2009 WSOP Schedule Released

After a long wait the 2009 World Series of Poker schedule has been released. This has been a much longer wait from previous years.

2007’s WSOP schedule was released December 12th 2007
2006’s WSOP schedule was released first week of November 2005
2005’s WSOP schedule was released last week of October 2004
2004’s WSOP schedule was released last week of November 2003

There were many things that could have been related to the delay with most of them portraying to the economy. It was rumored that the WSOP organizes were very concerned about finding the necessary staff required to run this prestigious series, as a large majority of Las Vegas workers have been laid off due to the low flow of tourists and visitors. Also, many of the casinos were skeptical of investing/fronting the needed money to plan such an event like this one.

However, everything has no been released and the 2009 World Series of Poker is anticipating the series to be bigger and better than ever before. With that being said, Harrah’s announced that the 2009 WSOP will feature a record setting 57 events, which will run from May 26th to July 15th.

There are several new highlights to the 2009 WSOP schedule, with the biggest one being the $40,000 No Limit Texas Hold’em event honouring the 40th anniversary of the WSOP. In 2008, there was eight $10,000 World Championship events and in 2009 there will be ten $10,000 World Championship events.

A major notable change to the 2009 WSOP is there will be 39 events under $2,500 to compensate for the poor economy. There is also a Stimulus Special tournament that will be held on the opening weekend with a buy-in of $1,000 and Harrah’s has announced that it’ll draw the largest live tournament field outside the Main Event and they are predicting the prize pool to reach $5,000,000.

There will no longer be any re-buy events during the 2009 World Series of Poker. This is because it created an unfair field to poker players with an unlimited amount of money to pour into the tournaments. Daniel Negreanu, who is on the WSOP board of commissioners was one of the main advocates to remove the re-buy events. Also, there are four $5,000 buy-in events that have been removed, leaving four tournaments that have a buy-in of $5,000.

“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 WSOP commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. “This year’s schedule offers more variety than ever before, and we look forward to welcoming players from around the world to the Rio for our 40th annual extravaganza this summer.”

The $10,000 2009 Main Event tournament will once again be delayed and the November 9 will return. Which means, that the Main Event will start on July 3rd and will be played until there are nine players remaining, which will make up the 2009 November Nine. There will be a four month break and then the players will reunite to play out the rest of the tournament, which will begin on November 9th, four months later.

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Below is the 2009 World Series of Poker Schedule:

1 May 27, noon Casino Employees Event no-limit hold ‘em (two-day event) $500
2 May 28, noon 40th annual no-limit hold ‘em (four-day event) $40,000
3 May 29, noon Omaha high-low split eight or better (three-day event) $1,500
4A May 30, noon No-limit hold ‘em (four-day event) $1,000
4B May 31, noon No-limit hold ‘em (four-day event) $1,000
5 June 1, noon Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $1,500
6 June 1, 5 p.m. World Championship seven-card stud (three-day event) $10,000
7 June 2, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500
8 June 2, 5 p.m. 2-7 draw lowball (three-day event) $2,500
9 June 3, noon Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500
10 June 3, 5 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha/hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,500
11 June 4, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,000
12 June 4, 5 p.m. World Championship mixed event (three-day event) $10,000
13 June 5, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,500
14 June 5, 5 p.m. Six-handed limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,500
15 June 6, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $5,000
16 June 6, 5 p.m. Seven-card stud (three day-event) $1,500
17 June 7, noon Ladies no-limit World Championship (three day-event) $1,000
18 June 7, 5 p.m. World Championship Omaha high-low split (three day-event) $10,000
19 June 8, noon Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em $2,500
20 June 9, noon Pot-limit hold ‘em $1,500
21 June 9, 5 p.m. HORSE (three-day event) $3,000
22 June 10, noon No-limit hold ‘em shootout (three-day event) $1,500
23 June 10, 5 p.m. World Championship 2-7 draw lowball (three-day event) $10,000
24 June 11, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500
25 June 11, 5 p.m. Omaha/seven-card stud high-low $2,500
26 June 12, noon Limit hold ‘em $1,500
27 June 12, 5 p.m. Pot-limit Omaha high-low split $5,000
28 June 13, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500
29 June 13, 5 p.m. World Championship heads-up (three-day event) $10,000
30 June 14, noon Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $2,500
31 June 14, 5 p.m. HORSE (three-day event) $1,500
32 June 15, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,000
33 June 15, 5 p.m. World Championship limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $10,000
34 June 16, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500
35 June 17, noon Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $5,000
36 June 18, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $2,000
37 June 18, 5 p.m. World Championship seven-card stud high-low split (three-day event) $10,000
38 June 19, noon Limit hold ‘em $2,000
39 June 20, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500
40 June 20, 5 p.m. World Championship pot-limit Omaha (three-day event) $10,000
41 June 21, noon No-limit hold ‘em shootout (three-day event) $5,000
42 June 21 , 5 p.m. Mixed event (three-day event) $2,500
43 June 22, noon Seniors World Championship (three-day event) $1,000
44 June 22, 5 p.m. Razz (three-day event) $2,500
45 June 23, noon World Championship pot-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $10,000
46 June 23, 5 p.m. Omaha high-low split $2,500
47 June 24, noon Mixed hold ‘em (limit/no-limit, three-day event) $2,500
48 June 25, noon Pot-limit Omaha high-low split (three-day event) $1,500
49 June 26, noon World Championship HORSE (five-day event) $50,000
50 June 26, 5 p.m. Limit hold ‘em shootout (three-day event) $1,500
51 June 27, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500
52 June 28, noon Triple chance no-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $3,000
53 June 28, 5 p.m. Seven-card stud high-low (three-day event) $1,500
54 June 29, noon No-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $1,500
55 June 29, 5 p.m. 2-7 triple draw lowball (three-day event) $2,500
56 June 30, noon Six-handed no-limit hold ‘em (three-day event) $5,000
57 July 3 — July 15 No-limit hold ‘em main event $10,000