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The World`s biggest Poker Tournament – The World Series of Poker has announced the 2012 WSOP schedule, along with numerous changes and additions. With millions of dollars in prize-money, the WSOP will once again be hosted at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas with 61 featured events along with some interesting new formats including a Million Dollar Buy-in One Drop Event tournament!

“This year’s WSOP schedule is very exciting!” remarked WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel, who will oversee the event for the seventh consecutive year.

The WSOP Main Event which is the highest paying Sporting event in the World will see a few notable changes this year. Firstly, instead of the usual four starting days, there will be only three (Saturday, July 7th, Sunday, July 8th, and Monday, July 9th) and the day off has also been removed. Finally, there will be no November Nine this year because the final table has been moved up a week in view of the U.S. presidential elections and instead the final table now will take place in 2 stages. In the 1st stage, nine players will play down to the final two on Sunday, Oct. 28th, and the heads-up battle will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 30th for the crowning of the WSOP 2012 Champion.

An interesting addition to the schedule is Event 49: $1,500 Ante Only No-Limit Hold’em Tournament. According to the WSOP: “In a twist on traditional no-limit hold’em poker, this event will be played without the small and big blind bets. All players at the table will ante to begin every hand, with the person to the left of the button starting the action with a choice of folding or bringing in the minimum chip amount in play. The event will create a lot of action and multi-player pots.”
The Super High Roller Million Dollar Buy-in One Drop Tournament will take place on July 1st and will benefit the ONE DROP charity with 11.1% of the buy-in going to the charity. So far, 15 players have committed for this event, including notables like: Guy Laliberté, Bobby Baldwin, Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin, Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Tom Dwan and Tony Guoga, and Andy Beal.

2012 WSOP Schedule:

Event Date Event Buy-in
1 May 27 Casino Employees $500
2 May 28 No Limit Hold’em $1,500
3 May 29 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (512 player max) $3,000
4 May 29 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better $1,500
5 May 30 Pot Limit Hold’em $1,500
6 May 31 No-Limit Hold’em Mixed Max $5,000
7 May 31 Seven Card Stud $1,500
8 June 1 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $1,500
9 June 2 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry $1,500
10 June 3 Seven Card Stud $5,000
11 June 4 Pot Limit Omaha $1,500
12 June 5 Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em (512 player max) $10,000
13 June 5 Limit Hold’em $1,500
14 June 6 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (2,000 player max) $1,500
15 June 6 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $5,000
16 June 7 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed $1,500
17 June 8 Pot Limit Hold’em $10,000
18 June 8 Seven Card Razz $2,500
19 June 9 No Limit Hold’em $1,500
20 June 9 Limit Hold’em $5,000
21 June 10 No Limit Hold’em $1,000
22 June 10 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) $2,500
23 June 11 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed $3,000
24 June 11 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $5,000
25 June 12 Limit Hold’em Shootout $1,500
26 June 12 Pot Limit Omaha $3,000
27 June 13 H.O.R.S.E. $1,500
28 June 14 No-Limit Hold’em / Four Handed $2,500
29 June 15 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship (50+) $1,000
30 June 15 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) $1,500
31 June 16 No Limit Hold’em $1,500
32 June 16 H.O.R.S.E. $10,000
33 June 17 No Limit Hold’em $1,000
34 June 18 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed $5,000
35 June 18 Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) $2,500
36 June 19 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (2,000 player max) $3,000
37 June 19 Eight Game Mix $2,500
38 June 20 No Limit Hold’em $1,500
39 June 21 Pot Limit Omaha $10,000
40 June 21 Limit Hold’em / Six Handed $2,500
41 June 22 No Limit Hold’em $3,000
42 June 22 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better $2,500
43 June 23 No Limit Hold’em $1,500
44 June 24 No Limit Hold’em $1,000
45 June 24 The Poker Players Championship $50,000
46 June 25 No Limit Hold’em $2,500
47 June 26 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $1,500
48 June 26 Limit Hold’em $3,000
49 June 27 Ante Only No-Limit Hold’em $1,500
50 June 28 No Limit Hold’em $5,000
51 June 29 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship $1,000
52 June 29 10-Game Mix / Six Handed $2,500
53 June 30 No Limit Hold’em $1,500
54 July 1 No Limit Hold’em $1,000
55 July 1 The Big One for One Drop – No-Limit Hold’em $1,000,000
56 July 2 No Limit Hold’em $1,500
57 July 3 No Limit Hold’em / Six Handed $10,000
58 July 3 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $3,000
59 July 4 No Limit Hold’em $1,000
60 July 5 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) $10,000
61 July 7 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event $10,000

The PokerGuru Pro Team will be playing at this year`s WSOP and you can follow their progress at PokerGuru.
For more details visit the WSOP website.

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