The WSOP Circuit stop at Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois, has set the guarantee for its 2026 Main Event at $600,000, according to the source report. The series runs November 5-16.
The new guarantee is $150,000 below the $750,000 figure that the Elgin Main Event carried in each of its last four editions. Those prior Main Events drew 757 entries in November 2024, 637 in April 2025, 693 in November 2025 and 593 in April 2026. Each built a prize pool above $750,000. The report lists the April 2026 winner as Grant Juric, who took $167,608.
The 2026 Main Event is Event #9. Its buy-in is $1,700, and it plays three Day 1 flights on November 12, 13 and 14, each starting at 11 a.m. local time.
The report says the guarantee of $600,000 would require 397 entries to cover, based on the $1,515 each entry adds to the prize pool. The source says the smallest recent field, 593 entries in April 2026, produced an $898,395 prize pool.
The Mini Main also changed. In November 2025 it carried a $600 buy-in and a $500,000 guarantee. This year it costs $400