Changes to the WSOP

The schedule for the 43rd World Series of Poker is set to be released on Wednesday (February 1st) afternoon (1 pm ET).

Via their official Twitter account, the World Series of Poker has already dropped a few nuggets of information regarding this year's event.

One of the most interesting changes? Apparently there will be no more "November Nine". From their Twitter account:

"A few hints on WSOP schedule coming tomorrow...you won't find the November Nine returning."

More changes:

"Another good change coming to WSOP in 2012...no off day during Main Event #keepdealing"

and

"The WSOP Main Event this year will be 3 days shorter without compromising structure at all. #winallaround"

This year's World Series of Poker is rumoured to get underway on Sunday, May 27th

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What Is november nine?

It appears that the delayed final table for the WSOP Main Event is no longer part of the schedule. It seems they will play it out with no delay. I believe the ratings that ESPN received for the live (15 Min delay) was so strong that they decided to keep that format of showing the event in that manner.

I enjoyed being able to see the action and almost all of the hands played as opposed to only the hands that ESPN decided were TV worthy.

The older version is what confuses the new poker players as to what hands they should play.

The new version I believe helps in understanding the game and the players overall thinking on hand selection.

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