The 2010 World Series of Poker Has Arrived

The 41st annual World Series of Poker begins today in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio Hotel and Casino. There will be a total of 57 bracelet events that will take place this summer, making it the largest WSOP lineup ever. Cards will be in the air at noon for the casino employees event, although the first star-studded tournament will begin at 5 p.m. PDT today with the $50,000 Players Championship.

The Player’s Championship replaces the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship, which ran from 2006-2009. The other big new development this year was the reintroduction of the WSOP Tournament of Champions. The tournament will feature the biggest names in poker when the 27 competitors take their seats in this televised event on June 27. The final nine will return for the final table on the Fourth of July.

Card Player’s live reporting team will be on the scene at the Rio for the entire summer to bring you live updates, chip counts, results, photos, new stories, and player interviews from the WSOP, and CardPlayer TV will be providing videos daily.

The 2010 WSOP schedule will feature half a dozen $1,000 no-limit hold’em events that will take place primarily on the weekends during the tournament series. This increase in low buy-in events was due to the popularity of the $1,000 no-limit hold’em event that attracted a non main-event record 6,012 players in 2009. Three non open buy-in events will award bracelets — the casino employees event, the ladies event, and the seniors event. The popular Ante Up for Africa charity event is also once again on the schedule and it will take place on July 3.

In addition to the Player’s Championship, other highlights of the 2010 WSOP include a brand new $25,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em event, and ten $10,000 world championship events. The games that will hold a world championship in 2010 include seven-card stud, seven-card stud eight-or-better, no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball, Omaha eight-or-better, limit hold’em, heads-up no-limit hold’em, pot-limit hold’em, H.O.R.S.E., pot-limit Omaha, and the grand daddy of them all, the no-limit hold’em main event.

The main event will begin on July 5 and run until the final nine are set on July 17. The WSOP summer schedule will come to a close when that happens and the world champion will then be decided in November. It’s going to be a summer filled with as much big-time tournament poker as you can handle so be sure to keep up-to-date with all of the tournament action, bracelet winners, and results on CardPlayer.com.

Here is a look at the full schedule of the 2010 WSOP:

Friday, May 28: Event No. 1 ($500 casino employees no-limit hold’em)
Friday, May 28: Event No. 2 ($50,000 player’s championship)
Saturday, May 29: Event No. 3 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Sunday, May 30: Event No. 4 ($1,500 Omaha eight-or-better)
Monday, May 31: Event No. 5 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, June 1: Event No. 6 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em shootout)
Tuesday, June 1: Event No. 7 ($2,500 triple draw deuce-to-seven lowball)
Wednesday, June 2: Event No. 8 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, June 3: Event No. 9 ($1,500 pot-limit hold’em)
Thursday, June 3: Event No. 10 ($10,000 seven-card stud world championship)
Friday, June 4: Event No. 11 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, June 4: Event No. 12 ($1,500 limit hold’em)
Saturday, June 5: Event No. 13 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, June 5: Event No. 14 ($1,500 no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball)
Sunday, June 6: Event No. 15 ($10,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better)
Monday, June 7: Event No. 16 ($1,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em)
Tuesday, June 8: Event No. 17 ($5,000 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, June 9: Event No. 18 ($2,000 limit hold’em)
Wednesday, June 9: Event No. 19 ($10,000 no-limit 2-7 lowball world championship)
Thursday, June 10: Event No. 20 ($1,500 pot-limit Omaha)
Thursday, June 10: Event No. 21 ($1,500 seven-card stud)
Friday, June 11: Event No. 22 ($1,000 ladies no-limit hold’em)
Friday, June 11: Event No. 23 ($2,500 six-handed limit hold’em)
Saturday, June 12: Event No. 24 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, June 12: Event No. 25 ($10,000 Omaha eight-or-better world championship)
Monday, June 14: Event No. 26 ($2,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em)
Monday, June 14: Event No. 27 ($1,500 seven-card stud eight-or-better)
Tuesday, June 15: Event No. 28 ($2,500 pot-limit Omaha)
Tuesday, June 15: Event No. 29 ($10,000 limit hold’em world championship)
Wednesday, June 16: Event No. 30 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, June 16: Event No. 31 ($1,500 H.O.R.S.E.)
Thursday, June 17: Event No. 32 ($5,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, June 17: Event No. 33 ($2,500 pot-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha)
Friday, June 18: Event No. 34 ($1,000 seniors no-limit hold’em)
Friday, June 18: Event No. 35 ($10,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em world championship)
Saturday, June 19: Event No. 36 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, June 19: Event No. 37 ($3,000 H.O.R.S.E.)
Sunday, June 20: Event No. 38 ($10,000 pot-limit hold’em world championship)
Monday, June 21: Event No. 39 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout)
Monday, June 21: Event No. 40 ($2,500 seven-card razz)
Tuesday, June 22: Event No. 41 ($1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better)
Wednesday, June 23: Event No. 42 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, June 23: Event No. 43 ($10,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship)
Thursday, June 24: Event No. 44 ($2,500 mixed hold’em)
Friday, June 25: Event No. 45 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Friday, June 25: Event No. 46 ($5,000 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better)
Saturday, June 26: Event No. 47 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Saturday, June 26: Event No. 48 ($2,500 mixed event)
Monday, June 28: Event No. 49 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em)
Monday, June 28: Event No. 50 ($5,000 pot-limit Omaha)
Tuesday, June 29: Event No. 51 ($3,000 no-limit hold’em triple chance)
Wednesday, June 30: Event No. 52 ($25,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em)
Wednesday, June 30: Event No. 53 ($1,500 limit hold’em shootout)
Thursday, July 1: Event No. 54 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em)
Thursday, July 1: Event No. 55 ($10,000 pot-limit Omaha world championship)
Friday, July 2: Event No. 56 ($2,500 no-limit hold’em)
Monday, July 5: Event No. 57 ($10,000 no-limit hold’em world championship)

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