World Series of Poker Begins Tuesday42nd Annual WSOP Features 58 Bracelet Events at the Rio in Las Vegas from May 31 to July 19 |
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The biggest poker tournament series of the year starts on Tuesday, May 31 when cards get into the air at the 42nd annual World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament series will run from Tuesday until July 19 and there will be 58 gold bracelet events this summer (the most ever for a single WSOP). The Rio will be a familiar looking place for poker players this summer. Everything is in the exact same place as the previous year for the first time since the event began its stay at the Rio in 2005.
Card Player will be your premiere news source during the summer for everything happening at the Rio, from final-table recaps to player interviews and any and all news updates on the first WSOP post-Black Friday. Tournament Poker Edge will also provide tournament strategy articles and hand analysis during the summer on CardPlayer.com.
Everything leads up to the $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event, which will run its first of four starting flights on July 7. The summer will come to a close when the November Nine is set on July 19. The final table of the main event will then take place a few months later from November 5-7.
The first marquee event of the summer will be the $25,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em championship. Card Player will bring you hourly updates from this popular tournament to kick off the summer. The third event in the big three this summer will be the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship and it will run from July 2-6. The Player’s Championship will feature an eight-game mixed format including limit hold’em, Omaha eight-or-better, seven-card razz, seven-card stud, seven-card stud eight-or-better, no-limit hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball.
Another event that will provide high drama and interest to poker fans this summer will be the made-for-television WSOP Grudge Matches. The matches will feature classic heads-up battles from World Series main event history, but with the stipulation that the chip stacks will be reversed from the original match. The three matches will be filmed on June 2 for television airing on ESPN on July 26:
- Chris Moneymaker vs. Sam Farha (2003 WSOP main event)
- Phil Hellmuth vs. Johnny Chan (1989 WSOP main event)
- Johnny Chan vs. Erik Seidel (1988 WSOP main event)
Other tournaments of note on the schedule include eight, $10,000 world championship events for pot-limit hold’em, Omaha eight-or-better, no-limit deuce-to-seven draw lowball, seven-card stud, limit hold’em, seven-card stud eight-or-better, H.O.R.S.E., pot-limit Omaha, and six-handed no-limit hold’em in addition to the main event.
Weekends at the Rio this summer will once again be the domain of the weekend warrior and recreational players. Each Saturday will see the WSOP stage either a $1,000 or $1,500 no-limit hold’em event.
Bracelet events will feature triple starting stacks and similar blind structures to last year. A new development for 2011 is hard stop times for all tournament days that limit play at a maximum of 10 levels. A few tournaments have been added to the lineup this year in addition to the $25,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em event and they are a $2,500 six-handed 10-game mixed event and a $5,000 six-handed pot-limit Omaha event.
Changes off-the-felt this year include ESPN more than doubling their television coverage of the event. For six consecutive days, July 14-19, ESPN will offer unprecedented access to the 2011 WSOP main event, including live unedited hole cards on a 30-minute delay. There will be more than 34 additional hours of coverage in high definition on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3.com. This is the first time in WSOP history that every final table will be filmed for video production, whether it is on the ESPN family of networks or on WSOP.com. Scroll down to see the full television airing schedule for the 2011 WSOP.
Be sure to make CardPlayer.com your main destination for WSOP news throughout the summer to get updates on all of the action from the Rio.
