The WSOP website has put out their Staff Resource Guide, containing over 230 pages of various information about this year’s World Series of Poker. There you can find floor plans for the three poker rooms that will be in use this year (no tournament tables at the Poker Room or Buzio’s, their seafood restaurant). You’ll also find the structures for every tournament one can take part in the Rio. You’ll also find a copy of the tournament rules and procedures, a dealer’s reference guide, how the tournament and floor staff will be compensated, and a copy of the daily calendar. The calendar also includes their projections on how many entrants will be in each bracelet event (and a comparison from last year when available), which is as follows:

#1 – $500 Casino Employee NL – 1023 (up 43)
#2 – $40,000 NL – 150
#3 – $1,500 Omaha 8 – 916 (up 84)
#4 – $1,000 NL – 5305
#5 – $1,500 PLO – 835 (up 76)
#6 – $10,000 7 Card Stud – 166 (up eight)
#7 – $1,500 NL – 2801 (up 95)
#8 – $2,500 NL 2-7 Lowball – 150
#9 – $1,500 NL 6-max – 1360 (up 124)
#10 – $2,500 PL Holdem/Omaha – 503 (up 46)
#11 – $2,000 NL – 1672 (up 79)
#12 – $10,000 8-game – 202 (up 10)
#13 – $2,500 NL – 1537 (up 140)
#14 – $2,500 Limit Holdem 6-max
#15 – $5,000 NL – 804 (up 73)
#16 – $1,500 7 Card Stud – 381 (even)
#17 – $1,000 Ladies NL – 1190 (even)
#18 – $10,000 Omaha 8 – 247 (up 12)
#19 – #2,500 NL 6-max -1113 (up 101)
#20 – $1,500 PL Holdem – 713 (even)
#21 – $3,000 HORSE – 435 (up 21)
#22 – $1,500 NL Shootout (1000 max) (even)
#23 – $10,000 NL 2-7 – 85
#24 – $1,500 NL – 2400 (up 96)
#25 – $2,500 Omaha 8/Stud 8 – 419 (up 31)
#26 – $1,500 Limit Holdem – 880 (down 3)
#27 – $5,000 PLO 8 – 150
#28 – $1,500 NL – 2534 (up 87)
#29 – $10,000 NL Heads-Up – (256 max) (even)
#30 – $2,500 PLO – 350
#31 – $1,500 HORSE – 883 (up 80)
#32 – $2,000 NL – 1344 (even)
#33 – $10,000 Limit Holdem – 229 (up 11)
#34 – $1,500 NL – 2,569 (down 151)
#35 – $5,000 PLO – 250
#36 – $2,000 NL – 2549 (up 232)
#37 – $10,000 Stud 8 – 150 (5k buyin in 2008, 261 entrants)
#38 – $2,000 Limit Holdem – 480 (up 1)
#39 – $1,500 NL – 2,800 (up 82)
#40 – $10,000 PLO – 419 (up 38)
#41 – $5,000 NL Shootout – 396 (up 36)
#42 – $2,500 8-game -250
#43 – $1,000 Seniors NL – 2440 (222)
#44 – $2,500 Razz – 300
#45 – $10,000 PL Holdem – 370 (up 18)
#46 – $2,500 Omaha 8 – 525
#47 – $2,500 Mixed Holdem – 475
#48 – $1,500 PLO 8 – 756 (up 36)
#49 – $50,000 HORSE – 151 (up 3)
#50 – $1,500 Limit Holdem Shootout – 905 (up 82)
#51 – $1,500 NL – 2800 (up 107)
#52 – $3,000 Triple Chance NL – 700
#53 – $1,500 Stud 8 – 598 (up 55)
#54 – $1,500 NL – 2801
#55 – $2,500 Limit Triple Draw 2-7 – 262 (up 24)
#56 – $5,000 NL – 865 (down 20)
#57 – $10,000 NL Main Event – 7323 (up 479)

They assume most events will go up from 7-10 percent, which seems optimistic given the economy and poker in the United States, but with the brand that Harrah’s has helped develop with the World Series of Poker, it’ll be intriguing to see how close they get in terms of numbers.