There is no doubt that last years World Series of Poker main event was interesting. The tournament had finished in the summer but the final 9 players played out the final table on November 9th. Well, it seems that Harah’s Entertainment liked it as much as the fans, players and sponsors because they are doing it again.
This year another big change is the $40,000 buy-in no-limit holdem freezeout tournament.
2009 World Series of Poker Schedule:
Event # - Date & Time - Event - Buy-In
1 May 27, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em (2 day event) - $500
2 May 28, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - 40th Annual No-Limit Hold’em (4 day event) - $40,000
3 May 29, 2009 Friday 12 PM - Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $1,500
4a May 30, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (4 day event) - $1,000
4b May 31, 2009Sunday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (4 day event) - $1,000
5 June 1, 2009 Monday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) - $1,500
6 June 1, 2009 Monday 5 PM - World Championship Seven Card Stud (3 day event) - $10,000
7 June 2, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
8 June 2, 2009 Tuesday 5 PM - 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) (3 day event) - $2,500
9 June 3, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event) - $1,500
10 June 3, 2009 Wednesday 5 PM - Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha (3 day event) - $2,500
11 June 4, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,000
12 June 04, 2009 Thursday 5 PM - World Championship Mixed Event (3 day event) - $10,000
13 June 5, 2009 Friday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,500
14 June 5, 2009 Friday 5 PM - Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event) - $2,500
15 June 6, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $5,000
16 June 6, 2009 Saturday 5 PM - Seven Card Stud (3 day event) - $1,500
17 June 7, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - Ladies No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (3 day event) - $1,000
18 June 7, 2009 Sunday 5 PM - World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event)- $10,000
19 June 8, 2009 Monday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event) - $2,500
20 June 9, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) $1,500
21 June 9, 2009 Tuesday 5 PM - H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event) - $3,000
22 June 10, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (3 day event) - $1,500
23 June 10, 2009 Wednesday 5 PM - World Championship 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) (3 day event) - $10,000
24 June 11, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) $1,500
25 June 11, 2009 Thursday 5 PM - Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (3 day event) - $2,500
26 June 12, 2009 Friday 12 PM - Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
27 June 12, 2009 Friday 5 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $5,000
28 June 13, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
29 June 13, 2009 Saturday 5 PM - World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em (256 player max) (3 day event) - $10,000
30 June 14, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) - $2,500
31 June 14, 2009 Sunday 5 PM - H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event) - $1,500
32 June 15, 2009 Monday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,000
33 June 15, 2009 Monday 5 PM - World Championship Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $10,000
34 June 16, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
35 June 17, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) - $5,000
36 June 18, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,000
37 June 18, 2009 Thursday 5 PM - World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $10,000
38 June 19, 2009 Friday 12 PM - Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $2,000
39 June 20, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
40 June 20, 2009 Saturday 5 PM - World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) - $10,000
41 June 21, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (3 day event) - $5,000
42 June 21, 2009 Sunday 5 PM - Mixed Event (3 day event) - $2,500
43 June 22, 2009 Monday 12 PM - Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (3 day event) $1,000
44 June 22, 2009 Monday 5 PM - Seven Card Razz (3 day event) - $2,500
45 June 23, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $10,000
46 June 23, 2009 Tuesday 5 PM - Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $2,500
47 June 24, 2009 Wednesday 12 PM - Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) (3 Day event) - $2,500
48 June 25, 2009 Thursday 12 PM - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) - $1,500
49 June 26, 2009 Friday 12 PM - World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (5 day event)- $50,000
50 June 26, 2009 Friday 5 PM - Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (3 day event) - $1,500
51 June 27, 2009 Saturday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
52June 28, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $3,000
53 June 28, 2009 Sunday 5 PM - Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better[/link] (3 day event) - $1,500
54 June 29, 2009 Monday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) - $1,500
55 June 29, 2009 Monday 5 PM - 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (3 day event) - $2,500
56 June 30, 2009 Tuesday 12 PM - No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (3 day event) - $5,000
57 World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em Event - $10,000
57A July 03, 2009 Friday 12 PM - Day 1A
57B July 04, 2009 Saturday 12 PM -Day 1B
57C July 05, 2009 Sunday 12 PM - Day 1C
57D July 06, 2009 Monday 12 PM - Day 1D
The Schedule for the remaining days in the main event is:
7/7/2009 Tuesday 12 noon Day 2A
7/8/2009 Wednesday 12 noon Day 2B
7/10/2008 Friday 12 noon Day 3
7/11/2008 Saturday 12 noon Day 4
7/12/2008 Sunday 12 noon Day 5
7/13/2008 Monday 12 noon Day 6
7/14/2008 Tuesday 12 noon Day 7
7/15/2009 Wednesday 12 noon Day 8 (Play down to 9 players)
The November 9 or final 9 players of the main event 2008 World Series of Poker resume the main event tournament after a 117 day break.
