03-11-09, LearnTexasHoldem:

WSOP 2009 - The 40 Year Anniversary

In 2009 the World Series of Poker will be celebrating the 40 year anniversary. The popular poker happening will be bigger than ever, featuring a few improvements and a one time only $40,000 no-limit holdem event.

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WSOP Player Profiles
H.O.R.S.E.: The Player's Championship

The 2009 edition of the WSOP will feature a total of 57 events, which is an additional two since last year. The competition will run between May 27 and July 15. As last year the final table of the Main Event will take a 118-day break and return as the November Nine. The final table will be played November 7 - 10. But the most exciting addition in 2009 is the $40,000 WSOP no limit holdem event, a very prestigious bracelet that all the pros want to win.

High-value WSOP Satellites

This is where you can find the best WSOP satellites:

PokerStars - Hundreds of Main Event packages available.

Full Tilt Poker - Main Event Mania at least 50 free seats at the WSOP Main Event.

Carbon Poker - Plenty of cheap WSOP satellites

You can find more info about these tournaments, and more 2009 WSOP satellites on our WSOP Satellites page.

World Champion Events

A total of ten $10,000 World Champion Events will be arranged. Two new Championship events have been added since last year; the Seven-card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 18) and 2-7 Draw Lowball (Event 23).

A change this year is that all the re-buy events will disappear. The decision was made after some heavy criticism from players in the WSOP Player Advisory Council such as Daniel Negreanu, who claimed that the re-buy events allowed players with large bankrolls to buy WSOP gold bracelets.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the WSOP a one time only $40,000 WSOP no limit holdem event will be arranged (Event 2). It will be held during the opening weekend and is believed to attract all the best players in the world. The winner will have a bracelet that no one else will be able to claim ever. If this is way over your budget there is also a $1,000 no limit holdem 'stimulus special' tournament running the first weekend, which more than 5,000 players are expected to enter.

Another big occasion is the third annual $50,000 H.O.R.S.E tournament (Event 49), where the winner receives the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and an enhanced gold bracelet. The first tournament held in 2006 was won by the late Chip Reese.

We are definitely in for a great World Series of Poker 2009 - the 40 year anniversary will surely be something out of the ordinary.

"Whether you play poker around the kitchen table or consider yourself a professional, you will find a comfortable seat at the 2009 World Series of Poker. This year's schedule offers more variety than ever before and we look forward to welcoming players from around the world to the Rio for our 40th annual extravaganza this summer," the commissioner of the World Series of Poker Jeffrey Pollack said after the new schedule was released.

Check out the 2009 WSOP Schedule.

 

 

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