The schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was officially announced on Thursday and features a brand new $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship that will play out in an Eight Game format. Fifty-seven bracelets will be on the line.
The Player’s Championship is the most expensive event ever to kick off the WSOP, which is now in its 41st year. The $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship will award the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy to its victor and feature Limit Hold’em, Omaha High-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud High-Low Split-8 or Better, No Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, and 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. The final table will be played solely in No Limit Hold’em and ESPN will provide television coverage of the event, which will likely bring out the very elite names in the poker community.
On the other end of the buy-in spectrum, six open $1,000 events will be held in addition to the traditional Ladies’ and Seniors’ Championships. The first five weekends of the 2010 WSOP, which begins on May 28th, will feature $1,000 buy-in tournaments. Last year, the Stimulus Special, which featured a $1,000 price tag, drew a record-setting crowd of 6,012 players to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The 2010 WSOP Main Event will kick off on July 5th, bucking a trend of beginning before the Fourth of July. The final table will be determined on July 17th and the third installment of the November Nine will take to the felts at the Rio from November 6th to 9th in what will likely be a similar schedule to this year. Players will purportedly be assigned a starting day for the Main Event to avoid a fiasco like the one that unfolded on Day 1D in 2009, when more than 500 poker hopefuls were shut out after the tournament reached capacity.
Without further delay, here is the schedule of events for the 2010 WSOP. All times are local:
Fri, May 28th at 12:00pm
Event #1: Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em
$500 buy-in
Fri, May 28th at 5:00pm
Event #2: The Player’s Championship
$50,000 buy-in
Sat, May 29th at 12:00pm
Event #3: No Limit Hold’em
$1,000 buy-in
Sun, May 30th at 5:00pm
Event #4: Omaha High-Low Split-8 or Better
$1,500 buy-in
Mon, May 31st at 12:00pm
Event #5: No Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Tue, Jun 1st at 12:00pm
Event #6: No Limit Hold’em Shootout (2,000 players max)
$5,000 buy-in
Tue, Jun 1st at 5:00pm
Event #7: 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)
$2,500 buy-in
Wed, Jun 2nd at 12:00pm
Event #8: No Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Thu, Jun 3rd at 12:00pm
Event #9: Pot Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Thu, Jun 3rd at 5:00pm
Event #10: Seven Card Stud Championship
$10,000 buy-in
Fri, Jun 4th at 11:00am
Event #11: No Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Fri, Jun 4th at 11:00am
Event #12: Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Sat, Jun 5th at 11:00am
Event #13: No Limit Hold’em
$1,000 buy-in
Sat, Jun 5th at 5:00pm
Event #14: 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)
$1,500 buy-in
Sun, Jun 6th at 5:00pm
Event #15: Seven Card Stud High-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
$10,000 buy-in
Mon, Jun 7th at 12:00pm
Event #16: No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed
$1,500 buy-in
Tue, Jun 8th at 12:00pm
Event #17: No Limit Hold’em
$5,000 buy-in
Wed, Jun 9th at 12:00pm
Event #18: Limit Hold’em
$2,000 buy-in
Wed, Jun 9th at 5:00pm
Event #19: 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No Limit)
$10,000 buy-in
Thu, Jun 10th at 12:00pm
Event #20: Pot Limit Omaha
$1,500 buy-in
Thu, Jun 10th at 5:00pm
Event #21: Seven Card Stud
$1,500 buy-in
Fri, Jun 11th at 12:00pm
Event #22: Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship
$1,000 buy-in
Fri, Jun 11th at 5:00pm
Event #23: Limit Hold’em Six-Handed
$2,500 buy-in
Sat, Jun 12th at 12:00pm
Event #24: No Limit Hold’em
$1,000 buy-in
Sat, Jun 12th at 5:00pm
Event #25: Omaha High-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
$10,000 buy-in
Mon, Jun 14th at 12:00pm
Event #26: No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed
$2,500 buy-in
Mon, Jun 14th at 5:00pm
Event #27: Seven Card Stud High-Low-8 or Better
$1,500 buy-in
Tue, Jun 15th at 12:00pm
Event #28: Pot Limit Omaha
$2,500 buy-in
Tue, Jun 15th at 5:00pm
Event #29: Limit Hold’em Championship
$10,000 buy-in
Wed, Jun 16th at 12:00pm
Event #30: No Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Wed, Jun 16th at 5:00pm
Event #31: HORSE
$1,500 buy-in
Thu, Jun 17th at 12:00pm
Event #32: No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed
$5,000 buy-in
Thu, Jun 17th at 5:00pm
Event #33: Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha
$2,500 buy-in
Fri, Jun 18th at 12:00pm
Event #34: Seniors No Limit Hold’em Championship
$1,000 buy-in
Fri, Jun 18th at 5:00pm
Event #35: Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship (256 player max)
$10,000 buy-in
Sat, Jun 19th at 12:00pm
Event #36: No Limit Hold’em
$1,000 buy-in
Sat, Jun 19th at 5:00pm
Event #37: HORSE
$3,000 buy-in
Sun, Jun 20th at 5:00pm
Event #38: Pot Limit Hold’em Championship
$10,000 buy-in
Mon, Jun 21st at 12:00pm
Event #39: No Limit Hold’em Shootout (2,000 player max)
$1,500 buy-in
Mon, Jun 21st at 5:00pm
Event #40: Seven Card Razz
$2,500 buy-in
Tue, Jun 22nd at 12:00pm
Event #41: Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split-8 or Better
$1,500 buy-in
Wed, Jun 23rd at 12:00pm
Event #42: No Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Wed, Jun 23rd at 5:00pm
Event #43: HORSE Championship
$10,000 buy-in
Thu, Jun 24th at 12:00pm
Event #44: Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No Limit)
$2,500 buy-in
Fri, Jun 25th at 12:00pm
Event #45: No Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Fri, Jun 25th at 5:00pm
Event #46: Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split-8 or Better
$5,000 buy-in
Sat, Jun 26th at 12:00pm
Event #47: No Limit Hold’em
$1,000 buy-in
Sat, Jun 26th at 5:00pm
Event #48: Mixed Event
$2,500 buy-in
Mon, Jun 28th at 12:00pm
Event #49: No Limit Hold’em
$1,500 buy-in
Mon, Jun 28th at 5:00pm
Event #50: Pot Limit Omaha
$5,000 buy-in
Tue, Jun 29th at 12:00pm
Event #51: Triple Chance No Limit Hold’em
$3,000 buy-in
Wed, Jun 30th at 12:00pm
Event #52: No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed
$25,000 buy-in
Wed, Jun 30th at 5:00pm
Event #53: Limit Hold’em Shootout
$1,500 buy-in
Thu, Jul 1st at 12:00pm
Event #54: No Limit Hold’em
$1,000 buy-in
Thu, Jul 1st at 5:00pm
Event #55: Pot Limit Omaha Championship
$10,000 buy-in
Fri, Jul 2nd at 5:00pm
Event #56: No Limit Hold’em
$2,500 buy-in
Sat, Jul 3rd at 2:00pm
Ante Up For Africa Poker Tournament
$5,000 buy-in
2010 WSOP Main Event:
July 5th: Day 1A
July 6th: Day 1B
July 7th: Day 1C
July 8th: Day 1D
July 9th: Day 2A
July 10th: Day 2B
July 11th: Media Event
July 12th: Day 3
July 13th: Day 4
July 14th: Day 5
July 15th: Day 6
July 16th: Day 7
July 17th: Day 8
November 6th to 9th: Final Table