The WSOP Begins. Poker Player

Here we go – the biggest poker show on earth is on. Get ready for for six weeks of hi-octane action

The 55-event schedule for 2008 includes a total of eight $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournaments, which traditionally draw the largest fields except for the Main Event. The WSOP has also added a second start day for the first of the $1,500 no-limit competitions to accommodate the expected number of entrants.

But the big news is the delayed final table of the $10,000 World Championship Main Event. Play will break after Day 7, with the final nine players returning on 9 November to play for the richest prize in poker.

“This is our most exciting schedule yet,” said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the WSOP. “Both amateur and professional poker players will have new opportunities to compete for a WSOP bracelet and can choose from the widest variety of games and buy-ins ever offered in one poker tournament and certainly at the WSOP.

World Series of Poker 2008
#	Date	Event	Buy-in
1	30/05/08	World Championship Pot Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$10,000
2A	31/05/08	No Limit Hold’em (4 day event) Day 1A	$1,500
2B	01/06/08	No Limit Hold’em Day 1B
3	02/06/08	Pot Limit Hold’em (3 day Event)	$1,500
4	02/06/08	Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No Limit) (3 day event)	$5,000
5	03/06/08	No Limit Hold’em w/Re-Buys (3 day event)	$1,000
6	03/06/08	Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day Event)	$1,500
7	04/06/08	No Limit Hold’em (3 day Event)	$2,500
8	04/06/08	World Championship mixed event (3 day event)	$10,000
9	05/06/08	No Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event)	$1,500
10	05/06/08	Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (3 day event)	$2,500
11	06/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (3 day event)	$5,500
12	06/06/08	Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$2,500
13	07/06/08	No Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$2,500
14	07/06/08	World Championship Seven Card Stud (3 day event)	$10,500
15	08/06/08	Ladies No Limit Hold’em World Championship (3 day event)	$1,000
16	08/06/08	Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event)	$2,000
17	09/06/08	No Limit Hold’em Shootout (3 day event)	$1,500
18	09/06/08	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/Re-Buys (3 day event)	$5,500
19	10/06/08	Pot Limit Omaha (3 day event)	$1,500
20	10/06/08	Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$2,000
21	11/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$5,000
22	11/06/08	H.O.R.S.E (3 day event)	$2,000
23	12/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$2,000
24	12/06/08	Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha (3 day event)	$2,500
25	13/06/08	World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em (256 player max) (3 day event)	$10,000
26	13/06/08	Seven Card Razz (3 day event)	$1,500
27	14/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$1,500
28	14/06/08	Pot-Limit Omaha w/Re-Buys (3 day event)	$5,000
29	15/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$3,000
30	15/06/08	World Championship Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$10,000
31	16/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event)	$2,500
32	17/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$1,500
33	17/06/08	World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event)	$5,000
34	18/06/08	Pot-Limit Omaha w/Re-Buys (3 day event)	$1,500
35	18/06/08	Seven Card Stud (3 day event)	$1,500
36	19/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$1,500
37	19/06/08	World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event)	$10,000
38	20/06/08	Pot Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$2,000
39	21/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$1,500
40	22/06/08	World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (5 day event)	$50,000
41	22/06/08	Mixed Hold’em (limit/no limit) (3 day event)	$1,500
42	23/06/08	Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (3 day event)	$1,000
43	24/06/08	Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event)	$1,500
44	25/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em w/Re-Buys (3 day event)	$1,000
45	25/06/08	2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (3 day event)	$2,500
46	26/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event)	$5,000
47	26/06/08	Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (3 day event)	$1,500
48	27/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$2,000
49	28/06/08	No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$1,500
50	29/06/08	World Championship Pot Limit Omaha (3 day event)	$10,000
51	29/06/08	H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event)	$1,500
52	30/06/08	Limit Hold’em (3 day event)	$1,500
53	01/07/08	Limit Hold’em Shootout (2 day event)	$1,500
55	07/07/08	Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em (2 day event)	$500

WSOP MAIN EVENT 2008
#	Date	Event	Buy-in
54A	03/07/08	World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em Day 1A, 2,500 Players	$10,000
54B	04/07/08	Day 1B, 2,500 Players
54C	05/07/08	Day 1C, 2,500 Players
54D	06/07/08	Day 1D, 2,500 Players
	08/07/08	Day 2A
	09/07/08	Day 2B
	10/07/08	Day 3
	11/07/08	Day 4
	12/07/08	Day 5
	13/07/08	Day 6
	14/07/08	Day 7
	09/11/08	Final Table
	10/11/08	Final Table