Watch the videos of the final 9 players battle it out for the $9.1 million first place prize. As well the main event champion also receives the main event WSOP bracelet.
Find out who wins the final table of the main event 2008 World Series of Poker. The winner received $9.1 Million. Even the first player elimited from the November 9 will receive $927,000.
The main event had 6844 entrants…watch and see the final table.
3rd Place: $4,503,352 - Dennis Phillips - started chip leader at final table
4th Place: $3,763,515 - Ylon Schwartz
5th Place: $3,088,012 - Scott Montgomery
6th Place: $2,412,510 - Darus Suharto
7th Place: $1,769,174 - David Rheem
8th Place: $1,286,672 - Kelly Kim
9th Place: $900,670 - Craig Marquis
2008 WSOP main event champion Peter Eastgate
The final 2 players are currently playing for the main event championship $9.1 million pay out. The final 2 players are Peter Eastgate who has taken out 4 of the final 9 players and Ivan Demidov.
Update: The 2008 World Series of Poker main event champion is Peter Eastgate. After taking out 5 of the November 9 final table players, 22 Peter Eastgate takes the title, a WSOP bracelet and the $9.1 million dollar 1st place prize.
Eastgate is the youngest World Series of Poker main event champion.
Last July the 2008 World Series of Poker had 6844 players entering for a grand final prize of $9.1 million to the champion. The tournament stopped when it reached 9 players. These 9 players known as the “November Nine” will resume tournament play at the final table this November 9th.
November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - Kelly Kim
Kelly Kim, resides in California, is a professional poker player and 31 years old. He cashed three times in the 2007 World Series of Poker and paid cash for his entry to this year’s main event. Before he turned pro, he was a business analyst and has a degree of UC San Diego. He comes into the final table as the short stack, with only 2,620,000 in chips.
Interview video with Kelly Kim
November 9 main event final table 2008 World Series of Poker player
Kelly Kim rounds out the November Nine as the long shot with a very small chip stack of only 2,620,000. That may seem like a lot of chips, but compared to the next lowest (Craig Marquis) stack of 10.2 million, and the highest (Dennis Phillips) of 26.2 million, it will be interesting to see if Kim can increase his stack size soon enough to stay in the Final Table. The professional poker player of Korean descent resides in Whittier, California. Growing up, he played football and wrestled in high school. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UC-San Diego and used to work as a business analyst. During his sophomore year of college, he entered his first live poker tournament at a small Indian casino. Kim’s first live tournament cash came in 2001, earning $798, but those numbers have increased significantly to total 37 cashes and $351,744 in winnings. He respects Daniel Negreanu because he doesn’t hide anything from his fans, and is open and honest. Like many of the “November Nine,” Kim also plans to help his family and friends with the prize money.
Kelly Kim starts the main event final table with 2,620,000 in chips.
Last July the 2008 World Series of Poker had 6844 players entering for a grand final prize of $9.1 million to the champion. The tournament stopped when it reached 9 players. These 9 players known as the “November Nine” will resume tournament play at the final table this November 9th.
