Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
The winner of each event
The winner of each event receives a World Series of Poker bracelet and a monetary prize based on the number of entrants and buy-in amounts. Over the years, the tournament has grown in both the number of events and in the number of participants. Each year, the WSOP culminates with the $10,000 no-limit hold'em "Main Event," which, since 2004, has attracted entrants numbering in the thousands. The victor receives a multi-million dollar cash prize and a bracelet, which has become the most coveted award a poker player can win.[3] The winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.[4] As of 2014, the WSOP consists of 65 events, with most major poker variants featured. However, in recent years, over half of the events have been variants of
Texas hold 'em.
Texas hold 'em. Events traditionally take place during one day or over several consecutive days during the series in June and July. However, starting in 2008, the Main Event final table was delayed until November. The 2012 final table commenced in October because of the United States presidential election.[5][6] Contents 1 Format 2 Highlights 3 History 3.1 Acquisition by Harrah's 4 Main Event 4.1 Main Event results 5 Players 5.1 Records 5.2 Player of the Year 5.3 Poker Hall of Fame 6 Expansion 6.1 2007 - World Series of Poker Europe 6.1.1 WSOPE Main Event results 6.2 2010 World Series of Poker - Africa 6.3 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific 6.3.1 WSOP APAC Main Event results 7 WSOP television coverage 7.1 1970s–1980s 7.2 1990s 7.3 2000s 7.4 WSOP broadcasters 8 Marketing 8.1 DVD releases 8.2 Video games 8.3 WSOP Poker Academy 8.4 WSOP online 8.5 WSOP Arizona Lottery 9 See also 10 References