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The WSOP 2009 Schedule is out. New for 2009 is a $40,000 buy-in NL Holdem event, to mark the 40th anniversary of the WSOP. The 50K HORSE flagship event is also back for it’s 4th year, following previous big pro winners of Chip Reese, Freddy Deeb, and Scotty Nguyen.

Full Schedule of the 2009 WSOP
 
 
WSOP 2009 Event 1 - Wed, May 27th 12:00 PM
2-Day Event   Casino Employees No-Limit Holdem $500
   
WSOS 2009 Event 2 - Thu, May 28th 12:00 PM
4-Day Event   40th Annual No-Limit Holdem $40,000  
 
WSOP 2009 Event 3 - Fri, May 29th 12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $1,500
   
WSOP 2009 Event 4 - Sat, May 30th 12:00 PM
4-Day Event   No-Limit Holdem  $1,000    

WSOP 2009 Event 5 - Mon, Jun 1st 12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Pot-Limit Omaha $1,500  
 
WSOP 2009 Event 6 - Mon, Jun 1st 5:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship Seven Card Stud $10,000
   
WSOP 2009 Event 7 - Tue, Jun 2nd 12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Holdem $1,500    

WSOP 2009 Event 8 - Tue, Jun 2nd 5:00 PM
3-Day Event   2-7 Draw Lowbal $2,500 
  
WSOP 2009 Event 9 - Wed, Jun 3rd 12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed $1,500   
 
WSOP 2009 Event 10 - Wed, Jun 3rd 5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha  $2,500 
  
WSOP 2009 Event 11 - Thu, Jun 4th 12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Holdem  $2,000  
 
WSOP 2009 Event 12 - Thu, Jun 4th 5:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship Mixed Event   $10,000    

WSOP 2009 Event 13 - Fri, Jun 5th 12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em $2,500 
  
WSOP 2009 Event 14 - Fri, Jun 5th 5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Limit Hold’em / Six Handed   $2,500 
  
WSOP 2009 Event 15 - Sat, Jun 6th 12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em   $5,000  
 
WSOP 2009 Event 16 - Sat, Jun 6th 5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Seven Card Stud   $1,500 
  
WSOP 2009 Event 17 - Sun, Jun 7th 12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Ladies No-Limit Hold’em World Championship  $1,000  
 
WSOP 2009 Event 18 - Sun, Jun 7th 5:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship Omaha Hi-Low  $10,000  
 
Mon, Jun 8th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (Event 19)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,500   
 
Tue, Jun 9th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Pot-Limit Hold’em (Event 20)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500   
 
Tue, Jun 9th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   H.O.R.S.E. (Event 21)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $3,000   
 
Wed, Jun 10th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (Event 22)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500   
 
Wed, Jun 10th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship 2-7 Draw Lowball (Event 23)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $10,000 
  
Thu, Jun 11th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em (Event 24)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500  
 
Thu, Jun 11th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 25)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,500  
 
Fri, Jun 12th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Limit Hold’em (Event 26)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500    

Fri, Jun 12th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Event 27)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $5,000   
 
Sat, Jun 13th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em (Event 28)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500    

Sat, Jun 13th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em (Event 29)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $10,000    

Sun, Jun 14th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 30)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,500   
 
Sun, Jun 14th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   H.O.R.S.E. (Event 31)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500   
 
Mon, Jun 15th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em (Event 32)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,000  
 
Mon, Jun 15th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship Limit Hold’em (Event 33)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $10,000 
  
Tue, Jun 16th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em (Event 34)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500  
 
Wed, Jun 17th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 35)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $5,000
   
Thu, Jun 18th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em (Event 36)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,000  
 
Thu, Jun 18th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 37)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $10,000  
 
Fri, Jun 19th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Limit Hold’em (Event 38)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,000  
 
Sat, Jun 20th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em (Event 39)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500
    
Sat, Jun 20th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 40)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $10,000    

Sun, Jun 21st
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (Event 41)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $5,000    

Sun, Jun 21st
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Mixed Event (Event 42)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,500   
 
Mon, Jun 22nd
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (Event 43)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,000  
 
Mon, Jun 22nd
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Seven Card Razz (Event 44)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,500   
 
Tue, Jun 23rd
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em (Event 45)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $10,000    

Tue, Jun 23rd
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 46)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,500    

Wed, Jun 24th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) (Event 47)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,500    

Thu, Jun 25th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Event 48)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500    

Fri, Jun 26th
12:00 PM
5-Day Event   World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event 49)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $50,000 
  
Fri, Jun 26th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Limit Hold’em Shootout (1,000 player max) (Event 50)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500    

Sat, Jun 27th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em (Event 51)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500    

Sun, Jun 28th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em (Event 52)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $3,000    

Sun, Jun 28th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 53)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500   
 
Mon, Jun 29th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em (Event 54)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $1,500  
 
Mon, Jun 29th
5:00 PM
3-Day Event   2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (Event 55)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $2,500   
 
Tue, Jun 30th
12:00 PM
3-Day Event   No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed (Event 56)
No Rebuy/Add-ons     $5,000       