November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - Craig Marquis
Craig Marquis is a Texan from Arlington and is 23 years old, and could also become the youngest WSOP main event champ ever. He’s a college student who’s pretty new to poker — he’s been playing about a year and a half. If he wins, he plans on buying his family a swimming pool.
He starts the final table with 10,210,000 in chips.
Interview video of Craig Marquis
November 9 main event final table player 2008 World Series of Poker
Craig Marquis took a few years of community college, then went to UT-Arlington, before taking a break from school to play poker. While Marquis has only been playing poker for less than two years and mostly puts his skills to the test online, he has pocketed three live tournament cashes, all of which came from World Series of Poker events; the first two in 2007 and another this year in Event #17, the $1500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Shootout. Marquis looks forward to increasing his current earnings of $35,759 with his play this November in the Main Event Final Table. Marquis’s favorite poker players are David Benefield and Tom Dwan. In his free time, he enjoys playing the guitar and watching movies. He plans to help his family, and give his sisters some assistance with their schooling with his prize money.
Last July the 2008 World Series of Poker had 6844 players entering for a grand final prize of $9.1 million to the champion. The tournament stopped when it reached 9 players. These 9 players known as the “November Nine” will resume tournament play at the final table this November 9th.
November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - David Rheem
David Rheem or as he is known in the poker world, “Chino”,lives in Los Angeles, California and is 28. He’s a poker pro who’s been playing for 10 years and paid cash to enter the main event.
He starts the final table with 10,230,000 in chips.
Interview video of David Rheem
November Nine final table main event 2008 World Series of Poker player
Growing up, Rheem excelled at basketball and, as most kids following that sport, looked up to Michael Jordan. This California native has been playing professional poker for ten years now, topping the profits list with $634,657 over 15 cashes in the last three years. Five of those came from World Series of Poker events, but this will be Rheem’s first WSOP Main Event cash. He nearly won a bracelet in the 2006 No-Limit Hold’em $1,000 re-buy WSOP event finishing second and earning $328,000. Few people know that Chino is scared of heights. His plans with the prize money are to help his family and friends.
Last July the 2008 World Series of Poker had 6844 players entering for a grand final prize of $9.1 million to the champion. The tournament stopped when it reached 9 players. These 9 players known as the “November Nine” will make the final when the tournament resumes this November 9th.
November Nine final table main event player - Darus Suharto
Darus Suharto was born in Indonesia but now lives in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. He attended both York University and the University of Central Arkansas. He’s 39, has an MBA from Indiana University and works as an accountant. He won his way into the main event through a satellite.
He starts the final table with 12,520,000 in chips.
Interview video of Darus Suharto
November 9 final table main event player 2008 World Series of Poker
Suharto has only produced one live poker tournament cash in the amount of $26,389, for his 448th place finish at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event. His favorite poker player is Daniel Negreanu and his hobbies include traveling, reading, going to movies or just relaxing at home. In his free time, he also volunteers at some professional associations/not-for profit organizations.
Last July the 2008 World Series of Poker had 6844 players entering for a grand final prize of $9.1 million to the champion. The tournament stopped when it reached 9 players. These 9 players known as the “November Nine” will resume tournament play at the final table this November 9th.
November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery is from Perth, Ontario in Canada, is 26 years old and sits in third place among the chip leaders in the Main Event final table at the 2008 World Series of Poker. He is a poker pro who’s been playing for about four years and paid cash to enter this year’s main event.
He starts the final table with 19,690,000 in chips.
Watch interview video of Scott Montgomery - November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table
He received his Bachelor of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo and has been playing poker for about four years. All of his live tournament cashes came in 2008 – three of those in the 2008 WSOP – and Montgomery’s total live tournament earnings equal $406,585. His favorite poker memory is winning three consecutive tournaments online. In poker circles, fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu tops Montgomery’s list as his favorite player.
