The 50th Annual World Series of Poker held at the Rio-All Suite Hotel & Casino would see an increase to 90 scheduled events - nine of which were held online on WSOP.com. To celebrate the 50th WSOP, both a $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em event and the Big 50 highlighted the schedule. The Big 50 was a $500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event with a guaranteed $5 million prize pool and $1 million first-place prize.