WSOP announces 2011 Dates

[lkport]

Well the World Series of Poker announced the dates that the upcoming WSOP in Las Vegas will run on. They did not release the full list of events and their dates. Their press release is a bit of a tease really. It does say when the WSOP will begin. It even lays out the dates of the Main Event. The full slate of which preliminary events will be which dates is supposed to be released in January some time. A nice little promotional boost for them to keep people focused on the WSOP I guess.

There are some interesting tidbits. the wording of the WSOP Main Event schedule seems odd and some may interpret the way it is phrased to mean that the final table won't wait until November. I think that is not the case, but of course, I cannot be certain with the ambiguous wording. Another piece of news is that the stop times for each day of all tournaments will be scheduled. No longer will they have to hit a certain number of players each day before calling the end of the day. This is probably welcomed by most players since it creates a bit of order where there was none.

The press release:
42nd ANNUAL WORLD SERIES OF POKER ANNOUNCES DATES

MAY 31 – JULY 19, 2011 AT RIO ALL-SUITE HOTEL & CASINO IN LAS VEGAS

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 22, 2010) – The 42nd annual World Series of Poker® (WSOP®) -- a set of poker tournaments open to anyone 21 years of age or older – will begin its 2011 campaign on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 – just a day after Memorial Day – and run every day for 50 straight days until Tuesday, July 19, 2011.

The event, as has been its norm since 2005, will continue to be held in the Convention Center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The WSOP Main Event will begin on Thursday, July 7, 2011, and once again feature four starting days (July 7, July 8, July 9 and July 10).

As is now customary, the WSOP Main Event will be the final tournament of the annual WSOP, with its conclusion slated for Tuesday, July 19, after reaching the final table of nine players.

Hard stop times will become a definitive change in 2011 for all bracelet events. Players will play a maximum of 10 levels per day. Once 10 levels have been completed, remaining players will have their chips bagged and tagged and return the next day to continue on in the tournament. Regardless of how many players remain in a tournament, hard stop times will be enforced after 10 levels of play.

The entire 42nd Annual World Series of Poker schedule, with individual tournaments, dates, times and buy-ins will be released in January.

[UnknownFlush]

WSOP 2012 for me :(