WSOP 2017 dates announced

World Series of Poker® Announces 2017 Dates

Poker’s Most Popular Festival Set to Run From May 30 to July 17, 2017

At Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas

Colossus III – Starting Flights June 2, 3 & 4

48th Edition of WSOP Concludes with Main Event July 8-17

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 19, 2016) – Save the Date(s). The 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) – the longest-running, richest and most prestigious tournament series – opens its doors on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The something-for-everyone schedule includes gold bracelet events, satellites, cash games and thrice daily deep stack tournaments running for 49 consecutive days, with the WSOP Main Event reaching its final nine players on Monday, July 17, 2017.

The opening weekend event of the 2017 schedule will once again feature the return of the world’s largest live poker event. Colossus III will be a $565 buy-in re-entry No-Limit Hold’em tournament featuring two starting flights a day over three consecutive days – Friday, June 2, Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4. The format will include re-entry, allowing players to enter again if they fail to advance initially. This event has drawn 43,987 entries during its first two years, easily the largest live tournaments ever and allowing all-comers to pony up the $565 entry and try and turn it into $1 million in a matter of days.

Also back on the schedule in 2017 are the popular Millionaire Maker, Monster Stack, Little One for ONE DROP, Seniors Event and Ladies Championship.

The summer poker festival reaches its pinnacle with the globe’s longest-running poker tournament -- the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em WSOP Main Event championship -- which is slated to run over ten consecutive days from July 8 - July 17, 2017 and will feature three starting flights – Saturday, July 8; Sunday, July 9; and Monday, July 10.

The first event on the schedule is the Casino Employees event, which will take place on Wednesday, May 31 this year, featuring a $565 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em two-day tournament with a single re-entry format.

The date is also confirmed for this year’s Senior Event, which will again feature a $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em format for those aged 50 or older. It is set for 10:00am on Friday, June 16. New is a single re-entry option.

New wrinkles and more additions will be announced with the specific event schedule in the New Year.

The full event-by-event schedule is expected to be released sometime in February. All above announced dates, times and events are subject to change.