WSOP Satellite Headquarters at Caesars Palace
Unofficially, The World Series of Poker has started at Caesars Palace Poker Room with Mega Satellites 3 times a day, every day, May 1st thru the 27th. The official start of the 2008 WSOP at the Rio Resort is May 30th. Players compete for Caesars Palace $500 WSOP buy-in chips good for all events in the 2008 WSOP. In addition to the Mega Satellite is a full complement of SnG's running round the clock.
No more standing in long lines for hours at the Rio to enter WSOP events. If a satellite player collects a single Caesars Palace WSOP buy-in chip they can use it to enter any event and make up the difference with cash. Caesars Palace will take care of registering the player at the Rio and leaving only one thing for the WSOP player to do, stop by Will-Call for your seat assignment. Actually two things, you have to find the seat.
This year's WSOP will be the longest WSOP in the history of the tournament. May 30,2008 is day 1 of event 1, the $10K buy-in World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em, and the action continues until the final day of the final table of the Main Event on November 10, 2008. That's more than five months from start to finish.
Schedules and conditions for the Caesars Palace WSOP satellites after the jump...
Caesars Palace Daily Mega Satellite Schedules
1:00 PM $540 Buy-in. Players begin with $4,000 in tournament chips, all levels last thirty minutes.
For every $5,100 generated, Ten (10) $500 Caesars Palace WSOP Buy-in chips will be awarded plus $100 in cash.
5:00 PM $330 Buy-in. Players begin with $3,000 in tournament chips, all levels last thirty minutes.
For every $3,100 generated, Six (6) $500 Caesars Palace WSOP Buy-in chips will be awarded plus $100 in cash.
9:00 PM $1060 Buy-in. Players begin with $6,000 in tournament chips, all levels last thirty minutes.
For every $10,200 generated, Twenty (20) $500 Caesars Palace WSOP Buy-in chips will be awarded plus $200 in cash.
Single Table Satellites
$65 Buy-in awards one winner one (1) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $100 cash
$120 Buy-in awards two winners one (1) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $50 cash
$235 Buy-in awards two winners two (2) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $100 cash
$335 Buy-in awards two winners three (3) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $100 cash
$435 Buy-in awards two winners four (4) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $100 cash
$535 Buy-in awards two winners five (5) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $100 cash
$635 Buy-in awards two winners six (6) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $100 cash
$525 Buy-in awards one winner ten (10) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $100 cash
$1060 Buy-in awards one winner twenty (20) $500 WSOP Buy-in chip plus $200 cash
All Caesars Palace WSOP Mega Satellites and Single table Satellites are No-Limit Hold'em.
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