It’s hard to believe we’re just a few days away from the start of the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP). The 2012 WSOP schedule kicks off on Sunday, May 27 with the traditional $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em event. On Monday, May 28, the first open tournament takes place, a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event.

Last year, answering critics who pointed out that he lacked a major live tournament showing, U.K. poker player Chris moorman1 Moorman (pictured) racked up two final tables at the WSOP, including a second place finish in the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Championship for $716,000. Moorman also finished third in a $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max event for $271,000 and now has over $2.2 million in career WSOP earnings.

Now, Moorman and other online poker pros are in the midst of packing their bags and coming to America for the 2012 WSOP. We caught up with the Brit for an exclusive WSOP preview.

PocketFives: Thanks for joining us, Chris. By the way, congratulations on being the first PocketFives member to get to $8 million in tracked cashesin your PocketFives profile. Tell us what WSOP events you’re looking forward to the most and why.

Chris Moorman: The $1 million buy-in One Drop if I can get involved somehow, but if not, probably the six-max tourneys. I feel like six-max is much more my natural game than full ring and after a couple of near misses last year, I really want to pick up my first bracelet this year. I think six-max tourneys represent the best opportunity for me to do that.

PocketFives: What about the new $2,500 Four-Max No Limit Hold’em event?

Chris Moorman: I forgot they were having that tourney this year. That tourney is going to be ridiculous. It’s one that definitely favors the cash game guys who have a lot more four-max experience.

PocketFives: Getting back to the One Drop event, what’s the appeal of it to you?

Chris Moorman: It’s going to be a historic event. Nothing like this has gone down before and the winner will be the all-time prize money leader in poker. Also, the field will be quite soft because of the businessmen who are entering. Therefore, it’s not going to be like the $100,000 buy-in tournaments you’ll find, which I feel are more shark-infested and ego-fests on the whole.

PocketFives: How difficult is it to scrape together the $1 million buy-in to play?

Chris Moorman: There aren’t many people who are going to put up $1 million of their own money to play one tourney, so you need to sell percentages. Even selling at face value, 1% would cost $10,000, so you either have to find a few people who are willing to buy a huge piece, which is tough, or you can sell to a lot of different people, but then you have the logistic problems of getting all of the money together in Las Vegas to buy in.

PocketFives: This year, the WSOP Main Event will have three starting days instead of the traditional four. Do you think that will fundamentally change anything?

Chris Moorman: I wouldn’t think it would make too much of a difference other than the fact that the dinner and bathroom queues will be longer than ever before.

PocketFives: What would a WSOP bracelet mean to you given all you’ve accomplished during your poker career?

Chris Moorman: I guess it would be a symbol of what I’ve achieved in this game. It’s ironic that I have a similar record in online series, with a host of seconds and thirds in SCOOP events and FTOPS events. Obviously, those were all awesome results and felt great, but it would be nice to close a huge one out and pose for that winner’s photo.

Visit WSOP.comfor full details and to sign up for any 2012 WSOP event.