WSOP on ESPN Gets Underway Tonight

We’re only a few weeks out from the (temporary) end of the 2009 WSOP, and ESPN is already turning around the tournaments that were for your tv viewing pleasure. Over 30 hours of WSOP coverage get underway tonight with two hours focused on the 40k buy in NLHE tournament (event #2).

Here are the players you’ll be watching at the final table of that event and their starting chip stacks:

1. Isaac Haxton - 5,955,000
2. Vitaly Lunkin - 4,565,000
3. Lex Veldhuis - 3,805,000
4. Greg Raymer - 3,345,000
5. Alec Torelli - 2,340,000
6. Justin Bonomo - 1,685,000
7. Dani Stern - 1,300,000
8. Noah Schwartz - 660,000
9. Ted Forrest - 560,000

ESPN is covering a total of four events in this year’s broadcast: the 40k, the Tournament of Champions, Ante Up for Africa and, of course, the Main event. Here’s the complete schedule for ESPN coverage of the World Series of Poker, all times EST:

July 28th from 8:00pm to 10:00pm: $40,000 Special Anniversary Tournament

August 4th from 8:00pm to 10:00pm: WSOP Champions Invitational

August 11th from 8:00pm to 10:00pm: Ante Up for Africa Charity Tournament

August 18th to September 22nd from 8:00pm to 10:00pm: WSOP Main Event

September 29th from 8:00pm to 11:00pm: WSOP Main Event

October 6th from 10:00pm to 11:00pm: WSOP Main Event

October 13th to November 3rd from 9:00pm to 11:00pm: WSOP Main Event

November 10th from 9:00pm to 11:30pm: WSOP Main Event Final Table

For our complete WSOP coverage, click here.