World Series of Poker - Official Tournament Coverage and Results

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

LEVEL	ANTE	BLINDS
1	25	150-300
2	50	200-400
3	50	250-500
4	75	300-600
Remove 25 Chips
5	100	400-800
6	100	500-1,000
7	200	600-1,200
8	200	800-1,600
9	300	1,000-2,000
10	300	1,200-2,400
11	400	1,500-3,000
12	500	2,000-4,000
Remove 100 Chips
13	500	2,500-5,000
14	1,000	3,000-6,000
Remove 500 Chips
15	1,000	4,000-8,000
16	1,000	5,000-10,000
17	2,000	6,000-12,000
18	2,000	8,000-16,000
19	2,000	9,000-18,000
20	3,000	10,000-20,000
21	3,000	12,000-24,000
22	4,000	15,000-30,000
23	4,000	18,000-36,000
Remove 1,000 Chips
24	5,000	20,000-40,000
25	5,000	25,000-50,000
26	10,000	30,000-60,000
27	10,000	40,000-80,000
28	10,000	50,000-100,000
29	15,000	60,000-120,000
30	20,000	80,000-160,000
31	20,000	90,000-180,000
32	30,000	100,000-200,000
33	30,000	120,000-240,000
34	40,000	150,000-300,000
35	40,000	180,000-360,000
Remove 5,000 Chips
36	50,000	200,000-400,000
37	50,000	250,000-500,000
38	75,000	300,000-600,000
39	100,000	400,000-800,000
40	150,000	500,000-1,000,000
41	200,000	600,000-1,200,000
42	200,000	800,000-1,600,000

General Rules

Play will continue on day 1 until the completion of level 10
Dinner will be after 6 levels of play on day 1 and last 90 minutes
Dinner will be after 4 levels of play on days 2-4 and last 60 minutes
Day 2 - play will resume at 2:30 pm on Thursday, July 1, 2010 and play 10 levels
Day 3 - play will resume at 2:30 pm on Friday, July 2, 2010 and play down to 6 players or 10 levels, whichever comes first.
Day 4 - play will resume at 2:30 pm on Saturday, July 3, 2010 and continue until a winner has been determined
If an event is running long, the tournament director reserves the right to suspend play after the completion of 20 levels and resume the following day
Adjustments may be made to the number of levels played each day

Players begin with 75,000 in Tournament Chips. All levels will last 60 minutes. Breaks will occur after every two levels and last 20 minutes. The Rio reserves the right to alter or change the schedule in order to play the tournament in the above mentioned timeframe. 3.5% of the total entry pool will be withheld for entry fees, and 1.5% of the total entry pool will be withheld for tournament staff.

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