WSOP Reveals 2020 Summer Championship Event Dates
Every few weeks, the World Series of Poker executives release another set of tournaments for the WSOP 2020 summer schedule. Just last week, another 16 events were added to the growing schedule, completing the championship portion of it.
WSOP 2020 now has more than 30 tournaments on the schedule, complete with times and dates, buy-ins and starting chip stacks, levels and reentry options.
Updates are coming very regularly now. The initial announcement revealed the core dates of the summer series in early December, with another 12 tournaments announced barely a week later.
Little more than one week into 2020, the WSOP revealed the next set of tournaments – 15 championship events with $10,000 buy-ins and one requiring $50,000.
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16 more events confirmed. Here's the entire slate of $10,000 buy-in events on offer this summer @RioVegas https://t.co/t98Nu0OnDq pic.twitter.com/AnAJ0rm5IL
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) January 9, 2020
A Variety of Championships
There will actually be a total of 17 championship events at the 2020 WSOP, including the WSOP Main Event, which is always played with No Limit Texas Hold’em. But as history has it, poker champions don’t always play that variation, so more options must be on the table, so to speak.
This year, there will be 24 poker variations included in these championship events. The extra games come from mixed game events like the Poker Players Championship.
Let’s look at the list of championship events only for WSOP 2020:
–June 3: $10K Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better (freezeout)
–June 6: $10K Seven-Card Stud (freezeout)
–June 8: $10K Short Deck Hold’em (one reentry allowed)
–June 9: $10K HORSE (freezeout)
–June 12: $10K Super Turbo Bounty NLHE (freezeout)
–June 13: $10K Dealers Choice 6-Handed (freezeout)
–June 15: $10K No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (one reentry allowed)
–June 18: $10K Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (freezeout)
–June 20: $10K Pot-Limit Omaha (freezeout)
–June 22: $50K Poker Players Championship 9-Game Mix (freezeout)
–June 24: $10K Razz (freezeout)
–June 26: $10K PLO Hi-Lo 8-or-Better (freezeout)
–June 28: $10K Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better (freezeout)
–June 29: $10K NLHE 6-Handed (freezeout)
–June 30: $10K Limit Hold’em (freezeout)
–July 1-3: $10K NLHE Main Event (freezeout)
–July 2: $10K WSOP Online NLHE (freezeout)
The Poker Players Championship had been a mix of eight games, but this year will open it to nine games. The new addition to the list is No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw.
The WSOP also announced that there will be a dedicated leaderboard to track points in only the championship events listed above. Players will earn points, similarly to the Player of the Year leaderboard. At the end, there will be “prizes up for grabs for the winner.”
Schedule So Far
Let’s take a look at the schedule with all released information thus far:
–May 27 at 3pm: $500 Casino Employees NLHE w/1 reentry
(25K chips, 40-minute levels)
–May 28-31 at 10am: $500 Big 50 NLHE w/1 entry per flight
(4 flights, 50K chips, 50-minute levels)
–June 3 at 3pm: $10K Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–June 5-6 at 10am: $1,500 Millionaire Maker NLHE w/1 entry per flight
(2 flights, 25K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 6 at 3pm: $10K Seven-Card Stud w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–June 8 at 3pm: $10K Short Deck Hold’em w/1 reentry
(60K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 9 at 3pm: $10K HORSE w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–June 12 at 2pm: $10K Super Turbo Bounty NLHE w/no reentries
(60K chips, 20-minute levels)
–June 12-13 at 10am: $1,500 Monster Stack NLHE w/no reentries
(50K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 13 at 3pm: $10K Dealers Choice 6-Handed w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–June 15 at 3pm: $10K No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw w/1 reentry
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–June 17 at 11am: $1K Ladies NLHE w/1 reentry ($10K buy-in reduced to $1K for women)
(20K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 18 at 10am: $1K Seniors NLHE w/1 reentry (players must be aged 50+)
(20K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 18 at 3pm: $10K Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–June 19-20 at 10am: $1K Double Stack NLHE w/1 entry per flight
(40K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 20 at 3pm: $10K PLO w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 22 at 10am: $1K Super Seniors NLHE w/1 entry per flight (players must be aged 60+)
(unknown number of flights, 20K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 22 at 2pm: $1K/team Tag Team NLHE w/no reentries (2 players per team)
(20K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 22 at 3pm: $50K Poker Players Championship w/no reentries
(300K chips, 100-minute levels)
–June 24 at 3pm: $10K Razz w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–June 24-25 at 10am: $400 Colossus NLHE w/1 entry per flight
(2 flights, 40K chips, 40-minute levels)
–June 26 at 3pm: $10K PLO Hi-Lo 8-or-Better w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 26-27 at 10am & 5pm: $888 Crazy Eights 8-Handed NLHE w/1 entry per flight
(40K chips, 30/40-minute levels)
–June 28 at 3pm: $10K Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–June 29 at 11am: $1K Mini NLHE Main Event w/no reentries
(60K chips, 30-minute levels)
–June 29 at 3pm: $10K NLHE 6-Handed w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60-minute levels)
–June 30 at 3pm: $10K LHE w/no reentries
(60K chips, 60/90-minute levels)
–July 1-3 at 11am: $10K NLHE Main Event w/no reentries
(3 flights, 60K chips, 120-minute levels)
–July 2 at 3pm: $10K WSOP.com Online NLHE w/no reentries
(30K chips, 20-minute levels)
–July 4-6 at 12pm: $1K + $111 Little One for One Drop NLHE w/unlimited reentries
(3 flights, 40K chips, 60-minute levels)
–July 10-11 at 12pm: $1,500 Closer NLHE w/1 entry per flight
(2 flights, 25K chips, 30-minute levels)
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— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) January 8, 2020