Fri, Jul 3rd
12:00 PM
13-Day Event   World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em (Event 57)
No Rebuy/Add-ons 
   July 3,2009 12:00 PM    Day 1A (3,000 players)
   July 4,2009 12:00 PM    Day 1B (3,000 players)
   July 5,2009 12:00 PM    Day 1C (3,000 players)
   July 6,2009 12:00 PM    Day 1D (3,000 players)
   July 7,2009 12:00 PM    Day 2A
   July 8,2009 12:00 PM    Day 2B
   July 9,2009 12:00 PM    Media Event
   July 10,2009 12:00 PM    Day 3
   July 11,2009 12:00 PM    Day 4
   July 12,2009 12:00 PM    Day 5
   July 13,2009 12:00 PM    Day 6
   July 14,2009 12:00 PM    Day 7
   November 7-10,2009  FINAL TABLE

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 Result of the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event

1 2,000,000 AUD Stewart Scott  
2 1,000,000 AUD Peter Rho  
3 700,000 AUD Elliot Smith  
4 400,000 AUD Rajkumar Ramakrishnan  
5 300,000 AUD Sam Capra  
6 210,000 AUD Zach Gruneberg  
7 150,000 AUD Richard Ashby  
8 100,000 AUD Barny Boatman  
9 100,000 AUD Zach Fellows  
10 80,000 AUD Tino Lechich  
11 80,000 AUD Annica Ivert  
12 80,000 AUD Dixon Ruecker  
13 65,000 AUD Grant Levy  
14 65,000 AUD Christian Heich  
15 65,000 AUD Chris Chronis  
16 65,000 AUD Sorel Mizzi  
17 65,000 AUD Frank Ellis  
18 65,000 AUD Chris Fullwood  
19 50,000 AUD Michael Tureniec  
20 50,000 AUD Joe Cassidy  
21 50,000 AUD Annette Obrestad  
22 50,000 AUD Kelly Kim  
23 50,000 AUD Jonathan Plens  
24 50,000 AUD Hoi Cheung  
25 40,000 AUD Antonio Casale  
26 40,000 AUD Andrew Chen  
27 40,000 AUD Tom Pongrass  
28 40,000 AUD Natan Meylakh  
29 40,000 AUD Leonid Cai  
30 40,000 AUD Damon Lum

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Aussie Millions Main Event - 681 entrants - $10,500 buy-in

Chip leaders with 85 players left

Annica Ivert   555900   
Annette Obrestad   454800   
Rajkumar Ramakrishnan   388200   
David Docherty   362000   
Michael Tureniec   354000   
Karl Bullock   347900   
Patrik Antonius   335900   
Stewart Scott   327100   
William Zemljaric   323000   
John Paul Kelly   321600   
Nhan Le   300000   
Christopher Chronis   293500   
Brett Daphne   261800   
Naohiko Yamazaki   261300   
Jarred Solomon   254600   
Antonis Kambouroglou   250400   
Sorel Mizzi   248700   
Damon Lum   247800   
Noah Schwartz   219100   
Clonie Gowen   214500 

Top Prizes

1 2,000,000 AUD  
2 1,000,000 AUD 
3 700,000 AUD   
4 400,000 AUD   
5 300,000 AUD   
6 210,000 AUD   
7 150,000 AUD   
8 100,000 AUD   
9 100,000 AUD

Interesting table draw at Table 10 with Patrick Antonius sat next to Scotty Nguyen

Seat 1: Luke J Abolins - 93,900
Seat 2: Scotty Nguyen - 72,000
Seat 3: Patrik Antonius - 335,900
Seat 4: Omid Azadpeyma - 78,300
Seat 5: Michael Tureniec - 354,000
Seat 6: Samir Khoueis - 80,200
Seat 7: Andrew M Church - 45,700
Seat 8: Damon T Lum - 247,800

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 Full Tilt is doing its eleventh FTOPS series in February.  Here are the dates, times and events:

Event #1
Weds Feb 4th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #2
Thurs Feb 5th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 PL Omaha/8 Knockout
$200,000 Guaranteed

Event #3
Thurs Feb 5th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Stud
$100,000 Guaranteed

Event #4
Fri Feb 6th 14:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem 3xShootout
$200,000 Guaranteed

Event #5
Fri Feb 6th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Limit Holdem 6-max
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #6
Sat Feb 7th 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 PL Omaha 6-Max
$300,000 Guaranteed

Event #7
Sat Feb 7th 16:00 ET
$100 + $9 NL Holdem with rebuys
$500,000 Guaranteed

Event #8
Sun Feb 8th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 NL Holdem Knockout 6-max
$600,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #9
Sun Feb 8th 16:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Holdem Heads Up
$500,000 Guaranteed

Event #10
Sun Feb 8th 18:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem
$1,500,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #11
Mon Feb 9th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 HA (Mixed PL Holdem/Omaha)
$150,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #12
Monday Feb 9th 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60 NL Holdem Second Chance
$1,500,000 Guaranteed

