2015 World Series of Poker Schedule Unveiled, 11 New Events and 68 Bracelet Events Featured

Late Dec 2014, WSOP released a teaser towards its 2015 schedule, along with the announcement of a new event “The Colossus”, with the lowest buy-in ever in WSOP history.

As promised, the organizers have now released the full schedule for the grandest of international poker series, the 2015 World Series of Poker.

Yesterday, Caesars Entertainment gave out the official schedule of events for the 2015 WSOP series. This will be the 46^th edition, which will begin on Wednesday, May 27 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and feature a full schedule of 68 bracelet events.

The series will conclude with the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, which will begin on Sunday, July 5 and end with the final table on Tuesday, July 14. As per the general format, the event will have three Day 1 flights and the same structure.

However, as mentioned in our last report on Jan 28, there will be a change in the payouts. After listening to the player feedback, the organizers have now announced two important changes in the payouts. If the entry field is the same or exceeds the 2014 mark of 6,683 players, all the top nine finishers, would be guaranteed a minimum prize of $1,000,000 each. Also, if the entry field crosses a minimum of 5,000 players, then the top 1,000 finishers will make it to the money.

Besides the above, 2015 WSOP will feature 11 new events this year and these include

Some Highlights of the Series

– Among the above, Event 5 – $565 Colossus and Event 65 – $777 Lucky 7’s both, will be exclusive “open” bracelet events with sub-$1,000 buy-ins. “Colossus” is expected to draw the largest crowd ever of more than 10,000 players for a WSOP event with its $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

– Events 6 – $1,000 Hyper NLHE and Event 53 – $5,000 Turbo NLHE both will be 2-day events, with fast structures. Event 42 – $1,500 Extended Play NLHE on the other hand will have long 90-minute levels for a slower-than-typical structure.

– The DraftKings-sponsored Event 55 – $1,500 “50/50”, will ensure that half the field cashes. In Event 62 – $1,500 buy-in “Bounty” NLHE, players will earn $500 for every elimination they make. Event 67 will mark the return of the “Dealer’s Choice” format giving players 19 variants for a $10,000 buy in.

– Event 43 – $1,000 “Super Seniors” NLHE event is for player aged 65 or more only. The other events for seniors remain the same. Event 64 – an online tournament, marks the first ever online bracelet event to be run on WSOP.com on Thursday, July 2. The last two finalists then will fight out at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, the next day.

– Event 44 – The $50,000 Poker Players Championship June 21-25), the $111,111 High Roller for One Drop (Event 58, June 28-29), and the $1,111 Little One for One Drop (Event 61, June 30-July 3) will all remain as usual.

– Another important change will be the difference in the starting chips this year. A number of events will feature almost 66% increase in the starting chips.

– Tournament structures have also been tweaked to give players a better experience. Certain events have been scheduled around weekends to convenience players.

In all, this 2015 WSOP is ready to please players of all types and has three extra bracelets up for grabs this time.

As Ty Stewart, WSOP Executive Director sums it up,“If you’ve never thought about coming to Las Vegas for the WSOP, this is the year. Now more than ever, the WSOP has something for everyone and with this schedule we believe the value and the opportunity for player success exists in each and every event we are offering in 2015.”

Download the complete schedule of 2015 WSOP here.