Day 1 will stretch over four days. Players may start their Day 1 on any of the next four days. Talk is that the largest field will be on Saturday (Day 1C). On Monday, players remaining from Thursday (1A) and Saturday (1C) will play their Day 2. Tuesday, players who made it through their day 1 on Friday (1B) and on Sunday (1D) will be combined to play their Day 2. The Main Event gives the players a break on Wednesday, then brings all the remaining players together for the first time on Thursday. Play will continue for five days until the final nine players remain. This will constitute the Main Event Final Table.
Then things get a little weird. The final nine will all be in the money to the tune of over a million dollars each and playing for a top prize of over eight million ($8.9 million in 2010). But they won't actually play for it until November 5th. In order to make ESPN's broadcast coverage more timely and relevant, ESPN has gotten the WSOP to delay the final table until the entire season of weekly broadcasts has been complete, making their broadcast of the final table "Near real-time". During the four month break, the final nine players will be able to line up sponsorships, make book deals, hire coaches and financial advisers and prepare themselves for what may be a life transforming event. Although some of the final nine may be financially well off, be assured that whatever place they take, it will result in the largest payday of their life.
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