2013 WSOP Schedule Set
The 2013 World Series of Poker will take place May 29 through July 16 at the Rio, tournament officials announced this week.
The slate of individual events still is being finalized, but the tournament is expected to include at least 60 events where the winners earn gold bracelets.
The $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em World Championship, often referred to as the Main Event, will be contested over 10 days beginning July 7.
Three starting flights will take place July 7 to 9, with the final table of nine being determined July 16. The nine players will return to the Rio in November to play for the title.
Greg Merson of Laurel, Md., won the 2012 World Series of Poker’s Main Event, earning more than $8.5 million.
Nearly 500 poker tables will be set up across more than 100,000 square feet of ballroom space inside the Rio Convention Center to accommodate the tournament.
The 2012 World Series of Poker attracted 74,766 participants in 61 events, generating a prize pool of more than $222 million, the largest prize pool in the tournament’s 43-year history.
The $1 million buy-in “Big One for One Drop” won’t be part of the 2013 World Series of Poker but will return in 2014.
However, a smaller version will be held next year.
Last summer’s Big One for One Drop was sold out and raised $10 million for charity, including $5.3 million for the One Drop water awareness charity. The tournament paid out the largest prize in poker history, $18.346 million, which was won by Antonio Esfandiari.
For next summer’s World Series of Poker, the tournament will host the “Little One for One Drop,” which will have a $1,111 buy-in benefiting One Drop.
The official bracelet event will offer an unlimited re-entry over two starting days, giving it potential to be the biggest event in terms of entrants at the 2013 World Series of Poker.
Contact reporter Howard Stutz at hstutz@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3871. Follow @howardstutz on Twitter.
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Benjamin Valder says:
February 4th, 2013 at 10:32pm
Any word on when the specific dates for each tournament will ve announced?
Dan Michalski says:
February 14th, 2013 at 12:00pm
finally, here is the info you all seek: https://pokerati.com/2013/02/2013-wsop-schedule-is-here/
Eddie Desjardins says:
February 11th, 2013 at 10:33am
when is the seniors event?
Dan Michalski says:
February 11th, 2013 at 1:35pm
still no word on specific events … but soon, very soon, inside sources are whispering.
Frank says:
February 12th, 2013 at 8:33pm
Typically it is Friday 10am start, just past the halfway point. So in 2013 it is likely June 14. We’ll see when the schedule is released in late Februrary. –Frank
Remby says:
February 12th, 2013 at 10:08am
This is LAME that it takes so long to release a schedule !!!
Dan Michalski says:
February 12th, 2013 at 12:44pm
Effin Caesars.