World Series Of Poker Kicks Off In Las Vegas

The opening event of the 40th Anniversary, 2009 World Series of Poker was held on Wednesday and it was just the beginning of a spring through summer slate of amazing events in Las Vegas.

The World Series of Poker will last nearly two months and begin in just about a month, May 26th. Featuring the most ever events, 57, the Series will last until its final day of July 15th.

The expanded scope of the World Series of Poker comes as the popularity of the event reached unequalled heights in 2008. The expansion will also allow poker players from apprentice and novice to expert and World Series champion.

A record 58,720 poker players entered the competition last year, representing 124 countries from across the globe, also a record. All those players helped balloon the pot to its biggest ever as well: $180,774,427.

The penultimate event which happened last year remains. The main events nine best will be brought back for the final playoff in November. Last season’s event created a large turnout and fan interest as well as national television coverage in primetime on ESPN.

Here is a list of the activities and events from now through the end of regular events on July 15.

Many of the events will be taped and broadcast on ESPN beginning July 28th.

Event	Date	Tournament	Buy-in
2	May 28-30	40th annual no-limit hold em	$40,000
3	May 29-31	Omaha high-low split eight or better	$1,500
4A	May 30-June 2	No-limit hold em	$1,000
4B	May 31-June 3	No-limit hold em	$1,000
5	June 1-3	Pot-limit Omaha	$1,500
6	June 1-3	World Championship seven-card stud	$10,000
7	June 2-4	No-limit hold em	$1,500
8	June 2-4	2-7 draw lowball	$2,500
9	June 3-5	Six-handed no-limit hold em	$1,500
10	June 3-5	Pot-limit Omaha/hold em	$2,500
11	June 4-6	No-limit hold em	$2,000
12	June 4-6	World Championship mixed event	$10,000
13	13 June 5-7	No-limit hold em	$2,500

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