44th Annual WSOP Schedule Announced; Main Event Begins July 6th 2013

Poker’s most prestigious tournament, the World Series of Poker just announced its 44^th Annual schedule and is slated to run from May 29^th to July 15^th 2013 at the RIO, All Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. A total number of 62 bracelets will be up for the taking this year; one more than last year and the main event will kick off on July 6^th.

With respect to the physical layout of the place, the ambiance will be same as 2012 with the Rio Hotel donning a poker look and ESPN telecasting each moment when someone becomes rich. The Final table of the Main event will culminate as ‘November Nine’ and will happen on 4^th and 5^th Nov 2013.

Some highlights of the 2013 WSOP are:

1. 62 Gold bracelets to be awarded over 48 days of poker play.
2. All events will be linked to charity as started in 2012. The 1% for One Drop where the winner of each event will have the option to donate 1% of his winnings to charity will continue this year.
3. On June 29^th 2013, a non bracelet event will be there where everyone can enter and there will be a bounty to be won on each player.
4. June 28^th will feature the Ladies only No limit Hold’em Championship (Event 51) where Ladies can register for a buy-in of $1000 while men will have to shell out $10,000.
5. Event 26 for the Seniors only No Limit Hold’em Championship for poker players above the age of 50 will happen on June 14^th with a buy-in of $1000.
6. WSOP’s new turbo format will take place in Event 34 with a $1000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em tournament which will conclude within two days starting June 19^th.

Registration for all events except the Main event will be held across all 4 levels of play. The main event registration will happen for two levels of play only. Pre-registration will be done through the WSOP website from March 4^th 2013. More than 75,000 entries are expected in this year’s edition with approximately $220 Million going out in prize money.