2009 WSOP Satellites

If you are serious about playing in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP), but would like to try to save some money on your buy-in, you can try your luck at winning a free entry through a 2009 WSOP Satellite. You can either play in one of the live WSOP satellites that Harrah’s hosts at the Rio Hotel & Casino, or you can enter one of the thousands of online 2009 WSOP satellites.  Online poker rooms like Pokerstars.com send thousands of players to the WSOP every year through WSOP satellite qualifiers.

PokerStars.com – is giving away at LEAST 763 seats to this year’s WSOP.  Poker Stars has sent more than 2,500 players to the World Series Main Event the last five years through their WSOP satellites and WSOP super satellites.  You can play in WSOP step tournaments to win your seat for free.  You can also play in a series of WSOP super satellites for as little as $4.

With four of the past six World Series of Poker Main Event winners coming from Poker Stars, you know you have the best chance to win your WSOP seat at the online poker site that has sent the most players to the WSOP year after year.  Poker Stars is sending the most players again this year, with at least one person winning a 2009 WSOP Main Event seat every day from now until the Main Event starts Friday, July 3rd.

 

Full Tilt Poker – Full Tilt Poker is offering step tournaments and super satellites for WSOP 2009 Main Event seats and smaller events.  You can even win a seat to the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament — the biggest tournament  at the WSOP with all the big name pros.

Full Tilt Poker is also sweetening the pot for any player that wins the 2009 WSOP Main Event after qualifying at FullTiltPoker.com.  The WSOP Main Event winner will win an additional $10 million from Full Tilt Poker and automatically become a Full Tilt Poker pro.

All 750+ WSOP Main Event packages that will be given away include the $10,000 buy-in and $2,500 for expenses.

Sign Up for Full Tilt Poker

If you want to become the next Chris Moneymaker, who won $3.5 million at the 2003 WSOP after winning an online satellite for $40, then you should sign up at Pokerstars.com.  Three of the last five WSOP winners have played at Pokerstars.com.  This year, Pokerstars is giving away over 1000 WSOP seats.

>> Sign up for Pokerstars.com to Win a Free WSOP Seat <<

Live 2009 WSOP Satellite Schedule

All 2009 WSOP satellites are held at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• All of our Mega and Single-Table Satellites will begin on May 26th, 2009
• Mega Satellite Schedule:
  $330 Mega Satellites Sunday – Thursday at 3 PM.
  $550 Mega Satellites Friday – Sunday at 3 PM.
  $550 Mega Satellites Sunday – Thursday at 8 PM.
  $1060 Mega Satellites Friday & Saturday at 8 PM.
• Mega Satellite Days July 1 – 5:
  $550 Buy-In Mega Satellites at 10 AM and 4 PM.
  $1060 Buy-In Mega Satellites at 1 PM and 8 PM.
• Turbo Mega Satellite July 6:
  $1060 Turbo Mega Satellite at 8AM
• $40k No-Limit Hold’em Mega Satellite Days May 26-27:
  $1570 Mega Satellites at 6 PM.
• $50k H.O.R.S.E. Mega Satellite Days June 22-25:
  $2250 Mega Satellites at 6 PM.
• Nightly Tournaments From May 26 – July 14:
  $340 Buy-In No-Limit Hold’em tournaments nightly at 7 PM.
  $200 Buy-In No-Limit Holdem tournaments nightly at 11pm

All winners will be required to provide a valid picture ID.
Tax forms will be completed for those with winnings in excess of $5,000 net of event buy-in.
Players without a Tax Identification Number and Foreign Players from Non-Tax Treaty Countries are subject to up to 30% tax withholding.