The World Series of Poker (WSOP) and ESPN recently publicized air dates for this year's WSOP, coming to a television screen near you on Tuesday nights at 8 and 9PM (EST).

Circuit tournaments have just come to a close and the 36th Annual World Series of Poker is set to kick off June 2nd. Viewers looking to get into the WSOP action, however, will have to wait until July 19th to view coverage of this year's WSOP. The first installment will cover the Circuit tournament originally held at the Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino in late march. The last circuit tournament will air on August 16th.

Starting August 23rd, WSOP 2005 will come to ESPN. The majority of coverage will feature no-limit events, but pot limit games will get some coverage as well. Only one limit tournament will be aired.

The main event, including final table, will be chopped up into twelve hour-long episodes, airing between October 11th and November 15th.

Source:  Poker777 Staff

Sunday, 29 May 2005