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After accidentally leaking a draft on their website last week, WSOP has now officially announced the full schedule for next year.
The series, which takes place in its usual venue, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, starts on May 30, at 11:00 AM with the $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em tournament. The $10,000 Main Event kicks off on the 2nd of July at 11:00 AM with Day1A. WSOP offers a total of 78 gold bracelet events for the players.
Nine events have been added to the list, including the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop, after a four-year hiatus. As it's known [2]Dan Colman was the lucky one to take down the event last time, cashing for a ridiculous amount of $15,306,668, while the first-ever champion of the event, Antonio Esfandiari earned even more with his $18,346,673 score - still standing as the biggest tournament cash ever. The event with its whopping buy-in will certainly attract the creme of the poker world.
Dan Colman needs a big wallet
Some of you may have noticed that one famous event is missing, the High Roller for One Drop. However, WSOP staff made sure Doug Polk gets a chance to win his favourite event, as they added Event #5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller to the list. The One Drop, starting on the 15th of July will be the last event of the series.
The new events:
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty
$100,000 No-Limit High Roller
$1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em
$365 THE PLO GIANT $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty
$565 WSOPdotcom ONLINE Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (1M Gtd.)
$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
Popular events from the past are also on the list such as the THE GIANT (June 1), THE COLOSSUS IV (June 2) or the Millionaire Maker (June 9).
The most prestigious tournament of the series, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship starts on June 15.
The five biggest events on the list
The list certainly made poker enthusiast excited as it's now pretty clear that we're going to see huge fields and huge scores this year as well. Which is your favourite event? Who are you rooting for in the $1 million One Drop? Let us know in the comments!
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