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info about the WSOP
In 1970, