2019 WSOP: 20 Events With Buy-Ins of $10,000 Or Higher AnnouncedNew Tournaments Include The First Ever Short Deck Bracelet Event and a Special 50th Anniversary $50,000 High Roller |
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Over the past month, the World Series of Poker has been steadily releasing information regarding the upcoming 50th anniversary running of the WSOP in 2019. In late December of last year, the official dates for the series and the finalized schedules of a small selection of events was made public. On Jan. 9, 2019 the WSOP announced the final schedules for 13 more events, largely consisting of lower buy-in no-limit hold’em tournaments like the Colossus, the Marathon, and other popular large-field offerings. This week the WSOP has come forward with finalized schedules for the larger buy-in events held throughout the series, releasing information on 20 tournaments with buy-ins of $10,000 or higher.
Two new events will make their debuts at the 2019 WSOP: a $10,000 buy-in short deck no-limit hold’em event and a 50th anniversary $50,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event. The short deck event is set to kick off at 6:00 p.m. on Jun. 2. For those not familiar with the game, short deck is a format that is quickly growing in popularity in high-stakes Asian cash games. The game is played with a 36-card deck, with the deuces through fives removed and a couple of resulting rule changes. Flushes beat full houses, and aces can play both as the highest card and as a five in order to complete a nine-high straight. The new $50,000 event features 300,000 starting stacks and hour-long levels. The tournament will run over the course of four days, beginning at 3:00 p.m. on May 31.
The WSOP’s release also included some new information about the upcoming $10,000 no-limit hold’em world championship, with the most noteworthy change for 2019 being that the event will utilize the big-blind ante format, which was first tested out at the series in a number of events in 2018. The starting stack for the main event has increased to 60,000 chips, and players will be able to buy into the event as late as the start of play on Day 2. Poker’s biggest annual event will remain a freezeout this year, with players only allowed to enter the tournament once.
The other 18 higher buy-in events are all returning tournaments, with all of the major poker formats represented.
“We are proud to be the only tournament series offering such a wide variety of poker variants,” said WSOP Vice President Jack Effel. “Players at this buy-in level should continue to expect terrific structures, with registration open until Day 2 in most cases and plenty of play to determine the champion in each discipline.”
Almost all of the events at this price point are set to kick off at 3:00 p.m. throughout the series, with registration open until the start of Day 2 at 2:00 p.m. the following day. The exceptions are the $10,000 super turbo bounty event which begins at noon on May 29, the $10,000 short deck event that starts at 6:00 p.m. on Jun. 2 and the $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event, which will begin at noon for each of its three starting flights (Jul. 3-5).
It is worth noting that registration for the $10,000 super turbo bounty will close at the start of level 13 (approximately 4:40 p.m.) on Day 1. The $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em event will require players to register by the start of play.
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