The World Series Of Poker Is One Of The Richest Tournament

Sunday, 10 May 2009

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is one of the richest tournament and most prominent poker tournaments in the world and since it was first played in the year 1970, the WSOP has been held annually at B The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is one of the richest tournament and most prominent poker tournaments in the world and since it was first played in the year 1970, the WSOP has been held annually at Binion's Horseshoe casino in Las Vegas (Nevada), and has grown its popularity since then. The World Series of Poker was started in the year 1970 but it is considered as a real competition only after 1971. It was not so popular until 1991 because after 1991 the prize money hit $1,000,000 (1 million US dollars). Subsequently the prize money has continued to grow and the publicity and fame of the game has sky-rocketed. The World Series of Poker is that it is not just a single tournament and many players don?t know this. The World Series of Poker tournaments represents many of the top poker professionals, but it is not their exclusive domains. Players from all over the world will participate and most of the poker players are amateurs. In the year 2003, World Series of Poker prize was succeeded by an amateur through online game and player called Chris Moneymaker who got in by winning 40 dollars in online poker tournament.