WSOP 2008 Dates

  It is not too early to get excited for next year's World Series of Poker, and you can plan on the exact dates the festivities will begin. The dates for the 39th annual WSOP have been released by the company that runs the world's longest running poker tournament series, Harrah's Entertainment. Things will be getting under way a day earlier than this year, May 30.  The tourneys will run through July 17, 2008, giving more than a month for WSOP gold hunters to find what they are looking for. As for the last few years, the WSOP will be run out of the Harrah's owned Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and the WSOP Commissioner is still Jeffrey Pollack.  Pollack is still hammering out the scheduling details, but one juicy tidbit was released along with the dates - the poker room will be open as of May 26th in order to allow early registration. The goal here is to alleviate the agonizingly long lines that were a big problem in this year's WSOP.  The WSOP Poker Room's early opening is the first in what many hope will be a number of changes to the way the series is run. Some of the targets Pollack has hinted at previously include opening more space up, so as to relieve the need for the poorly air conditioned "Poker Pavilion" that housed a good amount of players this year.  As the details become available we will report them, but one thing is for sure - Harrah's is setting out to improve the World Series of Poker yet again.