Here is a look at the full schedule for the summer:
| Event | Starts | Days | Buy-In |
| Event 1 – No-Limit Hold’em Casino Employees | 31-May | 2 | $500 |
| Event 2 – No-Limit Hold’em Heads Up Championship (256max) | 31-May | 4 | $25,000 |
| Event 3 – Omaha Hi/Low Split-8/OB | 1-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 4 – No-Limit Hold’em | 2-Jun | 3 | $5,000 |
| Event 5 – Seven Card Stud | 2-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 6 – Limit Hold’em | 3-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 7 – Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship | 3-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 8 – No-Limit Hold’em | 4-Jun | 5 | $1,000 |
| Event 9 – Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball | 4-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 10 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed | 6-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 11 – Omaha Hi/Low Split-8/OB Championship | 6-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 12 – No-Limit Hold’em Triple Chance | 7-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 13 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout 2,000 max | 8-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 14 – Limit Hold’em | 8-Jun | 3 | $3,000 |
| Event 15 – Pot-Limit Hold’em | 9-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 16 – Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Championship | 9-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 17 – H.O.R.S.E. | 10-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 18 – No-Limit Hold’em | 11-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 19 – Limit Hold’em Six Handed | 11-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 20 – No-Limit Hold’em | 12-Jun | 3 | $1,000 |
| Event 21 – Seven Card Stud Championship | 12-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 22 – Pot-Limit Omaha | 13-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 23 – Eight Game Mix | 13-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 24 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout 2,000max | 14-Jun | 3 | $5,000 |
| Event 25 – Seven Card Stud Hi/Low-8/OB | 14-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 26 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed | 15-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 27 – Limit Hold’em Championship | 15-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 28 – No-Limit Hold’em | 16-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 29 – 10-Game Mix Six Handed | 16-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 30 – No-Limit Hold’em Seniors Championship | 17-Jun | 3 | $1,000 |
| Event 31 – Pot-Limit Omaha | 17-Jun | 3 | $3,000 |
| Event 32 – No-Limit Hold’em | 18-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 33 – Seven Card Stud Hi/Low Split-8/OB Championship | 18-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 34 – No-Limit Hold’em | 19-Jun | 3 | $1,000 |
| Event 35 – Pot-Limit Omaha Six Handed | 20-Jun | 3 | $5,000 |
| Event 36 – No-Limit Hold’em | 21-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 37 – H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 21-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 38 – No-Limit Hold’em | 22-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 39 – Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha | 22-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 40 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed | 23-Jun | 3 | $5,000 |
| Event 41 – Limit Hold’em Shootout | 24-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 42 – Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 24-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 43 – No-Limit Hold’em | 25-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 44 – Seven Card Razz | 25-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 45 – No-Limit Hold’em | 26-Jun | 3 | $1,000 |
| Event 46 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed Championship | 27-Jun | 3 | $10,000 |
| Event 47 – Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Low-8/OB | 27-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 48 – No-Limit Hold’em | 28-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 49 – Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball | 28-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 50 – No-Limit Hold’em Triple Chance | 29-Jun | 3 | $5,000 |
| Event 51 – Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low Slip-8/OB | 30-Jun | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 52 – Mixed Hold’em Limit/No-Limit | 30-Jun | 3 | $2,500 |
| Event 53 – No-Limit Hold’em Ladies Championship | 1-Jul | 3 | $1,000 |
| Event 54 – No-Limit Hold’em | 2-Jul | 3 | $1,000 |
| Event 55 – The Poker Player’s Championship | 2-Jul | 5 | $50,000 |
| Event 56 – No-Limit Hold’em | 5-Jul | 3 | $1,500 |
| Event 57 – Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low Split-8/OB | 5-Jul | 3 | $5,000 |
| Main Event | 7-Jul | 15 | $10,000 |
WSOP Live Main Event Telecast Schedule:
| Date | Time (ET) | Show | Network |
| Thu., June 2 | 5 p.m. – 4 a.m. | WSOP Grudge Matches~ | ESPN3.com |
| Fri., June 3 | 5 p.m. – 4 a.m. | WSOP $25,000 Heads Up~ | ESPN3.com |
| Wed., July 6 | 6 p.m. – 5 a.m. | WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship~ | ESPN3.com |
| Thu., July 14 | 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. | WSOP Day 3~ | ESPN3.com |
| 11 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. | WSOP Day 3 | ESPN2/ESPN3.com | |
| Fri., July 15 | 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. | WSOP Day 4~ | ESPN3.com |
| 11 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. | WSOP Day 4 | ESPN2/ESPN3.com | |
| Sat., July 16 | 3:30 – 10 p.m. | WSOP Day 5, part 1 | ESPN2/ESPN3.com |
| midnight – 2:30 a.m. | WSOP Day 5, part 2 | ESPN2/ESPN3.com | |
| Sun., July 17 | 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. | WSOP Day 6~ | ESPN3.com |
| 10 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. | WSOP Day 6 | ESPN2/ESPN3.com | |
| Mon., July 18 | 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. | WSOP Day 7~ | ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. | WSOP Day 7, down to 27, part 1 | ESPN2/ESPN3.com | |
| Midnight – 2:30 a.m.* | WSOP Day 7, down to 27, part 2 | ESPN2/ESPN3.com | |
| Tue., July 19 | 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. | WSOP Day 8~ | ESPN3.com |
| 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. * | WSOP Day 8, down to 9, part 1 | ESPN/ESPN3.com | |
| Midnight – 4:30 a.m.* | WSOP Day 8, down to 9, part 2 | ESPN2/ESPN3.com |
~no hole cards
*Play could run long
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