[chipper57AA]

Took this off a Poker Gazette news feed:

World Series of Poker set for August
The World Series of Poker television series on ESPN will begin Aug. 23 and run weekly through Nov. 15.

The first 14 telecasts will offer reports on tournaments played June 5-6, 10-12, 14-15, 16-22, 24-25, 26-28 and 29-30 in the Rio Casino-Hotel Resort in Las Vegas.

The final 12 shows, starting Oct. 11, will report on what happened in the $10,000 buy-in WSOP championship tournament, which runs July 7-15.

The TV schedule:

Aug. 23 - $1,500 no-limit hold'em tournament, which attracted a record 2,304 players;

Aug. 23 - $1,500 limit hold'em tournament.

Aug. 30 - $1,000 no-limit hold'em, with rebuys.

Aug. 30 - $2,000 no-limit hold'em.

Sept. 6 - $2,000 pot-limit hold'em.

Sept. 6 - $2,000 pot-limit Omaha, with rebuys.

Sept. 13 - $5,000 no-limit hold'em.

Sept. 13 - $5,000 pot-limit hold'em.

Sept. 20 - $1,500 no-limit hold'em.

Sept. 20 - $5,000 seven-card stud.

Sept. 27 - $2,500 no-limit hold'em.

Sept. 27 - $5,000 pot-limit Omaha, with rebuys.

Oct. 4 - $5,000 limit hold'em.

Oct. 4 - $2,000 no-limit hold'em.

Oct. 11-Nov. 15 - The $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Championship tournament, which is expected to attract 6,600 players and generate a prize pool in excess of $60 million. Which would mean a possible first-place payoff of $10 million.

[KYBill]

Thanks for th heads up !

[TomHimself]

more dates
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/broadcast.asp

[hunterking]

Originally Posted by chipper57AA

. . .Aug. 23 - $1,500 no-limit hold'em tournament, which attracted a record 2,304 players;. . .Oct. 11-Nov. 15 - The $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Championship tournament, which is expected to attract 6,600 players and generate a prize pool in excess of $60 million. Which would mean a possible first-place payoff of $10 million.

seems to me that they need to add another tier so that the buy-in for the main event is ~$30,000 but also keep the $10k and the other lower buy-in tourneys, too...
my 2¢
hmmm... anyone know how long the buy-in for the main event has been set at $10k? . . . i'll go see if i can find out...


hk

[dad604]

Thanks for the posting. Wonder if we will get the broadcast same time in Canada?

[Limit Breaker]

I think the Buy-in should be $25,000. They really need to weed out the bad players. $10,000 really isn't a lot of money.

[VARoadstter]

Originally Posted by Limit Breaker

I think the Buy-in should be $25,000. They really need to weed out the bad players. $10,000 really isn't a lot of money.

Um, ok. I happen to think it's a lot of money!

That being said, I believe a large hike in the entry fee is inevitable. I suspect that it will happen before next year's WSOP unless they radically expand the satellite structure and hold preliminary events to cut the field down dramatically. Imagine what the number of registrants could be next year! 10000? 15000? From the organizer's perspective it's a great problem to have except that there are other limiting factors (space, support staff, etc etc etc) that will ultimately force them to make changes.

[chipper57AA]

$10,000 really isn't a lot of money.

Care to stake me for the next tourney then?

[dad604]

I hope it stays at 10,000 for next year at least. My son was thinking of paying 10,000 to enter but instead try to qualify thru sats. Didn't make it but next year if still 10,000, he will buyin direct instead.

[hunterking]

so i saw yesterday that pokerstars has broken the 1000 mark for the number of players that they are sending to the wsop main event, and they're not finished yet. that's insane...

hk