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Published: 5th January 2015 Written by Poker News, WSOP 2015
Updated: 9th January 2024

wsop dates 2015WSOP Dates 2015 announced including new and popular poker events in the series which takes place from May 27 to July 14, 2015.

The 46th Annual World Series of Poker will return to the Rio Casino for the eleventh year, the 2014 WSOP Main Event guaranteed $10 Million for first place prize and will do so again this year.

The longest running poker tournament in history will run for 49 consecutive days with more than 60 WSOP bracelet events on the schedule.

There is a new opening event added, WSOP The Colossus tournament is the lowest buy-in event in the series and will attract more players than ever before.

The 2015 WSOP schedule includes: The Colossus, Millionaire Maker, Monster Stack, Seniors Championship, Ladies Championship, WSOP ONE DROP High Roller and Little One for ONE DROP.

WSOP Dates 2015 Announced

The WSOP dates 2015 have been announced with details of the more popular events of the World Series of Poker. The full 2015 WSOP schedule will be released at sometime in January.

2015 WSOP The Colossus

The 2015 WSOP schedule includes a new opening event The Colossus, it’s the lowest buy-in event in the series but still offers a solid $5 million guaranteed prize pool.

WSOP The Colossus
Dates: May 29-30, 2015.
Buy-in: $565
Starting Stack: 5,000 chips
Prize Pool: $5,000,000 guaranteed

The Colossus is a re-entry tournament with two starting days and is expected to attract many players with it’s affordable buy-in.

2015 WSOP Millionaire Maker

The WSOP Millionaire Maker tournament returns this year with another million guaranteed first place prize, there are two starting days and players that are eliminated on the first day have the option to register on the 2nd starting day.

2015 WSOP Millionaire Maker
Date: June 5-6, 2015
Buy-in: $1,500
Starting Stack: 7,500 chips
Prize Pool: Million guaranteed first place prize.

In 2014 the Millionaire Maker tournament generated a prize pool of more than $10 million with 7,977 entries into the event.

2015 WSOP Monster Stack

The WSOP Monster Stack made it’s debut in 2014 and turned out to be one of the most popular poker tournaments in the series with 7,863 players registered for the event.

WSOP Monster Stack
Dates: June 12-13, 2015
Buy-in: $1,500
Starting Stack: 15,000 chips
Prize Pool: no guarantee

Last year the WSOP Monster Stack generated a prize pool that was over $10 million and is expected to be as popular in 2015.

2015 WSOP Seniors Championship

The WSOP Seniors Championship tournament has been one of the most popular events in the series for many years and caters for the older and more experience players.

WSOP Seniors Championship 2015
Date: June 19, 2015
Buy-in: $1,000
Starting Stack: 5,000 chips
Prize Pool: no guarantee

The 2014 WSOP Seniors Championship had 4,425 registered players that generated a prize pool of almost $4 million.

2015 WSOP Ladies Championship

Here’s the most popular live poker tournament for the ladies, the WSOP Ladies Championship, although men are allowed to play it provided they pay the hefty fee on entry.

WSOP Ladies Championship 2015
Date: June 25
Buy-in: $1,000 for ladies ($10K for men)
Starting Stack: 5,000 chips
Prize Pool: no guarantee

2015 WSOP Big One for ONE DROP High Roller

High Rollers can enter the WSOP ONE DROP High Roller for a good cause as a percentage of each buy-in is donated to help supply drinking water to countries in need.

2015 WSOP Big One for ONE DROP High Roller
Date: June 28, 2015
Buy-in: $111,111 (% of buy-in donated to charity)
Prize Pool: no guarantee

2015 WSOP Little One for ONE DROP

The WSOP Little One for ONE DROP has had a few changes with a new concept to double your chip stack for only 11% extra.

Player can buy-in for $1,000 and get a starting stack of 5,000 chips or buy-in for $1,111 to get a 10,000 starting stack, the extra $111 will be donated to the One Drop charity organization.

2015 WSOP Little One for ONE DROP
Date: June 30, 2015
Buy-in: $1,000
Starting Stack: 5,000 chips
Prize Pool: no guarantee

The WSOP Little One for ONE DROP also features unlimited re-entries with the option to double their chip stack with every re-entry.

Source: www.wsop.com