Jan 30, 2009 - The 2009 World Series of Poker Schedule has been released and Harrah’s Entertainment has announced a total of 57 events will take place during the 2009 WSOP held at the Amazon Room in the Rio from May 27 – July 15th. Registration for events will begin in late February and the WSOP will be hosting tournaments with buyins ranging from $1,000 up to the $50K HORSE event.
This year’s World Series of Poker commemorates their 40 year anniversary and to kick off the event, Harrah’s will host a $40,000 No Limit Holdem event scheduled for May 28. This tournament will award the winner not only their share of the prize pool but a commemorative gold bracelet to celebrate the milestone.
Opening weekend will commence with a special $1,000 No Limit Holdem event, which is expected to draw in as many if not more people than the 2009 Main Event itself. This is the only event in the 2009 WSOP with a buy-in of $1,000 and will guarantee a $5 million dollar prize pool.
A few other changes announced by Harrah’s include the removal of re-buy events. Due to the overwhelming concerns that re-buy events allow professional players to buy their bracelets, the company has removed these from this year’s schedule.
That being said there are some new changes and events which will take place including the addition of a 2-7 Triple Draw event, and a No Limit Holdem Triple Chance tournament. Harrah’s has once again included the Ladies and seniors events in this year’s schedule. Players will also notice that many of the $5,000 events played in the 2008 series have now been changed to $10,000 buyins and there are a total of 10 World Championship bracelets up for grabs, one in each game format.
2009 WSOP Final Table Delay
One thing that has not changed from last year’s schedule will be the final table delay. Harrah’s and ESPN recently reported that the November Nine final table delay from the 2008 World Series of Poker gained a higher than expected approval rating among their viewers. For this reason the 2009 WSOP Main Event will run from July 3rd to July 15th and will than break for 115 days where the nine final players will resume their games on November 7th to the 10th.
"Whether you play poker around the kitchen table or consider yourself a professional you will find a comfortable seat at the 2009 World Series of Poker," said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the WSOP.
2009 WSOP Satellites and Qualifiers
Last year’s WSOP broke numerous records which included the number of people who participated across all events. In total there were 58,720 entries and over $180 million in cash prizes. Online poker rooms are beginning to roll out the WSOP satellites and qualifiers, and it is expected that Pokerstars and Full Tilt will once again compete to send the most players to a number of the events taking place in the 2009 WSOP. Once the WSOP satellite schedules are released we will be sure to publish them here.
2009 World Series of Poker Schedule
Event Number Date, Time Tournament Buy-in Winner/ESPN Air Date
1 May 27, noon Casino Employees Event no-limit hold ‘em (two-day event) $500 TBA
2 May 28, noon 40th annual no-limit hold ‘em (four-day event) $40,000 TBA
3 May 29, noon Omaha high-low split eight or better (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
4A May 30, noon No-limit hold ‘em (four-day event) $1,000 TBA
4B May 31, noon No-limit hold ‘em (four-day event) $1,000 TBA
5 June 1, noon Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
6 June 1, 5 p.m. World Championship seven-card stud (three-day event) $10,000 TBA
7 June 2, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
8 June 2, 5 p.m. 2-7 draw lowball (three-day event) $2,500 TBA
9 June 3, noon Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
10 June 3, 5 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha/hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,500 TBA
11 June 4, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,000 TBA
12 June 4, 5 p.m. World Championship mixed event (three-day event) $10,000 TBA
13 June 5, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,500 TBA
14 June 5, 5 p.m. Six-handed limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,500 TBA
15 June 6, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $5,000 TBA
16 June 6, 5 p.m. Seven-card stud (three day-event) $1,500 TBA
17 June 7, noon Ladies no-limit World Championship (three day-event) $1,000 TBA
18 June 7, 5 p.m. World Championship Omaha high-low split (three day-event) $10,000 TBA
19 June 8, noon Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em $2,500 TBA
20 June 9, noon Pot-limit hold ‘em $1,500 TBA
21 June 9, 5 p.m. HORSE (three-day event) $3,000 TBA
22 June 10, noon No-limit hold ‘em shootout (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
23 June 10, 5 p.m. World Championship 2-7 draw lowball (three-day event) $10,000 TBA
24 June 11, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
25 June 11, 5 p.m. Omaha/seven-card stud high-low $2,500 TBA
26 June 12, noon Limit hold ‘em $1,500 TBA
27 June 12, 5 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha high-low split $5,000 TBA
28 June 13, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
29 June 13, 5 p.m. World Championship heads-up (three-day event) $10,000 TBA
30 June 14, noon Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $2,500 TBA
31 June 14, 5 p.m. HORSE (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
32 June 15, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,000 TBA
33 June 15, 5 p.m. World Championship limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $10,000 TBA
34 June 16, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
35 June 17, noon Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $5,000 TBA
36 June 18, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,000 TBA
37 June 18, 5 p.m. World Championship seven-card stud high-low split (three-day event) $10,000 TBA
38 June 19, noon Limit hold ‘em $2,000 TBA
39 June 20, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
40 June 20, 5 p.m. World Championship pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $10,000 TBA
41 June 21, noon No-limit hold ‘em shootout (three-day event) $5,000 TBA
42 June 21 , 5 p.m. Mixed event (three-day event) $2,500 TBA
43 June 22, noon Seniors World Championship (three-day event) $1,000 TBA
44 June 22, 5 p.m. Razz (three-day event) $2,500 TBA
45 June 23, noon World Championship pot-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $10,000 TBA
46 June 23, 5 p.m. Omaha high-low split $2,500 TBA
47 June 24, noon Mixed hold ‘em (limit/no-limit, three-day event) $2,500 TBA
48 June 25, noon Pot-limit Omaha high-low split (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
49 June 26, noon World Championship HORSE (five-day event) $50,000 TBA
50 June 26, 5 p.m. Limit hold ‘em shootout (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
51 June 27, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
52 June 28, noon Triple chance no-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $3,000 TBA
53 June 28, 5 p.m. Seven-card stud high-low (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
54 June 29, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500 TBA
55 June 29, 5 p.m. 2-7 triple draw lowball (three-day event) $2,500 TBA
56 June 30, noon Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $5,000 TBA
57 July 3 — July 15 No-limit hold ‘em main event $10,000 TBA
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