The WSOP is Ramping Up to Full Speed

The first week of the WSOP starts slow but quickly builds up to six events per day. Take a look at the events scheduled for the first six days below:

Friday, May 30th:
Event #1 begins with 352 players

Saturday, May 31st:
Event #1 plays down from 70 to final 9
Event #2 (Day 1a) begins with 2,048 players

Sunday, June 1st:
Event #1 Final Table
Event #2 (Day 1b) begins with 1,881 players

Monday, June 2nd:
Event #2 plays down from 447 to final 9
Event #3 begins with 713 players
Event #4 begins with 332 players

Tuesday, June 3rd:
Event #2 Final Table
Event #3 plays down to final 9
Event #4 plays down to final 9
Event #5 begins at 12:00 noon
Event #6 begins at 5:00 pm

Wednesday, June 4th:
Event #3 Final Table
Event #4 Final Table
Event #5 plays down to final 9
Event #6 plays down to final 9
Event #7 begins at 12:00 noon
Event #8 begins at 5:00 pm

From June 4th to June 19th (a little more than two weeks), there are six events in action most days, making it rather hectic and confusing for those of us in the media, trying to track multiple events in different parts of the room.

Starting June 20th, the WSOP scales back to a more leisurely four or five events each day.