Hurrah’s Entertainment have announced the dates for the 39th annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas next year at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

“The team is still hard at work on the schedule of events for next year, but we’ve received so many requests for the dates that we decided to announce them now,” said Jeffrey Pollack, WSOP Commissioner.

The tournment is scheduled to start 30 May and will culminate with the final of the main event – No Limit Texas Hold’em with a ,000 buy-in – on 17 July, 2008. But the most expensive tournament is anticpated to be once again the prestigious ,000 H.O.R.S.E event.