Five-Star World Poker Classic Began Yesterday
Yesterday at the Bellagio in Las Vegas started the Five-Star World Poker Classic tournament series. The highlight of the great series is the World Poker Tour Championship event. It will take place from April 18 to 24. The tournament is one of the most prestigious of the year and has a buy-in of $25,000. Last year’s WPT Championship was won by Yevgeniy Timoshenko. The Russian player received an enormous prize of $2,149,960. He outlasted a field of 338 players.
For the 2010 WPT Championship the satellites events will run from April 15 to 17. The buy-in for this events is $1,080.
The Five-Star World Poker Classic schedule includes 18 preliminary events and each one has a $1,000 buy-in with rebuys. Only two events will be pot-limit Omaha. The rest will spread no-limit hold’em.
This is the schedule for the 2010 $25,000 WPT Championship:
April 18 Sunday – Day 1
April 19 Monday – Day 2
April 20 Tuesday – Day 3
April 21 Wednesday – Day 4
April 22 Thursday – Day 5
April 23 Friday – Day 6
April 24 Saturday 4 p.m. – Final table
This is the complete schedule for the 2010 Five-Star World Poker Classic:
March 30 Tuesday – Event 1 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
March 31 Wednesday – Event 2 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 1 Thursday – Event 3 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 2 Friday – Event 4 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 3 Saturday – Event 5 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 4 Sunday – Event 6 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 5 Monday – Event 7 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 6 Tuesday – Event 8 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 7 Wednesday – Event 9 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 8 Thursday – Event 10 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 9 Friday – Event 11 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 10 Saturday – Event 12 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 11 Sunday – Event 13 ($1,000 pot-limit Omaha with rebuys)
April 12 Monday – Event 14 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 13 Tuesday – Event 15 ($1,000 pot-limit Omaha with rebuys)
April 14 Wednesday – Event 16 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 16 Friday – Event 17 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
April 18 Sunday – Event 18 ($25,000 WPT Championship)
April 22 Thursday – Event 19 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys)
Article by: RealPokerNews.com
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