The 2018 World Series of Poker schedule has just been announced this Tuesday, and 78 official gold bracelet events will be up for grabs. Also, after four years, they are finally bringing back the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop! The 2018 WSOP is scheduled from May 29 to July 17, 2018, with the Main Event on July 2 to 14, 2018, and the Big One for One Drop on the last day, July 17.
The 49th Annual edition of the summer poker event shall take place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the 14th consecutive year.
Several of the most popular events shall be back, including the $565 Colossus on June 2, $1,500 Millionaire Maker on June 9, $2,620 The Marathon on June 11, $50,000 Poker Players Championship on June 15, and the $888 Crazy Eights on June 30. While there will be classic favorites in the event, there will be new tournaments in 2018 that players can look forward to joining, such as:
New WSOP Events in 2018
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May 30
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$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty NL Hold’em
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June 1
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$100,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em
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June 3
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$365 THE PLO GIANT
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June 16
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$1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold’em
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June 23
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$565 WSOP.com Online PLO 6-Handed
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June 25
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$1,500 BOUNTY No-Limit Hold’em
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July 12
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$1,500 THE CLOSER No-Limit Hold’em
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July 13
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$50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em
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The Return of the Biggest of Them All
Last held in 2014, the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop returns to the World Series of Poker and it is one tournament that is making everyone excited. The most expensive tourney to be made in the history of North American poker, this 3-day action-packed event starts on June 15, a day after the conclusion of the Main Event, and certainly is not for the bankroll-challenged among us.
At the previous Big One events, the poker world witnessed Antonio Esfandiari win it in 2012 and Dan Colman in 2014. Aside from a massive pile of cash, it is crucial that you bring your ultimate A game to this event as well.
Esfandiari’s score of $18,346,673 remains the largest win in the history of tournament poker. He bested 48 players, including his heads-up opponent Sam Trickett, and sealed his way to an epic victory. Two years later, Colman bagged the event, with a memorable win of his own as well, adding to his bank account $15,306,668, and then he infamously went sour-faced and refused to do interviews after he won his eight-figure prize. In 2016, the tournament moved to Monte Carlo for an invite-only Extravaganza, in which Elton Tsang won it for $11,111,111.
Who do you think will be the next world champ?
The 2018 WSOP Main Event shall start a week earlier than the norm, with the three Day One starting flights scheduled on July 2, 3 and 4. On July 14, a new world champion shall be crowned.
At the moment, Scott Blumstein is the reigning champion. The 888poker ambassador and New Jersey native won a massive $8,150,000 for besting a huge field of 7,221 players earlier in 2017.
Click here to view the full schedule of 2018 World Series of Poker
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