World Series of Poker 2011 begins today with two events

• Author: News
• Filed under: WSOP, pokerista.net
• Date: May 31,2011

World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 begins today with two events at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. This year they have 58 different events for all poker enthusiasts.

Events #1 and #2 will begin today.

Event #1 is the classic Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em Tournament. Buy-in is $500.

Event #2 is Heads-up No-Limit  Hold’em Championship, where the buy-in is $25,000.

WSOP rematches will be played on Thursday. All the rematches will be televised by ESPN on July 26th.

Event #58 is the legendary Main Event (buy-in $10,000) - NLHE Championships, which will be played from July 7th to 19th. Main Event Final Table (November Nine) will be played in November.

Event #29 will be really interesting Tournament. It’s a 10-Game Mix (6-max) with a $2,500 buy-in. Players will face ten different forms of poker in this tournament: No-Limit Hold’em, Seven Card Razz , Limit Hold’em, Badugi (Limit), Seven Card Stud, 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit), Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Pot-Limit Omaha, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit), and Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better.

WSOP 2011 will be held from May 31st to July 19th + the November Nine in November.

Check out the whole Tournament Schedule from here.

Source: Pokerista.net, WSOP