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 NLHEBuy-in: $50KStarting chips: 50KStart date: Friday, May 31Final table date: Monday, June 3Livestream: PokerGOEvent 45: High Roller PLOBuy-in: $25KStarting chips: 150KStart date: Wednesday, June 19Final table date: Saturday, June 22Livestream: CBS All AccessEvent 58: Poker Players Championship 8-Game MixBuy-in: $50KStarting chips: 300KStart date: Monday, June 24Final table date: Thursday, June 27 and Friday, June 28Livestream: PokerGOEvent 83: High Roller NLHEBuy-in: $100KStarting chips: 600KStart date: Thursday, July 11Final table date: Saturday, July 13Livestream: 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.
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Event 2: Super Turbo Bounty NLHEStart date: Wednesday, May 29Final table date: Thursday, May 30Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All AccessEvent 8: Short Deck NLHEStart date: Sunday, June 2Final table date: Wednesday, June 5Livestream: PokerGOEvent 15: Heads-Up NLHE ChampionshipStart date: Wednesday, June 5Final table date: Saturday, June 8Livestream: PokerGOEvent 18: Omaha-8 Hi-Lo ChampionshipStart date: Thursday, June 6Final table date: Sunday, June 9Livestream: CBS All AccessEvent 21: No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw ChampionshipStart date: Saturday, June 8Final table date: Tuesday, June 11Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All AccessEvent 29: HORSE ChampionshipStart date: Tuesday, June 11Final table date: Friday, June 14Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All AccessEvent 35: Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed ChampionshipStart date: Friday, June 14Final table date: Monday, June 17No livestreamEvent 41: Seven-Card Stud ChampionshipStart date: Monday, June 17Final table date: Thursday, June 20Livestream: PokerGO and CBS All AccessEvent 49: Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw ChampionshipStart date: Thursday, June 20Final table date: Sunday, June 23No livestreamEvent 52: PLO 8-Handed ChampionshipStart date: Saturday, June 22Final table date: Tuesday, June 25Livestream: PokerGOEvent 62: Razz ChampionshipStart date: Wednesday, June 26Final table date: Saturday, June 29No livestreamEvent 65: PLO-8 Hi-Lo ChampionshipStart date: Friday, June 28Final table date: Monday, July 1Livestream: CBS All AccessEvent 67: Seven-Card Stud-8 Hi-Lo ChampionshipStart date: Sunday, June 30Final table date: Wednesday, July 3No livestreamEvent 72: Limit Hold’em ChampionshipStart date: Tuesday, July 2Final table date: Thursday, July 4No livestreamEvent 73: NLHE World Championship Main EventStart date: Wednesday, July 3 through Friday, July 5Final table date: Sunday, July 14 through Tuesday, July 16Livestream: PokerGO and ESPNEvent 86: NLHE 6-Handed ChampionshipStart date: Saturday, July 13Final table date: Tuesday, July 16Livestream: CBS All Access
