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2011 World Series of Poker Schedule

Event    Date, Time    Tournament    Buy-in    
1    May 31, noon    Casino Employees Event no-limit hold 'em (two-day event)    $500    
2    May 31, 5 p.m.    Heads-up no-limit hold 'em championship (four-day event)    $25,000    
3    June 1, noon    Omaha high-low split eight-or-better (three-day event)    $1,500    
4    June 2, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $5,000    
5    June 2, 5 p.m.    Seven card stud (three-day event)    $1,500    
6    June 3, noon    Limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
7    June 3, 5 p.m.    Pot-limit hold 'em championship (three-day event)    $10,000
8    June 4, noon    No-limit hold 'em (two starting days, five-day event)    $1,000    
9    June 4, 5 p.m.    2-7 draw lowball no-limit (three-day event)    $1,500    
10    June 6, noon    Six-handed no-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
11    June 6, 5 p.m.    Omaha high-low split eight-or-better championship (three-day event)    $10,000
12    June 7, noon.    Triple chance no-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
13    June 8, noon    No-limit hold 'em shootout (three-day event)    $1,500    
14    June 8, 5 p.m.    Limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $3,000    
15    June 9, noon    Pot-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
16    June 9, 5 p.m.    2-7 draw lowball championship (three-day event)    $10,000    
17    June 10, noon    HORSE (three-day event)    $1,500    
18    June 11, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
19    June 11, 5 p.m.    Six-handed limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $2,500    
20    June 12, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,000    
21    June 12, 5 p.m.    Seven card stud championship (three-day event)    $10,000
22    June 13, noon    Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event)    $1,500    
23    June 13, 5 p.m.    Eight-game mix (limit hold 'em, Omaha high-low split, razz, seven card stud, seven card stud high-low, no-limit hold 'em, pot-limit Omaha, 2-7 triple draw; three-day event)    $2,500    
24    June 14, noon    No-limit hold 'em shootout (three-day event)    $5,000
25    June 14, 5 p.m.    Seven card stud high-low (three-day event)    $1,500    
26    June 15, noon    Six-handed no-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $2,500    
27    June 15, 5 p.m.    Limit hold 'em championship (three-day event)    $10,000    
28    June 16, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
29    June 16, 5 p.m.    10-game mix (no-limit hold 'em, razz, limit hold 'em, Badugi, seven card stud, 2-7 draw lowball, Omaha high-low split, pot-limit Omaha, 2-7 triple draw lowball and seven card stud high-low split eight-or-better; three-day event)    $2,500    
30    June 17, noon    Seniors no-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,000    
31    June 17, 5 p.m.    Pot-limit Omaha (three-day event)    $3,000    
32    June 18, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
33    June 18, 5 p.m.    Seven card stud high-low split eight-or-better championship (three-day event)    $10,000    
34    June 19, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,000    
35    June 20, noon    Six-handed pot-limit Omaha (three-day event)    $5,000
36    June 21, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $2,500    
37    June 21, 5 p.m.    HORSE championship (three-day event)    $10,000    
38    June 22, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
39    June 22, 5 p.m.    Pot-limit hold 'em/pot-limit Omaha (three-day event)    $2,500
40    June 23, noon    Six-handed no-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $5,000    
41    June 24, noon    Limit hold 'em shootout (three-day event)    $1,500
42    June 24, 5 p.m.    Pot-limit Omaha championship (three-day event)    $10,000    
43    June 25, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
44    June 25, 5 p.m.    Razz (three-day event)    $2,500    
45    June 26, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,000
46    June 27, noon    Six-handed no-limit hold 'em championship (three-day event)    $10,000
47    June 27, 5 p.m.    Omaha/Seven card stud high-low eight-or-better (four-day event)    $2,500    
48    June 28, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
49    June 28, 5 p.m.    2-7 triple draw lowball (limit; three-day event)    $2,500
50    June 29, noon    Triple Chance no-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $5,000    
51    June 30, noon    Pot-limit Omaha high-low split eight-or-better (three-day event)    $1,500    
52    June 30, 5 p.m.    Mixed hold 'em (three-day event)    $2,000    
53    July 1, noon    Ladies no-limit hold 'em championship (three-day event)    $1,000    
54    July 2, noon    No-limit hold 'em (two starting days, five-day event)    $1,000    
55    July 2, 5 p.m.    The Poker Players' Championship (five-day event)    $50,000
56    July 2, noon    No-limit hold 'em (three-day event)    $1,500    
57    July 5, 5 p.m.    Pot-limit Omaha high-low split eight-or-better    $5,000    
58    July 7 - July 19    No-limit hold 'em main event    $10,000    

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In 2010, the 41st annual World Series of Poker attracted a record field to the 57 events, including a near-record 7,319 players – the second largest ever Main Event field.