Last July the 2008 World Series of Poker had 6844 players entering for a grand final prize of $9.1 million to the champion. The tournament stopped when it reached 9 players. These 9 players known as the “November Nine” will make the final when the tournament resumes this November 9th.
Peter Eastgate is from Odense, Denmark and is 22 years old, making him the youngest player at the final table. If this poker pro wins, he’ll be the youngest WSOP champ ever. He’s a high school grad and paid his entry fee in cash.
He starts the final table with 18,375,000 in chips.
Watch an interview with Peter Eastgate - November 9 final table main event 2008 World Series of Poker player
Nicknamed “Isser”, Peter is a professional poker player and has been involved with the game for about three years. He paid cash to enter the 2008 WSOP and now finds himself at the Final Table. He has claimed two live tournament cashes over the last two years, earning $76,084. While he respects many poker players, Eastgate says that his favorite is Patrik Antonius because of his “skill and class.”
Update: Peter East gate won the 2008 World Series of Poker main event for $9.1 million. Of the 9 players at the final table Eastgate eliminated four of them.
Last July the 2008 World Series of Poker had 6844 players entering for a grand final prize of $9.1 million to the champion. The tournament stopped when it reached 9 players. These 9 players known as the “November Nine” will make the final when the tournament resumes this November 9th.
November 9 Player Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov is from Moscow, Russia. He’s a professional poker player, but 2008 was his first time playing at the World Series, where he also finished in 11th place in Event #44, the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em with rebuys event.
Watch a interview with Ivan Demidov - main event final table player 2008 World Series of Poker
Nicknamed “Soul,” Ivan Demidov is the second highest chip leader in the 2008 Main Event Final Table. The 27-year-old professional poker player has earned most of his cashes in online poker rooms. Demidov has seen only three live tournament cashes, though his earnings total is an impressive $65,081. Demidov excels in computer games such as Starcraft and Warcraft and was one of the top online players. He is single and enjoys skiing and scuba diving.
The World Series of Poker’s will resume Nov. 9 at Harrah’s in Las Vegas, as the nine remaining players compete for the WSOP Main Event bracelet and the $9,119,338 first prize. ESPN will air a preview of the final table on Nov. 4, and the final results on Nov. 11.
Dennis Phillips is leading the 9 players with 26,295,000 in chips. Phillips qualified for the event by winning a $200 satellite tournament, controls nearly 25 percent of the remaining chip at the final table.
For a brief interview with Dennis Phillips of the November 9 check out this video:
When asked, what does it take to make a World Series of Poker final table, Phillips responds,
If the same 6,844 player sat down and started the main event again, you would probably see nine different players at the final table. But you would also see an amazing amount of the same players who cashed this year also cashing again. It takes some luck and especially no bad luck to advance deep into a tournament but a huge amount of skill. You have to maximize those few premium hands that you get and be able to lay down a monster hand to someone. this is tough. I laid down pocket aces TWICE after the flop in the tournament.
As a member of the World Series of Poker final table “November 9″, Ylon Schwartz, 38 years old, from Brooklyn, New York, is starting with $12,525,000 in chips when the main event resumes this November the 9th.
• Schwartz has 11 World Series of Poker events cashes, including 15th place in the Limit Hold’em event this year. His cashes in 30 live tournaments have made him almost $256,000.
• As a former professional chess player, Schwartz, realized early on he could make more money at poker. He started playing chess when he was 13. At 16, he was making a living from chess in New York’s East Village. At 23, he became a chess master.
What to expect at the Final Table
Schwartz may have had the best attitude of any of the finalists: “I’ll evaluate my play, but I think I’m just going to find a hammock, a beach and a good bottle of tequila.”
How he qualified for the tournament
Schwartz has a Web site, shipthecheese.com, where he credits two men with teaching him poker: his grandfather and “Fat Nick,” whom he describes as “a 350-pound old man with one tooth in his mouth that crack was kind of enough to leave.”
