50th Annual World Series of Poker® Announces Final Pod of Live Events for 2019
New Events Include “SALUTE to Warriors” Charity Event
& Deep Stack Championship with an Added Main Event Seat
Ten Deep Stack Gold Bracelet Events under $1,000 Price Point on Schedule;
Plus Weekly Pot-Limit Omaha & Seniors Deep Stack Events Added
LAS VEGAS (Jan. 30, 2019) – While many think of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) as a high stakes affair only for high rollers or professionals, the truth of the matter is the modern day WSOP is an inclusive, all-encompassing poker tournament series for all poker enthusiasts, including the masses.
The WSOP caters to all gaming and competitive mind sport fans, regardless of budget, time commitment restrictions or level of experience.
There really is something for everyone at the WSOP, and with the final pod of gold bracelet events confirmed, a slew of low buy-in, short-duration deep stack events complete the 2019 iteration of the WSOP to be held May 28 to July 16 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
View this year’s schedule here:
http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/A half-dozen $600-$800 No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, or a mixture of both have been added to this year’s schedule, culminating with a Deepstack Championship event on Tuesday, June 25 at 11am, featuring a $600 buy-in, 30,000 in starting chips, a $500,000 prize pool guarantee, and an added WSOP Main Event seat to the winner.
Additionally, a new charity event has been added honoring military service members. “SALUTE to Warriors” No-Limit Hold’em is a $500 buy-in gold bracelet event starting Tuesday, July 2 at 11am, with a 25,000 starting chip stack and 40-minute levels. This three-day event will conclude on July 4, Independence Day in the U.S., with proceeds from this event to be donated to the USO and other veteran organizations. This event is open to all, with active military and veterans encouraged to participate in this first-ever event of its kind at the WSOP.
“We hope everyone who loves the game of poker comes out to experience our big 50th,” said WSOP Vice President Jack Effel. “We are confident you will find an event or two to your liking, and hopefully one that allows you to raise the gold bracelet over your head at the end of it.”
In addition to the new gold bracelet events, the popular one-day, non-bracelet deep stack series of events is set to return in 2019, with a couple added weekly offerings. Daily, the Rio will spread the $250 1pm No-Limit Hold’em event, the $200 4pm No-Limit Hold’em event, the $400 7pm Accelerated Format No-Limit Hold’em event and the 10pm $150 Accelerated Format No-Limit Hold’em event. All these one-day tournament offerings will run from May 28-July 16 daily, (with a few exceptions when large-field gold bracelet events limit capacity). All these events will use the Big Blind Ante format
New this year on one-day deep stack events are a weekly Pot-Limit Omaha variant and a Seniors (50+age) specific offering. The $250 Pot-Limit Omaha deep stack will run every Sunday from June 2 to July 14 at 5pm. Seniors deep stack day will be Wednesdays, with a 9am weekly $250 buy-in one day deep stack tournament running from May 28 to July 10. Below is the complete list of deep stack tournament offerings at this year’s WSOP, priced under $1,000.
2019 WSOP Schedule of Deepstack Events – Priced Under $1,000
DATE EVENT BUY-IN CHIPS LEVELS RE-ENTRY TIME
May 30 BIG 50 No-Limit Hold’em
$500 50,000 50 minutes 1/flight 11am
May 31 BIG 50 No-Limit Hold’em $500 50,000 50 minutes 1/flight 11am
June 1 BIG 50 No-Limit Hold’em $500 50,000 50 minutes 1/flight 10am
June 2 BIG 50 No-Limit Hold’em $500 50,000 50 minutes 1 10am
June 3 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack $600 30,000 30/40 minutes 1 11am
June 10 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack $600 30,000 30/40 minutes Unlimited 11am
June 16 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack $800 40,000 40/60 minutes 1 11am
June 18 8-Handed Mixed No-Limit Hold’em /Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack $600 30,000 30/40 minutes 1 11am
June 23 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack $800 40,000 30/40 minutes 1 12noon
June 25 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em $600 30,000 40/60 minutes 1 11am
June 26 Colossus No-Limit $400 40,000 40 minutes 1/flight 10am
June 27 Colossus No-Limit $400 40 minutes 1 10am
June 28 Crazy Eights No-Limit $888 40,000 30/60 minutes Unlimited 10am/5pm
June 29 Crazy Eights No-Limit $888 40,000 30/60 minutes Unlimited 10am
June 30 Crazy Eights No-Limit $888 40,000 30/60 minutes Unlimited 10am
July 2 SALUTE to Warriors
No-Limit Hold’em $500 25,000 40 minutes 1 11am
Non-Bracelet One-Day Events
Daily Deep Stack NLH $250 20,000 30 minutes Unlimited 1pm
Daily Deep Stack NLH $200 15,000 30 minutes Unlimited 4pm
Daily Deep Stack NLH $400 25,000 20 minutes Unlimited 7pm
Daily Deep Stack NLH $150 10,000 20 minutes Unlimited 10pm
Sundays Pot-Limit Omaha Deep Stack $250 20,000 30 minutes Unlimited 5pm
Wednesdays Seniors Deep Stack NLH $250 20,000 30 minutes Unlimited 9am
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