The World Series of Poker is actually a series of poker events held in the form of tournaments which is commanded annually in Vegas, since the year 2005. The event is sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. Its origins date to the year 1970 when Benny Binion invited the top seven poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for one tournament. Wsop.com holds each and every news concerning the event.
The winner of each event is bestowed with a World Series of Poker bracelet and a money prize which is supported by the figure of buy-ins in addition to a number of entrants. The number of events and participants has grown of this royal event, over the years. Each year, the WSOP commences the main event with $10,000 no-limit hold’em which has been attracting thousands of entrants. The winner receives a million-dollar money bracelet and price that has turned the most desired award to win over by the poker players. The winner of the main event of the World Series of Poker is declared to be the World Champion of Poker.
The WSOP comprises of around sixty-one events featured mostly with the poker variants. However, in recent years, more than half of events stand of the variation of Texas hold ’em. The events of WSOP are traditionally a day event but it may also be carried on over many consecutive days throughout the series which takes place during the month of June to July. However, in the year 2008, the Main Event’s final table was carried till November, and also the 2012 main event final table game started late in October attributable to the presidential election that took place in the year.
Winners of the WSOP main event are not only bestowed with a gold bracelet and the biggest prize of this grand tournament but in addition to it, their pic is hanged at Binion’s Gallery of Champions. Also, the Main Event’s winner is traditionally gifted the title of ‘World Champion’. But few are of the thinking that no-limit hold ’em isn’t the best structure for determining a champion of the poker play. In the year 2002 Daniel Negreanu debated favoring the switch over of the main event to the full limit hold ’em, he was of the view that ultimate limit required a far more furnished set of poker skills rather than no-limit. Four players have won the main event of this royal play number of times and the name includes Johnny Chan (1987 and 1988), Johnny Moss (1970, 1971, and 1974), Stu Ungar (1980, 1981, and 1997) Doyle Brunson (1976 and 1977).