In total, the prize pool for the series as a whole was $187,109,580; a new record that amounted to half of the total prize pool of the 1st to 36th WSOP series. At the beginning of this year you would have been hard-pressed to find a poker insider who didn’t expect big things from the 2011 WSOP.

Then the US Department of Justice and the online poker indictments of Black Friday have shut out PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker from the US market which will do some bad things to the field sizes of the tournaments at the World Series of Poker. Since Chris Moneymaker’s 2003 win the large majority of the burgeoning field sizes at the World Series of Poker have been online qualifiers.

Despite this, it seems to be business as usual – at least on paper. This year there will be 58 events including a new $25,000 Heads-Up High Roller Championship. In addition, ESPN will be streaming all 55 final tables live on ESPN3 as well as showing live coverage of the Main Event on an hour delay.
When federal regulation of online poker kicks in (my guess: late 2012/early 2013) who is going to be the major site? Not PokerStars or Full Tilt, that’s for sure. Step up WSOP.com. It seems inevitable that a well-known brick ‘n’ mortar poker establishment will become the dominant US online poker room and everyone knows the WSOP. If they don’t, they certainly will after the 2011 coverage.

Caesars aren’t thinking of the 2011 or 2012 WSOP, which will certainly be below the numbers we’re used to (the Main Event, anyway ). They want a good 2013 – 2020 WSOP and it’s one they will certainly get if WSOP.com becomes the US players’ go-to site for online poker. Imagine the field size at the 2014 Main Event if US regulation kicks in the year previous. We saw in France that as soon as regulation kicked in, sites could advertise everywhere and the traffic notably spiked. If WSOP.com is the US player’s online home AND they’re running the qualifiers to the WSOP then we could see a post-regulation Main Event field of over 10,000 quite conceivably.

Of course, for now we need to take a decline. The line everyone seems to be taking on the Main Event field size is roughly 4,000 to 5,000 with Daniel Negreanu predicting a 2,500 strong 2004-esque field.

What about the preliminary events? Well, the events such as the $25,000 Heads-Up and the $10,000 Championship events are a mixed bag. The former will definitely attract less of a field than it would have done last year, largely dependent if the high-stakes heads-up specialists still have dollars tied up on Full Tilt by the end of the month. The $10,000 events may be smaller but many of them are fixed limit or mixed events;

As for the $1,000 to $5,000 events? If anything I think they will increase. Imagine being a US mid-stakes grinder right now – you’re gagging for a poker fix and if you have to fly to Vegas to get it you will. Your average $2/$4 player will have a bankroll of around $20k that they have hopefully got back from PokerStars or will be getting from Full Tilt. Many of them might decide to take $10k of it to the live tables and enter a few satellite events and smaller tournaments.


source: Bluff.com, mostly

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Last year of course was a spectacular year for the British

James Dempsey
Steve Jelinek
Richard Ashby
Mike Ellis
Praz Banzi

all won bracelets and the likes of Sam Trickett came close too

Expectations are higher this time. Then again the number of Brits across there will be higher too including the now eligible Toby Lewis

What price more than five bracelets this year?

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This thread will detail news and updates from each event, followed by final results as well as the official stats that outgeek almost all of us.

Feel free to post snippets where and when you see them, credited

In 2010 there were some memorable "Funk" threads too, here's to many more

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Events 1 and 2 start tomorrow

this thread for news, chip counts, results and if you are there reports please!

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It's going to be incred

[George2Loose]

GL the Brits!

[Woodsey]

If anyone comes back with any $$$$ I will need some around that time 

[vegaslover]

Only Tighty is allowed to start the funk threads

[JK]

Only Tighty is allowed to start the funk threads

[Nakor]

If anyone comes back with any $$$$ I will need some around that time 

Good luck all

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www.wsop.com and www.pokernews.com are the sources through this thread

Casino Employees Get to the Money as Day 1 Concludes
 

Jordan Dhooghe

We had to wait an extra 30 minutes for Event 1 of the 2011 World Series of Poker to start, but the wait was well worth it. 850 casino employees started the day and after ten levels just 77 players still have chips. Jordon Dhooghe leads the field with 129,800, followed by Thanh Ngo with 101,400.

