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2017 World Series of Poker Daily Event Schedule Finalized

Rio® All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas
To Host Poker’s Most Popular Festival from May 30 - July 17, 2017

Something-for-Everyone Schedule Includes Eight New Events, plus Proven Stalwarts

The Giant & Marathon Headline New Offerings, along with Three Online Exclusive Events

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 25, 2017) – The 48th annual World Series of Poker® (WSOP®) – the richest, most prestigious and longest-running poker series – has finalized its event schedule for the 2017 iteration and will open its doors on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and remain open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through July 17, 2017.

Each and every day, players of all levels will find an event inside the 200,000 square foot Rio Convention Center that suits their desire and price point, which this year includes everything from a $333 buy-in online gold bracelet event on WSOP.com to a $111,111 High Roller.

“The focus of the schedule remains squarely on two core principles: the biggest prize pools possible and diversity in offerings to provide something for everyone,” said Jack Effel, the WSOP’s Tournament Director working his 13th WSOP, and marking his 20th year in poker. “The 48th running of the globe’s biggest poker series promises to deliver on these core principles and ensure another action-packed summer at the Rio. Can’t wait to see you soon.”

The WSOP has truly become a global gaming phenomenon, where players compete for prize money and the championship gold bracelet, globally recognized as the game’s top prize. Participants from over 100 nations attend each year, and more than 100,000 entries create the largest prize pools offered in all variants of poker. In 2017, 74 official WSOP gold bracelet events will be contested over the 50 days of action, with 11am and 3pm the typical daily start times, with the huge field events primarily slotted on Saturdays and Sundays at 10am and 4pm.

To view the entire gold bracelet schedule, please visit: WSOP 2017 Schedule where all events are visible, and a downloadable version is provided.

In addition, a quartet of Daily Deepstack tournaments return at 2pm, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm on most days in the Pavilion Room, which will also continue to host satellite tournaments and live action daily.

New Events: This year, eight new events have been added to the schedule. They are:

May 31 – $10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em – 2-4 person teams. 3-day event. (Event #2) – Last year’s $1,000 version of the event was a hit and remains on the schedule. But the stakes have been raised with a high roller version to open the official bracelet slate.

June 3 – $333 WSOP.com No-Limit Hold’em – $333,333 Guarantee. Unlimited Re-Entry. 1-day online event

June 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7 – $365 “The Giant” No-Limit Hold’em – Unique event with weekly Friday Night flights at 7pm beginning June 9. Each opening flight plays deep into the money and any remaining players are paid out an amount equivalent to the last paid place of the night, with their chips bagged and remaining prize pool carried over to Day 2 cumulative re-start on July 8. Unlimited re-entry during each Day 1 flight.

June 12 – $2,620 “The Marathon” – 11am. No-Limit Hold’em. 26,200 starting chips, with extended 100-minute levels. 5 day event. Event #23.

June 20 -- $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty –20-minute levels. No-Limit Hold’em. $300 bounty per player. 1-day event.

June 26 -- $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better – 3pm. 3-day event. (Event #51).

June 30 -- $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event – NLHE, PLO, 2-7NL, NL 5 Card Draw, Big O, PLO Hi-Lo, 2-7 Pot-Limit Triple Draw. Event #59. 3pm. 3-day event

July 1 -- $3,333 High Roller WSOP.com No-Limit Hold’em. 3:33pm. 1-day event. Online. Unlimited re-entry.

With several successful changes implemented in 2016 (paying out 15% of fields, five times buy-in starting chips, online registration, structure tweaks, start times moved up, etc.,) this year’s event has just a couple noteworthy moves to improve player experience.

Key Changes:
•   Credit Cards at the Cage: Approval has been granted to allow credit cards as a form of payment at the live registration windows in 2017. Thus, cash, casino chips and credit cards are all approved options now.
•   Credit Card Purchases up to $10,000: Participants can now make charges up to $10,000 on their credit card this year – up from $1,500 last year. This means the WSOP Main Event and other $10,000 buy-in events will allow a credit card purchase option in 2017 and of course, any denomination below that threshold.

“This 2017 schedule reflects our continuing goal to broaden poker’s appeal and encourage first timers and recreational players to come experience the WSOP for themselves,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. “With the new $365 buy-in Giant anchoring Friday nights, alongside a tent pole event awarding millions every weekend, we believe we have the offering to be well worth the trip. Plus, for the serious and high-stakes player, we remain committed to having the most diverse schedule of events of any tournament in the world. Whatever your game or bankroll, let the bracelet chase begin.”

