Sun, 12/26/2010 – 13:50 – PokerPages Staff

PokerStars has satellites to the biggest and best live poker tournaments.  Qualifying satellites run around the clock at PokerStars.  Get your seat in a live poker tournament by betting in and winning a qualifying satellite.

Latin American Poker Tour
PokerStars is proud to sponsor the LAPT.  The LAPT is playing in Sao Paolo, Brazil February 16 – 20, 2011.  Find a qualifying satellite to the events in Sao Paolo, from the main menu:  ‘Events’ > ‘LAPT’ > ‘All’.  You can even earn a seat free by placing poker bets and winning any of the qualifying Freerolls.

PokerStars Macau
PokerStars Macau is the largest poker room in Asia and is in the Grand Lisboa Casino.  PokerStars has qualifying satellites and Freerolls to the events in Macau.  Find a satellite:  ‘Events’ > ‘Macau’ > ‘All’.

Australia New Zealand Poker Tour
From February 2 – 6, 2011, the ANZPT season opener is playing in Adelaide, Australia at the SkyCity Adelaide Casino.  Get an entry into the main event, accommodations and $500 spending money by winning a qualifying satellite.  ‘Events’ > ‘Special’ > ‘All’.

Aussie Millions
Get your chance to place bets and play in the 2011 Aussie Millions Poker Championship at PokerStars.  Qualifying satellites run daily at ‘Event’ > ‘Special’ > ‘All’.

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2010 December 22, PokerNews Staff

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for – the dates for the 2011 World Series of Poker have been announced! Start booking your flights and filling out your schedules for the summer now, because it all gets under way on May 31, 2011.

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 22, 2010) – The 42nd annual World Series of Poker® — a set of poker tournaments open to anyone 21 years of age or older – will begin its 2011 campaign on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 – just a day after Memorial Day – and run every day for 50 straight days until Tuesday, July 19, 2011.

The event, as has been its norm since 2005, will continue to be held in the Convention Center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The WSOP Main Event will begin on Thursday, July 7, 2011, and once again feature four starting days (July 7, July 8, July 9 and July 10).

As is now customary, the WSOP Main Event will be the final tournament of the annual WSOP, with its conclusion slated for Tuesday, July 19, after reaching the final table of nine players.

Hard stop times will become a definitive change in 2011 for all bracelet events. Players will play a maximum of 10 levels per day. Once 10 levels have been completed, remaining players will have their chips bagged and tagged and return the next day to continue on in the tournament. Regardless of how many players remain in a tournament, hard stop times will be enforced after 10 levels of play.

The entire 42nd Annual World Series of Poker schedule, with individual tournaments, dates, times and buy-ins will be released in January.

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