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World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament officials have decided to stoke interest in the upcoming 2019 series. They have released a limited schedule of events so that players can begin making their plans early.

The 2019 WSOP will mark the 50th anniversary of poker’s most prestigious tournament series. The collection of tournaments, which began humbly as a gathering of a few dozens, will likely award more than $200 million in prizes this year.

As has been the case since 2005, the WSOP will run in the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino‘s convention area. There have been rumors for months that a move to the Las Vegas Strip might be in the offing.

There have also been whispers that a sale of the Rio is imminent. However, WSOP personnel and Caesars have repeatedly denied the veracity of those rumors.

Irrespective of any plans, this year’s series will be back home in the Amazon Room.

The Big 50 is the WSOP’s new baby

The past few years of the WSOP have seen the development of numerous new tournament formats. This year’s edition will be no different, as tournament officials will kick off the series with the Big 50.

The Big 50 will be a $500 buy-in, no-limit hold’em tournament. There will be four flights to begin the tournament, starting May 30. WSOP officials have given the event a $5 million guarantee for its prize pool.

The hook for this tournament is that WSOP is pledging to make everyone’s initial entry rake-free. In other words, all $500 of the first entry will go into the prize pool.

The net effect will be a natural enriching of the available pot of money. Of course, subsequent entries will be raked at the usual rate. In a press release, WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart said,

“We’re excited to commence our golden event. We expect our opening weekend Big 50 event to be one of the largest in our history, and certainly one of the best value tournaments ever offered. This is part of our concerted plans to make the 2019 WSOP a better value all-around.”

The Big 50 does, indeed, appear set to become one of the best values at the WSOP. Players begin with 50,000 in tournament chips, and blind levels are 50 minutes long.

Along with the guarantee of $5 million comes a promise for first prize. The winner of the Big 50 will get at least $1 million. That kind of value (along with a WSOP bracelet) for just $500 is hard to find.

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Events for everyone at the WSOP

The $1 million first prize in the Big 50 is hardly the only chance at a seven-digit payout during this year’s series. In fact, the Millionaire Maker (MM) is designed to provide exactly that.

The MM will also offer no-limit hold’em and a chance at a million-dollar payday. The tournament, which will commence June 7, is a $1,500 event with a $1 million guarantee for the winner.

Players will begin with 25,000 in chips and have 60 minutes per blind level. There are only two opening flights for the MM, which means that the tournament size will be limited. In other words, entrants will not have to fade as many competitors in their quest for a million dollars.

Other notable events will include:

• Seniors (50+) No-limit hold’em (NLHE): $1,000 buy-in
• Double Stack NLHE: $1,000 buy-in with 40,000 in starting chips
• Monster Stack NLHE: $1,500 buy-in with 50,000 in starting chips
• Crazy Eights NLHE: $888 buy-in with $888,888 guaranteed to the winner

The Main Event is still the main event of poker

Of course, the highlight for most players is the marquee Main Event. The $10,000 buy-in tournament remains the gold standard for poker tournaments, and its winners are still dubbed “world champions” and are destined for poker immortality.

Last year’s Main Event featured a significant turnout. Nearly 8,000 players competed for more than a week, which led to the crowning of John Cynn as the 2018 World Champion.

No champion has repeated as the winner since the poker boom. However, former champion Joe Cada placed sixth in last year’s event, and poker great Dan Harrington has hit the final table twice since.

Could this be the year that a player returns to the top of the mountain? Unlikely, but the great thing about poker is that it’s impossible to know what will happen.

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*Please note: the online events will run on WSOP.com.

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