Final table main event poker stardom?
“I still live in the same apartment,” he told the New York Post. “I go to the pub. Nothing has changed, except that I’m getting attention from TV people.”
Sponsor - PokerStars ESPN poker analyst Norman Chad:
“If he wins, he wants to go somewhere no one will find him, like Tim Robbins in ‘Shawshank Redemption.’ He’s smart and strange — you’ve got to fear the smart, strange ones — and he’ll wait for others to make mistakes at the table.”
For a brief interview with Ylon Schwartz watch this video about his expectations of the final table:
Ylon Schwartz, one of the nine players left at the final table in the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), has decided to auction an opportunity to sponsor him.
The auction will take place on eBay and the winner will earn a ten-square-inch advertising patch on his hat, chest or arm, reports Poker News Daily.
A starting bid of $100,000 will have to be made and half of all the proceeds will be donated to the EDC Habitat for Humanity charity.
Scott Neuman, president of RecordWeb Communications, the firm promoting Schwartz, said that the poker star was pleased to help out with the fundraising effort.
He commented: “What people have to remember is that while it’s a charity auction, the value of the patch is worth between $100,000 and $3 million.”
Schwartz will sit down at the final table with over 12 million chips, which will put him in fifth place when the other eight take to the felt.
Dennis Phillips is the chip leader with over 26 million and he recently auctioned advertising space on his own jacket to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table - the November 9
The 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table is about to make history. Normally the WSOP main event is played out to one winner or champion in one continuous event. Not so this year.
Last July, the main event of the 2008 World Series of Poker was played from 6844 players down to the final nine. Instead of completing the event and producing a winner of the top prize of $9.1 million, the completion was set for a later date.
We are 6 days from the completion of the 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table. Planned for November 9th on ESPN, the event will be played down to 2 players. Late on the 10th they will battle it out for the main event title, the bracelet and the 9 million dollar first place prize. It is explected to be completed sometime early on the 11th of November.
Here is a list of the November 9, 2008 WSOP main event final table players and their starting chip counts:
• DENNIS PHILLIPS, 53, St. Louis, Missouri, 26,295,000
• IVAN DEMIDOV, 27, Moscow, Russia, 24,400,000
• SCOTT MONTGOMERY, 26, Perth, Ontario, Canada, 19,690,000
• PETER EASTGATE, 22, Odense, Denmark, 18,375,000
• YLON SCHWARTZ, 38, Brooklyn, New York, 12,525,000
Who do you think is going to win the 2008 World Series of Poker main event? They are down to the final 9 or as they have been called the “November 9″. Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth share their thoughts on who they think will win the main event bracelet.
The 2008 World Series of Poker is the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, this year’s series began on May 30, 2008 and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold’em Main Event, the most prestigious of the WSOP events, ended by July 15. As has been the WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners received a championship bracelet in addition to that event’s prize money, which (after the casino’s rake) ranged from $87,929 to $1,989,120.
The 2008 WSOP main event was played out differently than the past years. The main event was played out to 9 players and stopped in July. Rather than complete the tournament and mark a champion of the $9.1 million first prize, the tournament was delayed until November 9th.
The “November 9″, as the final 9 players of the 2008 main event are known as, are all millionaires. Check out the November 9 player profiles.
Every day CarbonPoker gives players the chance to earn themselves an entry into the World Series by playing in the lower buy-in satellite tournaments. There are multi table tournament (MTT) and Sit’n'Go satellites starting from as low as $2 buy-in.
Players may buy in at any level or work their way up to the Grand Final events, where either large guaranteed prize pools or $12,500 real life tournament packages are given away.
