The 2011 World Series of Poker schedule has been released, and this time the WSOP features 58 events played over the course of 50 days, May 31 to July 19 and culminating in the coveted $10,000 main event.

Jonathan Duhamel has barely had the time to get adjusted to the WSOP championship bracelet on his wrist and already it’s nearing time for the World Series of Poker to start up again. On Monday, January 24, the World Series of Poker commission announced the official schedule for the 2011 WSOP, with 58 events (one more than last year), scheduled for the 50-day period of May 31 – July 19, 2011. Once again the WSOP will be held at the Rio All-Suit Hotel and Casino.

The first event on the schedule is the usual $500 Casino Employees tournament. But the second event scheduled for that day is the one most people will be watching, a $25,000 Heads-Up tournament, with a player cap of 256, making it the richest heads-up tournament in the history of the WSOP. It will not, however, be the richest WSOP tournament overall. That honor still falls to the $50,000 Poker Players’ Championship, scheduled only a few days prior to the start of the main event on July 7.

Other new additions to the WSOP lineup of events are a $2,500 mixed game event featuring 10 games in one 6-handed match up, and another 6-handed event, $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha. Absent from the 2011 WSOP schedule is the 6-handed $25,000 event.

This will be the 42nd annual World Series of Poker.