Official WSOP 2019 Schedule | WSOP 2019 Events

As the World Series of Poker turns 50 this year the WSOP organizing committee has gone the extra mile – and then some – to make the 2019 WSOP schedule a memorable one.

A dazzling array of 90 (!) events are on the official WSOP schedule with the entire festival kicking off on May 29.

From the moment the “Shuffle Up and Deal” is announced in the traditional opener, the $500 Casino Employees Event, until a new World Series of Poker Main Event champion is crowned on July 16, it’ll be a flurry of action all day, every day at the Rio in Las Vegas.

Jump directly to the full 2019 WSOP schedule here:

• Official 2019 WSOP Schedule

See ongoing WSOP 2019 Results here:

• WSOP 2019 Results

Among the new and exciting events on the docket to celebrate 50 years of WSOP history:

• Historic $500 buy-in “The Big 50” No-Limit Hold’em event with $5 million Guaranteed
• $50,000 buy-in Anniversary Special Tournament
• $1,000 Mini Main Event
• $1,500 Bracelet Winners-Only Event
• $500 Salute to Warriors Charity Event (to benefit members of Police, Fire and Armed Forces)
• $600 Deepstack Championship Event
• $400 WSOP Colossus (lowest buy-in ever)
• $10,000 Short Deck Holdem Event

Additionally there will be a full 20 Championship events with $10,000 buy-ins and nine official online bracelet events – an all-time record. Popular returning events for the 2019 WSOP alongside the iconic $10,000 Main Event include:

• $1,500 Millionaire Maker
• $1,000 Seniors Championship
• $1,000 Super Seniors Championship
• $1,000 Ladies Championship
• $1,500 Monster Stack
• $1,000 Tag Team Championship
• The $2,620 Marathon
• The Colossus (buy-in now $400 from $565)
• $888 888poker Crazy Eights
• $1,111 Little One for One Drop
• $1,500 The Closer ($1m Guaranteed)
• $50,000 Poker Players Championship

To further enhance the experience for WSOP players old and new the WSOP has also added:

• One-Day Super Turbo Events
• Bigger starting stacks in most events
• Big Blind Ante for Main Event

It will almost assuredly be the biggest World Series of Poker in history in terms of attendance, countries represented and bracelets awarded – and that’s not even adding in the 2019 WSOP Europe scheduled for the fall in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.

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More on a few of the 2019 WSOP highlight events:

$500 “The Big 50” No-Limit Hold’em with $5m Guaranteed

Getting the 2019 WSOP off to a rollicking start on the opening weekend is the new “Big 50.” It’ll run over 4 days (May 30-June 2) with:

• $500 buy-in
• 50,000 chips to start
• 50-minute levels
• $5 million guaranteed prize pool
• $1m guaranteed for the winner

One flight will run each day starting early (11 am, 10 am) and go 12 levels.

Important to note: The first entry for each player is entirely rake-free (!) and all $500 goes into the prize pool. Re-entries will pay the usual fees.

“We’re excited to commence our golden event,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. “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.”

$50,000 Anniversary High Roller

How better to celebrate the WSOP’s 50th than with a tournament that celebrates just how far tournament poker has evolved since 1970?

The $50,000 buy-in Anniversary event is open to all players and is scheduled to run over four days. Starting stacks will be 300,000 and levels will be one hour. Registration will be open until the end of Day 2.

Update: An extra $50,000 buy-in event has been added to the schedule (Event #90). It’ll play on July 8 over 3 days with unlimited re-entries and a shot clock.

$1,000 Mini Main Event

Low-stakes poker players have been clamouring for this for years and the 50th WSOP is finally delivering. 

The $1,000 Mini Main Event runs July 1 and July 2 and mimics the set-up and structure of the iconic Main Event to give those of us with smaller budgets a chance to experience the thrill of the ME.

The Mini Main Event has the same blind structure as its parent event but will have 30-minute levels (instead of the usual 120 mins). Starting stacks are a dazzling 60,000 so players will really have room to play.

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9 Online Bracelet Events

This is by far a record for most online events and a real sign of the present and future WSOP.

The exact number of online events (and whether you will be able to play them via the shared player pool liquidity agreement between Nevada and New Jersey) may still be altered but for now they are listed on the schedule.

Online bracelet events start June 2 with the $400 1-day Online No-Limit Hold’em event. More events will follow every week with buy-ins from $500-$1,000.

The Online High Roller will cap things off on July 3 with a $3,200 buy-in. Check the full WSOP schedule below for details (and be prepared for changes).

Read more about the 2019 WSOP Online Bracelet Events and Satellites here:

• 2019 WSOP Online Bracelet Events and Satellites

$1,500 Bracelet Winners-Only Event

Won a WSOP gold bracelet before? This one is for you.

Only previous WSOP bracelet winners are eligible to enter this 4-day, $1,500 buy-in event scheduled to start July 10 (Day 5 of Main Event). Starting stacks are $50k and play will wind down to a “Champion of Champions” with no re-entries allowed.

Just how many potential runners are there, you might wonder? Well, between the 1,078 past bracelet winners to the 60+ who will have new bracelets on their wrists this summer you’re looking at about 1,140 or so.

Just how many will take a shot at it? We’ll find out July 10.

$500 Salute to Warriors Charity Event

Want to pay tribute to the men and women who serve in the US Armed Forces? You can via this new charity event introduced for the 2019 WSOP. 

The event is open to ALL participants (not just military members) and will run three days, ending on July 4. All proceeds from this event, according to the WSOP, will be donated to the USO and other veteran organizations.

$600 Deepstack Championship Event

The $600 Deepstack may be the showpiece event but the WSOP has actually added six new low buy-in Deepstack events that will run throughout the series. Each has a buy-in between $600 and $800 and will be either No-Limit Hold’em or Pot-Limit Omaha.

The Deepstack Championship on June 25 will have a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and guarantee the winner a 2019 WSOP Main Event seat. Starting stacks are 30,000 and play will run for 3 days.

$400 The Colossus

The Colossus has proven to be one of the most successful innovations the WSOP has ever put forward with up to 22,000+ players in the event from year-to-year.

This is the 5th edition of the Colossus and this year the buy-in has dropped even further to just $400 from the usual $565. That makes it the lowest buy-in WSOP bracelet event.

Starting flights will take over the Rio on June 26/27. Starting stacks are 40,000 and levels will be 40 minutes. The winner of the 2019 WSOP Colossus will again take home $1m.

$10,000 Short Deck Holdem Event

Short Deck (or 6+) Hold’em has grabbed the attention of a lot of poker players lately thanks to its inflated hand values and intense action.

It started as a fixation of just a few high-rollers in the Asian poker scene but has since spread widely and can be played online at PokerStars and William Hill Poker, among others.

The WSOP has jumped on the trend now too and catered to the high rollers with a new $10,000 Short Deck Hold’em event The $10k Short Deck Championship will play out over 4 days starting June 2. One re-entry will be permitted.

For a full rundown on the Rules of Short Deck Holdem and the official Short Deck Hold’em Hand Rankings, check our page here:

• Short Deck Holdem Rules & Hand Rankings

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