The schedule for the 46th annual World Series of Poker was released on Monday. The tournament series will run from May 27 to July 14 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The schedule contains a record 68 bracelet events and nearly $200 million in guaranteed prize money.
Besides regular events such as the Main Event and the $10k H.O.R.S.E. championship, there will be 11 new events this year - including the first ever online bracelet event on Thursday, July 2, with the final two players to battle each other face-to-face at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
"If you've never thought about coming to Las Vegas for the WSOP, this is the year," said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. "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."
Other notable highlights of the 2015 schedule (text from WSOP's website):
• Enhanced Starting Chips - Gold bracelet events in 2015 under the $10,000 price point have all increased the starting chip stack players will have at the outset from what used to be three times the buy-in, to this year which will be five times the buy-in in most instances. Please consult individual structure sheets to learn more.
• ONE DROP Charity - After terrific success with charitable giving the past three years, with more than $16 million donated to charitable causes via the WSOP, all events will continue to offer an opportunity to donate. The "1% for ONE DROP" returns, where players cashing in any event, may donate 1% of their winnings to ONE DROP. In addition, Events #58 & #61 will each have specific charitable components to help raise funds for WSOP charitable partner, the ONE DROP organization (www.ONEDROP.org)
• The Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship - On Friday, June 19 at 10:00 a.m., Event #40 featuring a $1,000 buy-in for all poker enthusiasts 50 years of age or older. This year, a Super Seniors gold bracelet event has been added too, for those age 65+. It will take place Sunday, June 21 at 10 a.m. as Event #43.
• The Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship - On Friday, June 26 at 12 p.m., featuring a $10,000 buy-in for the Ladies Championship (Event #53). Ladies enjoy a special discounted buy-in of $1,000. This continues to be the largest ladies poker tournament annually.
• Daily Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em Tournaments - The Rio will host three different daily No-Limit Hold'em tournaments from May 27 to July 14. The first one, at 3 p.m. daily, is a $235 buy-in that averaged more than 1,000 entries last year. At 6 p.m., players can play the daily $185 buy-in tournament and at 10 p.m., a daily $135 tournament will be offered. These are one-day structured tournaments, and non-bracelet events. These events will take place in the Pavilion Ballroom and in 2014 attracted a record 66,805 entrants.
• Satellites Every Day! - A complete array of satellites, from single-table to mega, will be offered fromMay 27 - July 7. Mega satellites with buy-ins at $330 for the daily 5 p.m. and $550 buy-in for the daily 8 p.m. start. And $75 Turbo-Mega-Satellites begin at 8 a.m. daily. New this year to the satellite offerings, is a daily 10 a.m. $185 buy-in Mega Satellite, played as No-Limit Hold'em.
New events:
Event #5: $565 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em (May 29-June 2)
Event #6: $1,000 Hyper No-Limit Hold'em (May 31-June 1)
Event #42: $1,500 Extended Play No-Limit Hold'em (June 20-23)
Event #43: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em (June 21-23)
Event #53: $5,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em (June 26-28)
Event #55: $1,500 DraftKings 50/50 No-Limit Hold'em (June 27-29)
Event #60: $25,000 High Roller 8-handed PL Omaha (June 29-July 2)
Event #62: $1,500 Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (July 1-3)
Event #64: $1,000 WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold'em (July 2-3)
Event #65: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em (July 3-5)
Event #67: $10,000 Dealer's Choice (July 3-5)
Click here to view the 2015 WSOP schedule in full.
