WSOP action heats up with a run of high profile events

The first 46 events of the 2013 World Series of Poker were relatively uneventful, with only the Millionaire Maker and the Seniors Tournament generating any kind of buzz of their own, but over the course of the final 15 or so tournaments of the WSOP it’s going to be one big day after another.

Beginning today with the $111,111 buy-in One Drop High Roller tournament, and going straight through to the Main Event (and even a little beyond) the 2013 WSOP will see several new and/or high-profile tournaments take place. Of the 16 remaining bracelet tournaments I would classify a full seven of them as high-profile events. The 2013 WSOP will also see the non-bracelet Open Face Chinese Poker tournament run on the 13^th of July.

The upcoming 11 days of the WSOP is going to be intense for the players and intense for the media, Five of the seven tournaments with a buy-in of $10,000 or more will be played during that 11-day run, including the only three WSOP events on the 2013 schedule with buy-ins above $10,000: The $111,111 One Drop High Roller, the $50k Poker players Championship, and the $25k NLHE Six-Max tournament.

Here is a look at the upcoming tournaments of interest at the 2013 WSOP:

• June 26^th: Event 47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold’em
• June 28^th: Event 51: $10k/$1k (Ladies Discount $1K) Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
• June 28^th: Event 52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
• June 30^th: Event 55: $50,000 The Poker Players Championship
• July 3^rd: Event 58A: $1,111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold’em (unlimited re-entry first four levels)
• July 5^th: Event 61: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
• July 6^th: Event 62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Day begins
• July 13^th: $5,000 Open Face Chinese (non-bracelet)

What to watch for over the final week and a half of the 2013 WSOP

• Will any men play in the Ladies Tournament now that it sports a $10k buy-in with woman receiving a $9,000 discount?

The short answer is no; no men will play.

• Will the One Drop High Roller tournament hurt or help the Poker Players Championship?

In a matter of five days the WSOP will run a $111,111 tournament, a $25,000 tournament, and a $50,000 tournament, so either players are going to have make some difficult decisions on which events they play, or perhaps the non-pros will stick around after One Drop to play the other high buy-in events. Only time will tell if the WSOP schedulers are geniuses or made a major mistake.

• How many players and rebuys will the Little One for One Drop produce?

This event could very well end up being the talk of the 2013 WSOP.

*Resources: www.wsop.com