World Series Satellite Tournament Schedule
* Sit’n'Go - $2, $10 & $55 tournaments registering 24/7, visit the Tournaments > Sit’n'Go > Satellite tab of the CarbonPoker software
* $2 MTT - Every day at 06:30, 09:00, 13:45, 16:00, 20:30 & 00:00 CarbonPoker time. (GMT-5 / ET-1)
It’s every player’s dream to take a shot at the World Series of Poker®. There’s the giant prize pool: Last year’s winner Jerry Yang took home more than $8 million after beating 6,358 other players. Then there’s the chance to join the former WSOP® champions in the poker history books.
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—————————————————————————————— Full Tilt Poker (US players allowed)
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Race to the Main Event
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Take either first or second place in one of these daily Preliminary Freerolls to advance to our Main Event Race – Finals Freerolls held each Sunday at 16:30 ET (21:30 GMT). Reach the podium in one of these tournaments by placing first, second or third and they’ll reward your performance by giving you a completely free WSOP* Main Event entry worth $10,000. Full Tilt Poker’s exclusive Race to the Main Event begins on Saturday, March 1st when they’ll start holding daily Freeroll tournaments that will run through Sunday, June 22nd. By the time the race ends, 50 players will have won free seats at the 2008 WSOP* Main Event.
—————————————————————————————— Poker Stars (US players allowed)
Poker Stars is giving up to $50,000 to qualifiers who make it to a TV table and…wait for it…up to $1 million bonus cash for players who make the Main Event final table.
Oh, and you get a free shuttle to from the Palms to Rio every day, which isn’t anything to sneeze at.
Among the most popular qualifiers for all big events are the PokerStars Steps satellites. For the World Series, the Steps satellites start at $7.50 or 500 Frequent Player Points.
Every day CarbonPoker gives players the chance to earn themselves an entry into the World Series by playing in the lower buy-in satellite tournaments. There are multi table tournament (MTT) and Sit’n'Go satellites starting from as low as $2 buy-in.
Players may buy in at any level or work their way up to the Grand Final events, where either large guaranteed prize pools or $12,500 real life tournament packages are given away. World Series Satellite Tournament Schedule
Sit’n'Go - $2, $10 & $55 tournaments registering 24/7, visit the Tournaments > Sit’n'Go > Satellite tab of the CarbonPoker.com software
$2 MTT - Every day at 06:30, 09:00, 13:45, 16:00, 20:30 & 00:00 CarbonPoker.com time. (GMT-5 / ET-1)
$10 MTT - Every day at 10:30, 14:30, 19:00 & 21:30 CarbonPoker time. (GMT-5 / ET-1)
$55 MTT - Every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 18:00 CarbonPoker time. (GMT-5 / ET-1)
—————————————————————————————— Ultimate Bet (US players allowed)
Here is your chance to qualify for the WSOP 2008! Blinds escalate every 5 minutes. These events will guarantee one seat into the WSOP 2008 Qualifier running daily at 9:30pm EST. Unlimited rebuys for the first half-hour ($5 each) grant 1500 more chips. Note: You must have 1500 or less chips to rebuy. One optional add-on at the end of the rebuy period gives you 3000 more chips. You may add-on regardless of how many chips you have. To rebuy, click on get chips in the lower-right, or you will automatically be prompted when you lose all of your chips and at the end of the rebuy period. Alternates are allowed up to the end of the rebuy period. Good luck!
The following online poker sites are offering players (EXCEPT the US players), main event WSOP® entries:
—————————————————————————————— Party Poker - World Series of Poker® qualifier structure
Here’s how you can book your seat early for poker’s biggest offline event through the online qualifiers: MTT Qualifiers
$1 WSOP Satellite Sub Qualifier Speed Rebuy, Daily
For every $64 in prizepool, 1 player wins entry into daily $64 WSOP Satellite Qualifier.
$3 WSOP Satellite Sub Qualifier Rebuy, Daily
For every $64 in prizepool, 1 player wins entry into daily $64 WSOP Satellite Qualifier.
