WSOP This Week: The Marathon, The $10Ks and The Seniors
WSOP This Week: The Marathon, The $10Ks and The Seniors

The third week of the 2017 World Series of Poker begins Monday and with the Electric Daisy Carnival set to take over Las Vegas, the schedule turns its attention to the Seniors set.

There are 14 events kicking off this week, starting with another one of the WSOP “gimmick” events.

It’s A Marathon, Not a Sprint, Literally.

In each of the last two years the WSOP has included one $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event that varied greatly from the rest of the schedule. In 2015 the event, then dubbed the Extended Play No Limit Hold’em, featured 90-minute levels instead of the standard 60. Last year, with the event’s name changed to the Summer Solistice, the structure again called for 90-minute levels. For 2016, the event has a bigger buy-in a new name and slightly longer levels.

The $2,620 buy-in Marathon No Limit Hold’em event has 100-minute long levels and players get 26,200 chips.(Get it? The buy-in is $2,620, players get a 26,200 starting stack and a marathon is 26.2 miles.) It seems some think the gimmick thing might have run its course here.

Double Dose of the Senior Set

Each year there’s one weekend that is always set aside for the 50+ crowd. It’s no coincidence that it’s the same weekend that a good chunk of the younger crowd would rather be out at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for EDC.

The Seniors Championship has a $1,000 buy-in and you’ve gotta be 50 or older to play. Last year, Johnnie Craig topped a 4,499-player field to win $538,204. This year’s event begins Friday at 10 am PT and runs through Sunday night. The final table will be streamed on PokerGo.com.

On Sunday morning, again at 10 am, the $1,000 Super Seniors – limited to players at least 65 years old – takes over the Rio with another three-days of play scheduled.

HORSE Highlights the $10K Championship Schedule

There are three $10,000 buy-in Championship events this week, with the mixed game afficionados expected to be out in force for the Razz, HORSE and Triple Draw Deuce to Seven events. This is the same week where Jason Mercier went on this three-$10K-event run last year that ended up with him winning WSOP Player of the Year.

The $10,000 HORSE Championship final table will be streamed on PokerGo on Saturday, June 17.

Week 3 Schedule

EVENT # DATES BUY-IN EVENT
23 June 12 – 16 $2,620 The Marathon (NLHE)
24 June 12 – 14 $1,500 Limit Hold’em
25 June 13 – 15 $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha
26 June 13 – 15 $10,000 Razz Championship
27 June 14 – 16 $3,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em
28 June 14 – 16 $1,500 Triple Draw Deuce
29 June 15 – 17 $2,500 No Limit Hold’em
30 June 15 – 17 $10,000 HORSE Championship
31 June 16 – 18 $1,000 Seniors Championship
32 June 16 – 18 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix
33 June 17 – 19 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em
34 June 17 – 19 $10,000 Triple Draw Deuce Championship
35 June 18 – 20 $1,000 Super Seniors
36 June 18 – 21 $5,000 Six Max No Limit Hold’em