All Caesars Entertainment properties in Las Vegas offer reduced hotel room rates for entrants of WSOP bracelet events if they book early using the special advanced booking codes. The Rio is now offering its weekday (Sunday-Thursday) rates to WSOP players beginning at just $71. On the Las Vegas Strip there are plenty of options as well. Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Paris Las Vegas, Flamingo Las Vegas, Harrah’s Las Vegas, Bally’s Las Vegas and The Linq provide WSOP player rates as low as $62 a night. To view a complete list of rates across all Caesars Entertainment properties, please visit our Reservations page or the Caesars Room Finder a Las Vegas - WSOP . (Note: Rates are based on availability and are subject to blackout dates, variable pricing and additional resort and parking fees).

The Pavilion, Brasilia, Miranda and Amazon ballrooms will continue to serve as poker’s version of Woodstock with an estimated record 500 poker tables spread throughout the Rio Convention Center’s four largest areas, allowing for non-stop tournament, satellite, Daily Deepstack and live game action.
For those advancing past the first day, restarts for 11am bracelet events are at 12 noon. Events that start at 3pm will restart at 2pm the next day, with 10 or 10.5 levels being played each day until a champion is crowned. The Main Event features two-hour levels, plays five levels a day, starts at 11am daily and concludes at 11:40 pm. daily.

The weekends in 2017 promise huge field sizes and prize pools at moderate price points. Details were previously announced here for events including Colossus III, Millionaire Maker, Monster Stack, Crazy Eights, Seniors & Main Event.

Colossus III has once again increased the prize pool guarantee for the world’s largest live poker tournament, now to a record $8 million. This is the highest prize pool guarantee ever offered for a $565 buy-in event, and $3 million more than the original guarantee for this event. With first place guaranteed one million dollars too, and opening flights scheduled for Friday, June 2, Saturday June 3 and Sunday, June 4, opening weekend at the 2017 WSOP will be a can’t miss kickoff to what promises to be another massive summer.

The 2017 WSOP will continue offering high-buy-in mixed games, rarely spread at other tournaments around the world, certainly not at the $10,000 price point. In total, 10 poker variants beyond No-Limit Hold’em will see $10,000 “Championship” bracelet events contested in 2017, including the newly added Event #51, a $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better 3-day tournament. This event was added at the urging of numerous players, who wanted to see a championship event for this popular variant.

To address the other end of the market, the WSOP for the first time is introducing events in the $300 price range, after successfully establishing the $500 price point with the advent of the Colossus in 2015.

This year, Event #19 is ‘The Giant’, a $365 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event held Friday nights at 7pm on June 9, 16, 23, 30 and July 7. Even though the event is spread out over five weeks, it will play like a three-day tournament. Players will play their Day 1 on any of the five starting flights they choose, and they will play into the money on Day 1 (just like Colossus did in 2016). Anyone surviving their Day 1 will have their chips put into play on Day 2 (if they choose not to forfeit them to attempt another flight) on July 8, with the final table taking place July 9. This event features unlimited re-entry during the open registration period. People can end up cashing in multiple flights – however only one chip stack can be carried forward to Day 2 play. The Giant will still pay 15% of the field, based on the individual flight number of entries, and everyone on Day 1 who cashes can receive their prize money that day. The remaining prize money from each flight gets carried over to Day 2, along with the other flights’ remaining prize money, to combine and create the remaining prize pool the Day 2 players will vie for.

The Giant should also be a great warm-up event for those coming to town to play the big weekend events. With a Friday night 7pm start, play will wrap up at 2:40am for those surviving. Participants can get their WSOP juices flowing in the most affordable live No-Limit Hold’em event ever offered for a WSOP gold bracelet.

For those that need a break from the Rio and the live poker scene once in a while, 2017 promises a trifecta of opportunities to win WSOP gold bracelets from the comfort of your own confines. WSOP.com Nevada, the online real-money poker operator powered by the World Series of Poker, celebrating its third year of offering WSOP gold bracelet events in Nevada, has three official WSOP gold bracelet events planned in 2017 – played exclusively online from start to finish.

The WSOP.com events all feature the No-Limit Hold’em format with unlimited re-entries and are structured as one-day events. They are:
•   Event #8 - $333 No-Limit Hold’em with a $333,333 prize pool guarantee (3:33pm start)
•   Event #61 - $3,333 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (3:33pm start)
•   Event #71 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em (2pm start)
Satellites for WSOP gold bracelet events will begin on WSOP.com February 1st, and run continuously through the WSOP, including the popular 25 Seat Scramble to the Main Event. More than 700 seats were awarded via WSOP.com last year. Outside the U.S., the WSOP is honored to have 888Poker back as an official sponsor and the exclusive online international home to satellite events for the WSOP (except for France).

To view important details about this year’s event, visit WSOP.com/2017. This page will remain leading up to and during the event, where we will add relevant information about the WSOP.

Structure sheets for each individual event are expected to be posted on WSOP.com beginning in mid-February.

Online and in-person registration is expected to open in early March.