All Eyes on WSOP High Roller Events This Summer
As the 2019 World Series of Poker gets underway this week, all poker fans will be watching for different reasons. Some want to see the recreational players win life-changing money. Others want to see the important hands and how players win. Some want to watch for their friends to keep up with their progress.
Nearly every poker fan has at least one favorite player, though. They search the chip counts and live updates for that name – or names – to see how they fare. It could be Phil Ivey or Phil Hellmuth. It might be the newly-wedded and no-longer-PokerStars-affiliated Daniel Negreanu. Or it might be Maria Ho.
No matter the names of those famous players, it is likely that most of them will be playing in the highest-profile events at the WSOP. And many of those events require significant buy-ins.
Let’s take a look at the high roller tournaments on the 50th Annual World Series of Poker schedule, as well as the $10K buy-in championship events. We also note the website subscription(s) needed to view each tournament’s final table, as most of them will be livestreamed.
WSOP High Rollers
There is no exact definition of high roller tournaments, no minimum buy-in that puts a tournament in that category. But for the sake of sorting them here, we’ll say that any buy-in over $10K makes an event a high roller.
Event 5: 50th Annual High Roller NLHE
Buy-in: $50K
Starting chips: 50K
Start date: Friday, May 31
Final table date: Monday, June 3
Livestream: PokerGO
Event 45: High Roller PLO
Buy-in: $25K
Starting chips: 150K
Start date: Wednesday, June 19
Final table date: Saturday, June 22
Livestream: CBS All Access
Event 58: Poker Players Championship 8-Game Mix
Buy-in: $50K
Starting chips: 300K
Start date: Monday, June 24
Final table date: Thursday, June 27 and Friday, June 28
Livestream: PokerGO
Event 83: High Roller NLHE
Buy-in: $100K
Starting chips: 600K
Start date: Thursday, July 11
Final table date: Saturday, July 13
Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All Access
WSOP Championships
There are quite a few tournaments on the 2019 WSOP schedule with $10K buy-ins. These are almost always labeled as championship events and almost always start with 60K chip stacks, setting them apart from other similar tournaments with varying buy-ins.
All $10k and above events announced for 2019 WSOP. Who has $405,000 lying around? That's what these 20 events would cost if you entered them all.
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— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) January 15, 2019
Event 2: Super Turbo Bounty NLHE
Start date: Wednesday, May 29
Final table date: Thursday, May 30
Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All Access
Event 8: Short Deck NLHE
Start date: Sunday, June 2
Final table date: Wednesday, June 5
Livestream: PokerGO
Event 15: Heads-Up NLHE Championship
Start date: Wednesday, June 5
Final table date: Saturday, June 8
Livestream: PokerGO
Event 18: Omaha-8 Hi-Lo Championship
Start date: Thursday, June 6
Final table date: Sunday, June 9
Livestream: CBS All Access
Event 21: No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship
Start date: Saturday, June 8
Final table date: Tuesday, June 11
Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All Access
Event 29: HORSE Championship
Start date: Tuesday, June 11
Final table date: Friday, June 14
Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All Access
Event 35: Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed Championship
Start date: Friday, June 14
Final table date: Monday, June 17
No livestream
Event 41: Seven-Card Stud Championship
Start date: Monday, June 17
Final table date: Thursday, June 20
Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All Access
Event 49: Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
Start date: Thursday, June 20
Final table date: Sunday, June 23
No livestream
Event 52: PLO 8-Handed Championship
Start date: Saturday, June 22
Final table date: Tuesday, June 25
Livestream: PokerGO
Event 62: Razz Championship
Start date: Wednesday, June 26
Final table date: Saturday, June 29
No livestream
Event 65: PLO-8 Hi-Lo Championship
Start date: Friday, June 28
Final table date: Monday, July 1
Livestream: CBS All Access
Event 67: Seven-Card Stud-8 Hi-Lo Championship
Start date: Sunday, June 30
Final table date: Wednesday, July 3
No livestream
Event 72: Limit Hold’em Championship
Start date: Tuesday, July 2
Final table date: Thursday, July 4
No livestream
Event 73: NLHE World Championship Main Event
Start date: Wednesday, July 3 through Friday, July 5
Final table date: Sunday, July 14 through Tuesday, July 16
Event 86: NLHE 6-Handed Championship
Start date: Saturday, July 13
Final table date: Tuesday, July 16
Livestream: CBS All Access
