It's almost here (well, give or take 5,000 miles) - The World Series of Poker 2006!
With the Casino Employees' tournament on Monday 26th June, the multiple weeks' high and higher stakes poker tournament action at the Rio kicks off. There's something for everyone, Stud, Omaha, Hold'em, Deuce to Seven, all played for stakes ranging from $1,000 to $50,000. Of course, the tournament everyone's grandma will have heard of is the $10,000 Main Event, but that doesn't even start until Friday 28th July.
A healthy handful of blondeites are heading on over to the cavernous Rio cardroom/self contained poker biosphere and we're looking forward to hunting them out from the thousands who are preparing to descend on Las Vegas, Nevada.
The full two months sounds like it would be a test of stamina - I find it hard just to get to the end of the list of tournaments...
| 25-Jun-06 | Sunday | 9:00 AM |
| Satellites/Live Action begins |
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| 26-Jun-06 | Monday | 12 noon | 1 | Casino Employee No-Limit Event (2 day event) | $500.00 |
| 27-Jun-06 | Tuesday | 12 noon | 2 | No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 28-Jun-06 | Wednesday | 12 noon | 3 | Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 29-Jun-06 | Thursday | 12 noon | 4 | Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 30-Jun-06 | Friday | 12 noon | 5 | No-limit Hold'em Short Handed, 6/table (3 day event) | $2,500.00 |
| 1-Jul-06 | Saturday | 12 noon | 6 | No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $2,000.00 |
| 2-Jul-06 | Sunday | 12 noon | 7 | Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $3,000.00 |
| 3-Jul-06 | Monday | 12 noon | 8 | Omaha Hi-low Split (3 day event) | $2,000.00 |
| 4-Jul-06 | Tuesday | 12 noon | 9 | No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $5,000.00 |
| 5-Jul-06 | Wednesday | 12 noon | 10 | Seven Card Stud (3 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 6-Jul-06 | Thursday | 12 noon | 11 | Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 6-Jul-06 | Thursday | 2:00 PM | 12 | Omaha Hi-low Split (2 day event) | $5,000.00 |
| 7-Jul-06 | Friday | 12 noon | 13 | No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $2,500.00 |
| 8-Jul-06 | Saturday | 12 noon | 14 | No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys (3 day event) | $1,000.00 |
| 9-Jul-06 | Sunday | 11:00 AM | 15 | Ladies Event No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $1,000.00 |
| 9-Jul-06 | Sunday | 12 noon | 16 | Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) | $10,000.00 |
| 10-Jul-06 | Monday | 12 noon | 17 | No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $1,000.00 |
| 11-Jul-06 | Tuesday | 12 noon | 18 | Pot-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $2,000.00 |
| 12-Jul-06 | Wednesday | 11:00 AM | 19 | Seniors No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $1,000.00 |
| 12-Jul-06 | Wednesday | 12 noon | 20 | H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event) | $50,000.00 |
| 13-Jul-06 | Thursday | 12 noon | 21 | No-Limit Hold'em- Short handed 6/table (3 day event) | $2,500.00 |
| 14-Jul-06 | Friday | 12 noon | 22 | No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $2,000.00 |
| 15-Jul-06 | Saturday | 12 noon | 23 | Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $3,000.00 |
| 15-Jul-06 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | 24 | Omaha Hi-low Split (3 day event) | $3,000.00 |
| 16-Jul-06 | Sunday | 12 noon | 25 | No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (3 day event) | $2,000.00 |
| 17-Jul-06 | Monday | 12 noon | 26 | Pot-Limit Omaha (2 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 18-Jul-06 | Tuesday | 12 noon | 27 | No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 19-Jul-06 | Wednesday | 12 noon | 28 | Seven Card Stud (2 day event) | $5,000.00 |
| 19-Jul-06 | Wednesday | 2:00 PM | 29 | Pot-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $2,500.00 |
| 20-Jul-06 | Thursday | 12 noon | 30 | No-Limit Hold'em- Short handed 6/table (3 day event) | $5,000.00 |
| 21-Jul-06 | Friday | 12 noon | 31 | No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $2,000.00 |
| 22-Jul-06 | Saturday | 12 noon | 32 | Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $5,000.00 |
| 22-Jul-06 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | 33 | Seven Card Razz (2 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 23-Jul-06 | Sunday | 12 noon | 34 | No-Limit Hold'em w/re-buys (3 day event) | $1,000.00 |
| 24-Jul-06 | Monday | 12 noon | 35 | Seven Card Hi Low Split (2 day event) | $1,000.00 |
| 24-Jul-06 | Monday | 2:00 PM | 36 | Limit Hold'em Shootout (3 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 25-Jul-06 | Tuesday | 12 noon | 37 | No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 25-Jul-06 | Tuesday | 4:00 PM | 38 | No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/rebuys (2 day event) | $5,000.00 |
| 26-Jul-06 | Wednesday | see below |
| Satellite Day |
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| 27-Jul-06 | Thursday | see below |
| Media/Celebrity Event and Satellite Day |
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| 28-Jul-06 | Friday |
| 39 | No-Limit Texas Hold'em World Championship Event | $10,000.00 |
| 28-Jul-06 | Friday | 12 Noon |
| Day 1A 2000 play down to 800 |
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| 29-Jul-06 | Saturday | 12 Noon |
| Day 1B 2000 play down to 800 |
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| 30-Jul-06 | Sunday | 12 Noon |
| Day 1C 2000 play down to 800 |
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| 31-Jul-06 | Monday | 12 Noon |
| Day 1D 2000 play down to 800 |
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| 1-Aug-06 | Tuesday | 12 noon |
| A + B 1600 to 700 |
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| 2-Aug-06 | Wednesday | 12 noon |
| C + D 1600 to 700 |
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| 3-Aug-06 | Thursday | Day off for main event |
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| 3-Aug-06 | Thursday | 10:00 AM | 40 | No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $1,000.00 |
| 4-Aug-06 | Friday | 12 noon |
| ABCD Play 1400 down to 600 |
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| 5-Aug-06 | Saturday | 12 noon |
| Play 600 down to 300 |
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| 5-Aug-06 | Saturday | 10:00 AM | 41 | No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 6-Aug-06 | Sunday | 12 noon |
| Play 300 down to 150 |
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| 6-Aug-06 | Sunday | 10:00 AM | 42 | No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 7-Aug-06 | Monday | 12 noon |
| Play 150 down to 60 |
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| 7-Aug-06 | Monday | 10:00 AM | 43 | No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 8-Aug-06 | Tuesday | 12 noon |
| Play 60 down to 27 |
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| 8-Aug-06 | Tuesday | 10:00 AM | 44 | No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 9-Aug-06 | Wednesday | 12 noon |
| Play 27 down to 9 |
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| 9-Aug-06 | Wednesday | 10:00 AM | 45 | No-Limit Hold'em (1 day event) | $1,500.00 |
| 10-Aug-06 | Thursday | 12 noon |
| Final Table |
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Phew. To anyone heading out for the long haul - I and the blonde update team salute you!
Best of Luck.