STT Qualifiers
$2 WSOP STT Sub Qualifier
Available on demand 24/7
The $500 + 40 Online Final: Saturdays 22:00 CET
1st Prize Gtd: $17,500 World Series Of Poker* Package
You can buy in directly to the Final or qualify through the following ways: The Sit & Go Route
Lucky Dollar $1 + 0.10
This is a 20-player turbo tournament with blinds increasing every 3 minutes.
• 1st place - $15 + 1.50 Ticket
• 2nd place - $1 + 0.10 Ticket and $3.40
Stage 1 $15 + 1.50
This is a 10-player turbo tournament with blinds increasing every 6 minutes.
• 1st place - $69 + 6 Ticket
• 2nd place - $69 + 6 Ticket
Stage 2 $69 + 6
This is a 10-player tournament with blinds increasing every 12 minutes.
• 1st place - $500 + 40 Ticket
• 2nd place - $69 + 6 Ticket
• 3rd place - $69 + 6 Ticket
Scheduled Tournaments
Tournaments that pay out $500 + 40 tickets will run with these buy-ins:
It’s that time of year again. The time when everyone starts dreaming of winning the biggest poker tournament on the planet; the World Series of Poker* Main Event. There are many major events out there, but none of them come close to the importance of the WSOP*. From the instant fame attached to winning the Championship, to the multi-million dollar prize, this is where legends of poker are born. In 2008, PokerStars is giving you more chances than anywhere else to live the World Series dream.
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Since Chris Moneymaker won the Championship in 2003 after qualifying on PokerStars, they’ve had a proud history of sending more players to the Main Event than any other poker site. In 2008, they’re keeping this tradition alive by offering their best ever prize package, with a range of ways to qualify.
The city that lives and breathes poker
The World Series is held at the Rio Hotel & Casino, at the heart of the glamour and excitement of the Las Vegas Strip. The true home of poker, Vegas is a place where you can find action any time of day, for any stake you care to play. It’s only right that the biggest event on the poker calendar should take place in this town. The PokerStars dream prize package gives you the chance to see Vegas in all its glory.
Your chance to play in the ‘Big Dance’
Imagine sitting at the green felt, surrounded by the world’s greatest players in the event that everyone wants to win. From the moment the tournament director utters those famous words of “shuffle up and deal”, every player in the room knows they’re taking part in something special. With PokerStars satellite qualifiers, you have the chance to experience the Main Event for yourself.
The 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 1, 2007. The $10,000 (US) no-limit Texas hold ‘em Main Event began on July 6 and was completed on the morning of July 18. All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada by Harrah’s Entertainment, which has run the annual event since its purchase from the Binion family in 2004.
For the first time players began each event with double the amount of chips as the buy-in. This means that players in the Main Event started with 20,000 chips. The blind structure has also been increased and some blind levels removed but slowed to allow for more play.
The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with “satellite” events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. Forty more events in various events including Omaha, seven-card stud and razz, plus ladies’ and senior tournaments led up to the 10,000 USD no-limit Texas hold ‘em main event starting July 28 and running through the final table on August 10.
All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, which marked the first time that a casino other than Binion’s Horseshoe (now “Binion’s”) hosted the final table of the main event. Six days reserved for the first two rounds of play for the main event were established by Harrah’s Entertainment, which has run the annual event since its purchase from the Binion family in 2004.
The first prize in the main event was $12 million (US), the richest prize for the winner of any sports or television event in history. The top 12 players became millionaires.
The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winner.
The 2008 World Series of Poker is the largest, most prestigious poker event on earth.
Featuring 55 separate events spread over 7 weeks, last year’s main event made 5 poker millionaires with the winner taking home $8,000,000!
There are several ways you can join the game and earn your free entry into the biggest tournament with the biggest payouts. Just sign up with one of the following online poker sites. Each poker room offers WSOP freerolls or tournaments that can send you to the main event for just a few dollars entry or even free.
