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WSOP Circuit Panama Returns for Round Three, and GGPoker Has Your Way In

Twelve official gold rings. A $500,000 guarantee. Eleven nights at a five-star resort in the heart of Panama City. From November 5 through November 15, 2026, the WSOP Circuit sets up at the Sortis Hotel, Spa & Casino, Autograph Collection by Marriott, and GGPoker is the exclusive road to a seat.

This is Panama’s third go-around with the Circuit, following its debut in November 2025 and a second stop this past May. The formula that’s worked twice now runs it back: twelve ring events, a Main Event that plays out November 7 through 15, and a 1,700 buy-in attached to that beautiful $500,000 guarantee.

Why the Circuit Keeps Coming Back

Panama City sits at a natural crossroads for the Americas, with the kind of air connectivity that makes it an easy landing spot whether you’re flying in from Bogota, Toronto, Paris or beyond. Pair that with a poker-hungry local scene and a casino built to run eighty tables at once, and it’s easy to see why the WSOP Circuit found a home here.

The Circuit’s move to a calendar-year format for 2026, running stops from January through December, has turned Panama from a one-off experiment into a fixture. Three editions in under two years says the region earned its spot on the schedule.

Latin America isn’t new to the Circuit. Brazil and Uruguay have both hosted stops in past years, and Mexico City joined the calendar for the first time earlier this year. What sets Panama apart is the repetition. A region can host a poker festival once and call it a success story. Hosting the same stop three times in under two years is a different kind of signal. It tells the rest of the poker world that the local scene keeps showing up, every time the Circuit comes back.

Skip the $1,700 and Qualify Online For Free Instead

You don’t need the full buy-in to be at that final table. GGPoker’s online satellites open September 26 and run through October 31, giving players more than a month to work their way up from a modest entry into a fully paid Main Event seat, all without leaving home.

The path works the way most GGPoker satellite ladders do: start small, win a seat into the next step up, and keep climbing until the prize at the top of the ladder is the $1,700 Main Event entry itself. Play it at whatever pace fits your schedule and your bankroll. There’s more than a month to do it, so there’s no need to rush a single session.

The value doesn’t stop at the seat itself. Win your way in, and the package includes 11 nights of double-occupancy accommodation at the Sortis Hotel. You and a companion cover your flights, but the buy-in and the room are covered.

That combination changes the calculation for a lot of players who’ve wanted a shot at a Circuit ring but couldn’t stomach stacking travel costs on top of the entry fee. One satellite win covers the seat and the stay.

A Resort Built for the Long Haul

Eleven days on the felt calls for somewhere worth staying. The Sortis Hotel brings 391 rooms and suites, a casino floor sized for the series, and enough downtime options to make the trip feel like more than a grind. Manabí serves contemporary Panamanian cuisine for players who want a proper meal between sessions. Score covers sports-bar energy for rail-watching. Acua keeps the pool scene going with the city skyline as a backdrop.

The full 12-event schedule is still to come, but the shape of the series is set: twelve rings, eighty tables, and a Main Event guarantee that anchors the whole stop.

What a Ring Actually Means

A WSOP Circuit gold ring carries weight that outlasts any single tournament. It’s a career marker, and Panama is putting twelve of them on the line across the series, from the smaller early ring events through the Main Event that closes it out.

For players across Latin America, a stop of this size on home turf doesn’t happen often. For everyone else, Panama City in November is worth building a trip around.

Get In Before November

Satellites open September 26, exclusively at GGPoker. Every qualifier climbed is one step closer to Panama City without risking the full $1,700. Whether this is your first shot at a Circuit ring or your next one, the path starts now.

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