The World Series of Poker has released the International stops for the 2019 portion of the World Series of Poker Circuit with Mexico, Russia and Aruba on the calendar. 

As ‘Chernobyl’ explodes to the top of the IMDB TV Charts with the same intensity as the RBMK-1000 reactor that nearly sent the Ukraine and Belarus to the moon, the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) advises us of a return to Mother Russia to play a spot of poker.

WSOPC Sochi is one of nine events held this side of Christmas internationally, and although you’re guaranteed to see a plethora of meltdowns at the tables, you can be sure the organisation of the event will run smoother than the Chernobyl investigation.

The trip to Sochi is the first of 2019’s International events, taking place July 19-28. Back in May 2018, the WSOP and Sochi partnered to create an 11-event schedule with Vadim Shlez winning the 1,699-entrant, $1,000 buy-in Main Event for $289,958, Justas Vaiciulionis took down the 207-entrant, $2,000 buy-in High Roller for $71,716, and Michael Semenov conquered a 39-entrant field in the $5,000 Super High Roller for $76,945.