2014 WSOP schedule announced - $10 million guaranteed to the Main Event champion
In today's Daily Rewind we preview the 45th World Series of Poker and join an argument between Dan Shak and Daniel Negreanu.
WSOP to be the biggest ever
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| Bigger and better |
Following speculation that this year's WSOP Main Event would have a $10 million guarantee, the organisers have since confirmed it by releasing the final schedule.
After listening to player feedback a number of changes have been instigated this year, including: later start times for afternoon bracelet events (now 16:00 with 10 one-hour levels), the addition of three extra tournaments (taking the tally to 65) and late registration until Level 7.
On top of these structural changes, the 2014 WSOP will host another $1,500 Millionaire Matchmaker as well as the Big One for One Drop.
The news the organisers are most excited about, however, is the $10 million top prize for this year's World Champion.
Commenting on this year's Series, which begins on May 27, Ty Stewart said: "For ten years we have tried to raise the bar on tournament poker. There is real optimism 2014 can be our biggest year yet with an anticipated $200 million in prize money to be paid out this summer."
As in previous years the WSOP Main Event will run July 5 to July 14 before resuming on November 10 and November 11.
To check out the full schedule, click here.
Negreanu vs. Shak
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| "Hey, Daniel!" |
An argument broke out over Twitter last night when Dan Shak decided to take umbrage at Daniel Negreanu's recent comments.
According to Daniel we should be looking to make the game "fun for everyone", but Shak seemed unimpressed when Negreanu tweeted: "This is so fun! #FlippingCoins #$250kaPop".
Despite being a fan of (and participant in) Super High Roller events, Shak is against the unlimited rebuy structure and thinks comments like Daniel's can harm the game.
Tweeting at Daniel, Shak said he disagreed with how he portrayed $250,000 as "monopoly money".
Daniel was quick to disagree and stated it was "all business", but Shak remained adamant that such antics could harm efforts to legitimise poker as a game of skill.
Calderaro's lucky win
James Calderaro became the latest WPT champion last night after beating Shannon Shorr heads-up to take the Lucky Hearts Poker Open title.
After sitting down with 415 players in Florida late last week, Calderaro was able to make his way to yesterday's final table and avoid any upsets on his way to a tussle with Shorr.
Despite being the underdog on paper, Calderaro was able to grind down his opponent and eventually scoop the $271,103 top prize after the board rolled out 
to give his 
a flush over Shorr's 
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| James smiling |
Question of the Day
Now the $10 million top prize has been confirmed for the WSOP Main Event, we want to know:
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*Last year the Main Event attracted 6,352 runners.
Noah Boeken became the top high stakes earner last night thanks to a $119,917 haul. Despite not reaching the top of the profit table very often, Boeken was able to lord it over the likes of 'manics16' and 'Trueteller' at the close of play.
At the other end of the spectrum, 'joiso' fell to the largest loss of the day. After just 633 hands the online grinder racked up a $196,928 deficit to finish yesterday's session ahead of 'theidolist' and 'ChaoRen160'.
Daily Signoff
With the 45th WSOP now official, we thought we'd finish today with the top ten moments from the 2005 festival.