Both players have been leading the pack for the last couple of levels of the day, each attacking the bubble effectively. Alex Alashkar and Robert Gullickson are within striking distance though and there will likely be a lot of chips moving to start day 2 as players mix it up having already made the money.

While there are not any household names left in the field, there were a few notables who entered. Jean-Robert Bellande entered late but exited early when he flopped top two pair against a strait. Defending champion Hoai Pham looked poised to repeat but was unable to gain any momentum after the dinner break. Matt Savage, Ty Stewart and Jack McClelland all survived through a few levels but none made it to the money.

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Event #2: Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship (256 Max)

32 of 128 remain

16 are paid

    * 1st
    * $851,192
    * 2nd
    * $525,980
    * 3rd-4th
    * $283,966
    * 5th-8th
    * $138,852
    * 9th-16th
    * $67,436



Day 1 Out in Two Rounds
 
The first-ever $25,000 Heads-Up Championship is two rounds old, and we've reduced our 128 starting players down to just 32. As you'd expect with an event with this kind of price tag, the field was small and elite and mostly made up of familiar faces. David Williams, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Laak, Jason Mercier, and Michael Mizrachi all fell to their first round opponents. Dan Cates, Erick Lindgren, Scott Seiver, David Baker, Vanessa Rousso, Jonathan Duhamel, Shaun Deeb, and Scott Clements advanced through one round before succumbing in the second round of the night.

That's a pretty solid crew of already-eliminated players, but we're still flush with talent in this thinning field. John Duthie finished second in the $10,000 Heads-Up event here in 2009, and he's still alive with a shot at Carlos Mortensen in Round 3. In the European version of the event, Gus Hansen took home a bracelet for shipping the £10,000 Heads-Up event at the WSOP-E last fall, and he'll face off against Daniel Alaei in tomorrow's first battle. We've also got Chris Moorman, Olivier Busquet, John Juanda, David Benyamine, Andrew Robl, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and the Tom Dwan. Told you it was a stacked field.

Here's how the rest of the bracket draws out for tomorrow's money round:

David Benyamine vs. Anthony Guetti
Chris Moorman vs. Richard Lyndaker
Dani Stern vs. Jake Cody
Isaac Haxton vs. Jonathan Jaffe

Ashton Griffin vs. Tom Dwan
Daniel Alaei vs. Gus Hansen
Steve Blilirakis vs. Trevor Pope
Matt Marafioti vs. Maxim Lykov

Eric Froehlich vs. Steve Zolotow
John Duthie vs. Carlos Mortenson
Jason Smirnov vs. Darren Elias
Erik Cajelais vs. Nikolay Evdakov

Yevgeniy Timshenko vs. Amritraj Singh
Oliver Busquet vs. Andrew Robl
Kunimaro Kojo vs. Nick Shulman
David Paredes vs. John Juanda

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Jake in last 8 of HU

Far less impressive i am through to day 2 of the 1500 o/8

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Event 2 $25k HU

Day 2 Finds the Elite Eight
 

Hansen had to defeat Dwan to make it to Day 3.

With two rounds of action the field of 32 remaining players was trimmed down to the final eight. Players that won their first round matchups found themselves in the money. The loaded field made for some incredible matchups worthy of the $25,000 buy in.

David Benyamine, Daniel Aleai, John Juanda and Nick Schulman all found the door early after losing their first round, while Eric Froehlich, Matt Marafioti, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and Gus Hansen all survived the day.

Nikolay Evdakov had the quickest and most decisive second round win having never cashed in either of his rebuy chips. Evdakov was the first to advance to Day 3 after knocking out fellow Russian Mikhail Smirnov. Eric Froehlich used his two rebuys relatively early in the match but managed to outlast the runner up in the 2009 Heads Up Championship John Duthie.

Tom Dwan and Gus Hansen had difficult paths to play each other in the second round of the night, defeating Ashton Griffin and Daniel Aleai respectively. When Dwan used his first rebuy early in the action all signs pointed to a quick match. However, Hansen and Dwan battled back and forth, exchanging the chip lead multiple times. When the smoke was cleared Hansen was left standing.

Join us tomorrow at 3 p.m. to follow all the action on Day 3 as the final eight play down to four. The bracket is as follows:

Anthony Guetti vs. Jake Cody

Gus Hansen vs. Matt Marafioti

Eric Froehlich vs. Nikolay Endakov

Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. David Paredes