Event #13
Tues Feb 10th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem 1 rebuy and 1 add-on
$300,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #14
Tuesday Feb 10th 21:00 ET
$500 + $35 HORSE
$300,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #15
Tuesday Feb 10th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem Turbo 6-max
$500,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #16
Wed Feb 11th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 Omaha/8
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #17
Wednesday Feb 11th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem 6-max Rebuy
$1,000,000 Guaranteed 

Event #18
Thurs Feb 12th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 PL Omaha Heads Up
$100,000 Guaranteed

Event #19
Thursday Feb 12th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem 4xShootout 6-max
$300,000 Guaranteed 

Event #20
Fri Feb 13th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em 6-max
$400,000 Guaranteed

Event #21 Friday
Feb 13th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 Razz
$150,000 Guaranteed 

Event #22
Sat Feb 14th 14:00 ET
$5,000 + $200 NL Holdem (2 Day Event)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #23
Sat Feb 14th 16:00 ET
$100 + $9 PL Omaha with Rebuys
$350,000 Guaranteed

Event #24
Sun Feb 15th 14:00 ET
$120 + $9 NL Holdem Knockout
$750,000 Guaranteed

Main Event
Sunday Feb 15th 18:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Holdem
$2,500,000 Guaranteed

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The Aussie Millions 2009 is now underway.   Some of the events to look forward to include a high-rollers $100K buy-in NL Holdem event; the $10,500 Main Event; a $5,300 Heads-up event;  a 3K PLO w/rebuys (hmmm); and a $10,200 HORSE event.

Here is the schedule in full:

Event 1 - $1,100 No Limit Hold’em
Day 1a Fri 9 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD)
Day 1b Sat 10 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD)
Day 2 Sun 11 Jan, 12:30 pm 
 
Event 2 - $1,050 PokerPro No Limit Hold’em
Sun 11 Jan, 4:30 pm /1,050 AUD (1,000 AUD+50 AUD)
 
Event 3 - $1,100 Omaha Hi-Lo
Mon 12 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD)
 
Event 4 - $1,100 Limit Holdem
Tue 13 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD)
 
Event 5 - $1,100 HORSE
Day 1 Wed 14 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD)
Day 2 Thu 15 Jan, 4pm  
 
Event 6 - $1,150 No Limit Holdem w/ rebuys
Day 1 Thu 15 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,150 AUD (1,000 AUD+150 AUD); 1,000 AUD Rebuys
Day 2 Fri 16 Jan, 4pm 
 
Event 7 - $1,650 Bounty Feature Event
Day 1 Fri 16 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,650 AUD (1,500 AUD+150 AUD)
Day 2 Sat 17 Jan, 4pm 
 
Event 8 - $100,000 No Limit Holdem Challenge
Day 1 Sat 17 Jan, 2:15 pm /100,500 AUD (100,000 AUD+500 AUD)
Day 2 Sun 18 Jan, 4pm 
 
Event 9 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event
Day 1a Sun 18 Jan, 12:30 pm /10,500 AUD (10,000 AUD+500 AUD)
Day 1b Mon 19 Jan, 12:30 pm /10,500 AUD (10,000 AUD+500 AUD)
Day 1c Tue 20 Jan, 12:30 pm /10,500 AUD (10,000 AUD+500 AUD)
Day 2 Wed 21 Jan, 12:30 pm
Day 3 Thu 22 Jan, 12:30 pm
Day 4 Fri 23 Jan, 12:30 pm
Day 5 Sat 24 Jan, 12:30 pm 
 
Event 10 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day 1a Tue 20 Jan, 2:30 pm /5,300 AUD (5,000 AUD+300 AUD)
Day 1b Wed 21 Jan, 2:30 pm /5,300 AUD (5,000 AUD+300 AUD)
Day 2 Thu 22 Jan, 4pm  
 
Event 11 - $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha
Wed 21 Jan, 4:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD)
 
Event 12 - $3,250 Pot Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
Thu 22 Jan, 12:45 pm /3,250 AUD (3,000 AUD+250 AUD); 3,000 AUD Rebuys
 
Event 13 - $1,100 Mixed Holdem
Thu 22 Jan, 2:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD)
 
Event 14 - $2,200 No Limit Holdem (6 Handed)
Day 1 Fri 23 Jan, 12:45 pm /2,200 AUD (2,000 AUD+200 AUD)
Day 2 Sat 24 Jan, 4:00 pm / -
 
Event 15 - $2,200 No Limit Hold’em Teams Event
Sat 24 Jan, 12:45 pm /2,200 AUD (2,000 AUD+200 AUD)
 
Event 16 - $10,200 HORSE
Day 1 Sat 24 Jan, 2:15 pm /10,200 AUD (10,000 AUD+200 AUD)
Day 2 Sun 25 Jan, 2:15 pm 
 
Event 17 - $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
Sun 25 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD)
 
Event 18 - $1,100 2 Card Manila Championship w/ Rebuys
Mon 26 Jan, 12:30 pm /1,100 AUD (1,000 AUD+100 AUD); 1,000 AUD Rebuys

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