in	Dates	Starting Stack
#1	NLH Mini Main Event	€300	Flights Nov 20–21 (4 flights), Day 2 Nov 22	30,000
#2	NLH Seniors (50+)	€550	Nov 22	50,000
#3	NLH Mystery Bounty	€550	Flights Nov 22–23 (3 flights)	40,000
#4	NLH Colossus	€300	Flights Nov 22, 24, 25 (4 flights)	30,000
#5	NLH Ladies Event	€300	Nov 23	50,000
#6	NLH Superstack	€400	Nov 24	100,000
#7	NLH High Roller	€2,500	Nov 25	250,000
#8	NLH Main Event	€1,500	Flights Nov 26–28, Day 2 Nov 29, Final Nov 30	50,000
#9	NLH Deepstack	€1,000	Nov 29	50,000
#10	Omaha	€400	Nov 29	40,000
#11	NLH Bigstack	€300	Nov 30	50,000

One warning about the dates. PokerNews’ preview has the series running until December 1, and it lists different prices for the Superstack and the Mystery Bounty. We’ve followed the official WSOP.com schedule. If you’re planning a trip around the last day, check with the casino.

The Main Event, and why flight choice matters

The €1,500 Main Event opens Thursday, November 26 at 1 PM. Day 1B is on Friday at the same time. Saturday has two flights: one at 1 PM and a late flight at 8 PM. Survivors from all four come back together on Sunday the 29th, and the final day is Monday the 30th.

Everyone starts with 50,000 chips, and registration closes at the start of Level 12. That sounds the same for every flight, but it isn’t. The three afternoon flights play 40-minute levels. The Saturday night flight plays 20-minute levels. Late registration still closes at Level 12, but you get there in about half the time, and the blinds catch up to your stack much faster.

If you’re travelling in for the Main Event and care about structure, play a day flight. Flight D is really there for people who busted earlier, people who arrive late, and people who don’t mind a quick, swingy game. That’s a fine reason to play it, as long as you know what you’re signing up for.

If €1,500 is a lot for you, there are €180 Main Event satellites almost every night from November 20. They’re one of the cheapest ways into a Circuit Main Event in Europe this year.

The Paradise package, and the travel problem

According to PokerNews, eligible ring winners in Sanremo receive a 5,000WSOPParadisepackage.ItcoversentrytotheCircuitChampionshipMysteryBounty,whichisParadiseEvent#1(2,500 buy-in, $5 million guarantee), plus accommodation in the Bahamas.

Here’s the catch. That event starts on December 2. The Sanremo Main Event finishes on November 30. If you win one of the later rings and want to use the package, you have about a day to get from the Riviera to Nassau, which means a long journey with at least one connection. Anyone serious about Paradise should look at flights out of Nice before the series begins, not after they’re holding a ring.

New Orleans: Lots of Events at Small Buy-ins

This is the second time the Circuit has visited Caesars New Orleans in 2026. The stop works almost the opposite way to Sanremo. It has eighteen rings, more than $1 million in combined guarantees, and most events cost $400 to $600. If you’re a mid-stakes grinder looking for a ring, there aren’t many better weeks on the calendar.

Event	Name	Buy-in	Guarantee	Date(s)
#1	NLH Double Stack Opener	$400	$25K	Nov 12
#2	NLH Mini Main	$400	$150K	Flights Nov 12–14, Day 2 Nov 15
#3	No-Limit Hold’em	$400	$25K	Nov 14
#4	NLH Seniors (50+)	$400	$25K	Nov 15
#5	No-Limit Hold’em	$600	$50K	Nov 15
#6	NLH Monster Stack	$400	$100K	Flights Nov 16–17
#7	PLO 8 or Better	$400	—	Nov 17
#8	NLH Play to 9	$600	$50K	Nov 18
#9	Pot-Limit Omaha	$400	—	Nov 18
#10	NLH Main Event	$1,700	$500K	Flights Nov 19–21, Day 2 Nov 22, Day 3 Nov 23
#11	Big O	$400	—	Nov 19
#12	NLH Ladies Event	$300	—	Nov 20
#13	No-Limit Hold’em	$400	$25K	Nov 20
#14	No-Limit Hold’em	$600	$25K	Nov 21
#15	NLH Turbo	$400	—	Nov 21
#16	NLH 40/40/40 (Ages 40+)	$400	$50K	Nov 22
#17	No-Limit Hold’em	$800	$25K	Nov 22
#18	NLH Double Stack Closer	$400	$25K	Nov 23

A dash means WSOP.com doesn’t list a guarantee for that event.

The $1,700 Main Event

Flights run at 11 AM on November 19, 20 and 21, with 40,000 starting chips and registration open until Level 13. The rule that matters most is that you get one re-entry per flight, not unlimited. So the most you can fire in any single flight is two bullets. If you’re used to unlimited re-entry in Europe, this changes how you play the early levels. Busting twice on Thursday doesn’t end your tournament, but it does mean you’re coming back Friday or Saturday.

Will it beat the guarantee?

That’s the question going into Thursday. The last two Main Events here looked like this:

Edition	Entries	Champion	First Prize
August 2025	510	Yousef Saleh	$149,268
May 2026	420	Corey Harrison	$122,221
November 2026	—	—	$500K GTD

Those two events produced more than $1.3 million in prize money between them. But the field fell by 90 entries from August to May. If November gets back near 510, the $500,000 guarantee won’t be an issue. If it drops again, the guarantee could come into play. One thing helping turnout is that this stop is being promoted as one of the final routes to Paradise. Nobody has published exactly how that qualification works yet, though, so we wouldn’t plan a trip around it.

For trivia fans: Maurice Hawkins, the Circuit’s all-time ring leader, picked up two more rings at this venue in August 2025.

So Which One Should You Play?

It mostly depends on your bankroll and on what sort of poker you enjoy.

If you want the most chances at a ring for the least money, go to New Orleans. Eighteen events, most of them around $400, many with guarantees. You could play six or seven events there for the price of the Sanremo High Roller.

If you prefer one deep tournament where you can wait for good spots, Sanremo’s Main Event is the better choice. It has 50,000 chips, 40-minute levels and unlimited re-entry. A European player who skipped the earlier Circuit stops can still finish the season here.

If Paradise is the goal, Sanremo has the published ring-winner package. Just sort out the flights first.

After This

Once New Orleans finishes, the U.S. Circuit moves on to Harrah’s Cherokee from November 26 to December 7. WSOP Paradise runs from December 2 to 17 at Baha Mar. It has 20 bracelet events and $120 million in guarantees, and its centrepiece is the $25,000 Super Main Event with a $50 million guarantee, starting December 10. As for the 2027 WSOP in Las Vegas, there’s no schedule yet. Last year’s came out in February, so that’s a sensible guess.

For every Circuit stop from this fall in one place, see our complete WSOP Circuit 2026 fall schedule.

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