Tuesdays just got that much more exciting, as ESPN recently announced the 2008 World Series of Poker television schedule, and beginning July 22, “Tuesday night is poker night on ESPN.”
Every Tuesday night from July 22-Sept. 2 a new episode of the WSOP will premiere from 8-10 p.m. ET. The first episode appropriately starts with event No. 1, the $10,000 buy-in pot-limit hold’em championship.
The $10,000 buy-in main event is scheduled to premiere on Sept. 2 from 8p.m.-10 p.m. ET and will continue airing on Tuesday nights from Sept. 9 to Oct. 28, but at 9-11 p.m. ET. ESPN will show the action all the way down to the final table of nine. On Nov. 4 at 8 p.m.-10 p.m., a final-table preview show will air.
This is the first year that no one will know the results of the main event months before the airing of the episode. In May, ESPN and Harrah’s Entertainment announced that the main event will not conclude on July 16 as originally scheduled, but instead, after taking nearly a four-month break, the final table will reconvene Nov. 9. The remaining nine players will play down to heads up. On Nov. 10, the final two players will play for the more than $9.1 million first-place prize and a permanent place in poker history as a WSOP champion. Television audiences will be reintroduced to the final nine on Nov. 11, when the final table episode airs from 9 p.m.-11 p.m. ET.
The following is the schedule of premieres:
| Date | Time | Event |
| July 22 | 8-10 p.m. ET | $10,000 pot-limit hold'em world championship |
| July 29 | 8-10 p.m. ET | $1,500 no-limit hold'em |
| Aug. 5 | 8-10 p.m. ET | $1,500 pot-limit hold'em/$5,000 mixed hold'em |
| Aug. 12 | 8-10 p.m. ET | $1,000 no-limit hold'em with rebuys |
| Aug. 19 | 8-10 p.m. ET | $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship |
| Aug. 26 | 8-10 p.m. ET | $10,000 pot-limit Omaha world championship |
| Sept. 2 | 8-10 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Sept. 9 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Sept. 16 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Sept. 23 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Sept. 30 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Oct. 7 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Oct. 14 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Oct. 21 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Oct. 28 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event |
| Nov. 4 | 8-10 p.m. ET | Main event final-table preview show |
| Nov. 11 | 9-11 p.m. ET | $10,000 no-limit hold'em main event final table |
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POSTED ON: Jul 10, 2008
I agree.You must know how to copy and paste or enter more than 10 chipleaders in the wsop! It is really annoying to have to go to www.worldseriesofpoker.com to get the live updates and chipcounts
POSTED ON: Jul 10, 2008
It sucks that they have so many episodes of the "Main Event" when most real players can't even consider it a main event. The $50000 buy in HORSE event is by far a much more prestigious event. Unfortunately ESPN feels the viewing public wants to see a satellite circus instead.
POSTED ON: Jul 09, 2008
HI, Just wanted to mention that I would love to have the chip count for ALL the players still in....not just the "stars" of poker. Where could I find this information. Thanks
POSTED ON: Jul 09, 2008
The "break" is a awful idea, and I feel for the players