The 2011 World Series Of Poker Schedule has been released by Harrah’s, the 2011 WSOP will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and will be broadcast on ESPN. There are 58 events featuring a variety of poker game types, the winner of each event will take home a WSOP bracelet.

This year the 2011 WSOP starts on the 30th May and runs until 19th July, with buy-ins starting from $500 up to $50,000.

Qualifying satellite tournaments will soon be available online at popular poker rooms such as Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and PartyPoker where players can win their seat to the 42nd annual World Series of Poker.

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Peter Eastgate, 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event winner has decided to sell his WSOP bracelet on EBay, all profits from the sale will be given to UNICEF a charity organization. So far there have been 32 bids which have increased the opening bid from $16k to $41k. Tony G is one of the bidders who claims he wants the bracelet for his dog, Zasko.

A few months back Peter Eastgate announced his retirement from the poker circuit due to lack of motivation, I suppose it is a great move in a way to quit while you are ahead with more than $9 million won for his first place win. This week Eastgate shocked the poker industry again with his intent to sell his 2008 WSOP main event bracelet, one of the biggest symbols of achievement in poker.
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The WSOP 2010 main event winner is Jonathan Duhamel, the first Canadian to win a main event. The PokerStars player now joins the team of PokerStars bracelet winners which include Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate and Joe Cada.

On Saturday the November Nine played 11 hours until two players remained Jonathan Duhamel and John Racener, they played heads-up on Monday night to determine the 2010 WSOP main event champion.

Duhamel had a 6-1 chip lead on Racener going into the Heads-up match and finally won the WSOP bracelet and main event title for 2010.

Watch the 2010 World Series Of Poker main event highlights and action on the final table tonight on ESPN on 9 November at 10 – 12 pm

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Loose Cannon Russell Harlow returns for his second week to the PokerStars Big Game, the first ever Loose Cannon to return to the show. After turning a profit of $16k in week 7 Russell decide to come back and mix it up with the big boys. However in week 8 the competition is even stronger than ever with top poker pros Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Justin Bonomo and Lex Veldhuis at the table.

Watch the Big Game episodes online and see if the loose cannon will pass Nadya Macnus in profits and win that PokerStars NAPT passport worth $50,000.

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The Big Game Poker Stars TV show is back after a break with week 7 and a new loose cannon Russell Harlow up against some of the toughest opponents Tony G, Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari, Isaac Haxton and Jason Mercier.

The Big Game is a televised High Stakes Poker cash game featuring some of the biggest poker pros and an online qualifier who is staked $100,000.

Get a 100% first deposit bonus up to $600 and qualify online as the next loose cannon.

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