From now until June 22nd, Full Tilt Poker is offering you the chance to win your seat at the world’s biggest poker event. There are a variety of ways to win your $12K prize package to Vegas, including:
~ $200 Tuesday Main Event Guarantees every Tuesday at 21:00 ET
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~ $1K Thursday Main Event Guarantees every Thursday at 21:00 ET
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——————————————————————- Paradise Poker will be running satellites over the coming weeks where you can win a trip to Last Vegas during the WSOP main event. Each Las Vegas package includes:
€10,000 package for travel, accommodation and spending money.
The WSOP lasts from May 30th – July 20th with the main event beginning on Thu, Jul 3rd.
Harrah’s Entertainment, who owns the rights to the World Series of Poker, recently announced they are making a slight change to the schedule of the 2008 World Series of Poker. The change is simply two events switching positions, the $50,000 World Championship HORSE event and the $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball event. The $50,000 HORSE event had been Event #40 but is now Event #45, beginning at 5:00 p.m. on June 25th and ending on June 29th. The $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball event is now Event #40 and will begin at 12:00 p.m on June 22nd and run through June 24th.
Harrah’s has explained that they are making the change to the schedule to accommodate ESPN, who will now be able to offer better and more in-depth coverage of the $50,000 HORSE event. The $50,000 HORSE event is now considered te professionals’ game, as players need to be skilled in five different poker games, Holdem, Omaha, Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Eights of Better in order to have a shot at winning. The difficulty and large buy-in of the $50,000 HORSE event have made it nearly as prestigious as the Main Event and very popular among poker enthusiasts watching the coverage on ESPN.
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The Main Event Poker Championship took place in July of this year. The winner took home over $8 million. ESPN has been airing the coverage of the main event each week. Take a look as these players struggle with Day 2 of the biggest poker tournament in the world.
There is nothing worse than being the first out of a poker tournament. Well, there is if you are the first out of the World Series. The 2007 main event had over 8700 players battling for a $8.2 million first prize. You can imagine how a player feels getting taken out of a tournament that they have anxiously been waiting for all year. Then they get called with some rookie’s A2 and their KK get busted. Ouch. But you can relive these moments online. Check out Day 1 of the main event video coverage. Players from all around the world converge on Las Vegas for the biggest game in town.
In 2006, online poker hit a mark. The World Series of Poker had the largest payout in poker history. It was because of online sites like Full Tilt Pokerand Poker Stars who sent an enormous amount of players to the main event.
Take a look at the past few years statistics on the main event:
2002 - 631 players - Varkonyi
2003 - 839 players - Moneymaker
2004 - 2576 players - Raymer
2005 - 5619 players - Hachem
2006 - 8773 players - Gold
2007 - 6358 players - Yang
The price money for 1st place at the main event poker championship has peaked in 2006. Take a look at these main event wins:
If you follow poker to any degree you will find these videos interesting, funny and very educating. Just about every player you have ever heard of in the game shows up in these WSOP videos.
First of all poker has been around for a long time. The first World Series of Poker started at Binion’s Horshoe Tavern in Las Vegas in 1970. The prize pool wasn’t even worth mentioning. The first time the WSOP prize pool reached a million dollars was in the late 80’s.
Today is a different story! In the past few years, the main event at the WSOP, with an event entry free of $10,000 US, has grown enormously:
2003 WSOP - 839 players, the winner $2.5 million, Chris Moneymaker
2004 WSOP - 2576 players, the winner $5 million, Greg Raymer
2005 WSOP - 5569 players, the winner $7.5 million, Joseph Hachem
2006 WSOP - 8773 players, the winner $12 million, Jammie Gold
2007 WSOP - 6358 players, the winner $8.2 million, Jerry Yang
Both main event winners (Moneymaker and Raymer), from 2003 and 2004, entered through the online poker site Poker Stars. Not everyone entered the WSOP through an online tournament though, many players coughed up the full entry fee to play.
Poker’s popularity is due the World Poker Tour weekly televised events and the coverage of the World Series of Poker. Online poker has also contributed to the poker boom.
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