Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. said today the 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light and televised exclusively on ESPN will – for the first time ever – begin and end with $10,000 buy-in World Championship events and feature a total of eight $10,000 championships. The 2008 WSOP starts May 30 with the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’Em and ends July 16 with the Final Table of the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em – best known as the WSOP Main Event. The six other $10,000 buy-in events – all World Championship competitions — include: Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’Em; Seven-Card Stud; Limit Hold’Em; Omaha Hi-Low Split Eight or Better; Pot-Limit Omaha; and a new Mixed Event. The Mixed Event will feature eight variations of poker: Limit and No-Limit Hold’Em; Omaha Hi-Low and Pot-Limit Omaha; Seven Card Stud; Razz; Seven Card Hi-Low Split; and 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. The second event of the 2008 WSOP is a $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament with two starting days – May 31 and June 1. Total of 6,358 entrants competed for a Main Event prize pool of $59.8 million. WSOP 2008 packages: Full Tilt Poker (All US residents are WELCOME) Ultimate Bet (All US residents are WELCOME) Pokerstars.com (All US residents are WELCOME) Carbon Poker (All US residents are WELCOME) Doyles Room (All US residents are WELCOME) Bodog Poker (All US residents are WELCOME) Absolute Poker (All US residents are WELCOME) Titan Poker (No U.S.) Poker.com (All US residents are WELCOME) More information at: World Series Of Poker