If you’re a fan of big buy-in tournaments and high-stakes poker, then you’ll love the schedule for the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP), which was released this week. Plus, there are plenty of events for poker players who are on a much more limited bankroll. Let’s take a look at the 2011 WSOP schedule.
Fifty-eight bracelet events will comprise this year’s WSOP, which begins on May 31st and runs through July 19th. The first open gold bracelet awarded will be quite a spectacle, as a brand new $25,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship will play out. The event (#2), which takes place on the WSOP’s opening day, will likely attract the very best players the game has to offer and is capped at 256 runners.
The $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship, which served as the first open gold bracelet event in 2010, moves to the tail end of the 2011 WSOP. The tournament (#55) gets underway on July 2nd and will run for five days. Its players will be battling it out in eight games: Limit Hold’em, Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better, Seven Card Razz , Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud High-Low Split Eight or Better, No Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, and 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. November Nine member Michael Mizrachi is its reigning champion.
A brand new $2,500 Ten-Game Six-Handed event (#29) will get underway on June 16th. Four days later, another new addition to the WSOP schedule will occur, a $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Handed tournament (#35).
The $10,000 Main Event will start on July 7th with the first of four starting days. Then, the field will play down to its final nine on July 19th and the group will reconvene on November 5th to determine a winner. You can catch the Main Event final table on ESPN on November 8th. Last year, Jonathan Duhamel became the Main Event’s first Canadian winner ever and booked nearly $9 million.
Hard stop times will be introduced this year. Events will play a maximum of 10 levels on any day in what is being billed as a “player comfort” issue. Here is the complete 2011 WSOP schedule:
Tuesday, May 31st
Event #1: Casino Employees NLHE, $500 buy-in
Event #2: Heads-Up NLHE Championship, $25,000 buy-in
Wednesday, June 1st
Event #3: Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better, $1,500 buy-in
Thursday, June 2nd
Event #4: NLHE, $5,000 buy-in
Event #5: Seven Card Stud, $1,500 buy-in
Friday, June 3rd
Event #6: FLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #7: PLHE Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Saturday, June 4th
Event #8: NLHE (Two Starting Days), $1,000 buy-in
Event #9: No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball, $1,500 buy-in
Monday, June 6th
Event #10: NLHE Six-Handed, $1,500 buy-in
Event #11: Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Tuesday, June 7th
Event #12: Triple Chance NLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Wednesday, June 8th
Event #13: NLHE Shootout, $1,500 buy-in
Event #14: FLHE, $3,000 buy-in
Thursday, June 9th
Event #15: PLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #16: No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Friday, June 10th
Event #17: HORSE, $1,500 buy-in
Saturday, June 11th
Event #18: NLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #19: FLHE Six-Handed, $2,500 buy-in
Sunday, June 12th
Event #20: NLHE, $1,000 buy-in
Event #21: Seven Card Stud Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Monday, June 13th
Event #22: PLO, $1,500 buy-in
Event #23: Eight-Game Mix, $2,500 buy-in
Tuesday, June 14th
Event #24: NLHE Shootout, $5,000 buy-in
Event #25: Seven Card Stud High-Low Eight or Better, $1,500 buy-in
Wednesday, June 15th
Event #26: NLHE Six-Handed, $2,500 buy-in
Event #27: FLHE Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Thursday, June 16th
Event #28: NLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #29: Ten-Game Mix Six-Handed, $2,500 buy-in
Friday, June 17th
Event #30: Seniors NLHE Championship, $1,000 buy-in
Event #31: PLO, $3,000 buy-in
Saturday, June 18th
Event #32: NLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #33: Seven Card Stud High-Low Split Eight or Better Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Sunday, June 19th
Event #34: NLHE, $1,000 buy-in
Monday, June 20th
Event #35: PLO Six-Handed, $5,000 buy-in
Tuesday, June 21st
Event #36: NLHE, $2,500 buy-in
Event #37: HORSE Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Wednesday, June 22nd
Event #38: NLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #39: PLHE/PLO, $2,500 buy-in
Thursday, June 23rd
Event #40: NLHE Six-Handed, $5,000 buy-in
Friday, June 24th
Event #41: FLHE Shootout, $1,500 buy-in
Event #42: PLO Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Saturday, June 25th
Event #43: NLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #44: Seven Card Razz, $2,500 buy-in
Sunday, June 26th
Event #45: NLHE, $1,000 buy-in
Monday, June 27th
Event #46: NLHE Six-Handed Championship, $10,000 buy-in
Event #47: Omaha/Seven Card Stud High-Low Eight or Better, $2,500 buy-in
Tuesday, June 28th
Event #48: NLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #49: Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball, $2,500 buy-in
Wednesday, June 29th
Event #50: Triple Chance NLHE, $5,000 buy-in
Thursday, June 30th
Event #51: PLO High-Low Split Eight or Better, $1,500 buy-in
Event #52: Mixed Hold’em, $2,500 buy-in
Friday, July 1st
Event #53: Ladies NLHE Championship, $1,000 buy-in
Saturday, July 2nd
Event #54: NLHE (Two Starting Days), $1,000 buy-in
Event #55: Poker Player’s Championship, $50,000 buy-in
Tuesday, July 5th
Event #56: NLHE, $1,500 buy-in
Event #57: PLO High-Low Split Eight or Better, $5,000 buy-in
Thursday, July 7th
Event #58: Main Event (Four Starting Days), $10,000 buy-in
Registration will open on February 7th. Click over to WSOP.com for full details.
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