The 2018 World Series of Poker gets underway today at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The world’s most prestigious poker tournament series will celebrate its 49th anniversary this year with a huge schedule of 78 bracelet events, culminating with the WSOP Main Event from Monday 2 July to Saturday 14 July.
In total the 2018 WSOP will run for almost two months with new additions to the schedule including a US$100,000 buy-in High Roller event, US$50,000 High Roller, US$365 PLO Giant and a US$1,500 “The Closer” boasting 15,000 starting stacks and 30-minute levels.
This year will also see the return of the US$1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop, which will be the final event on the schedule starting on Thursday 15 July.
As always, the first event on the schedule today will be the annual US$565 Casino Employees Event. The second event on the schedule, the US$565 “Colossus”, kicks off on Saturday.
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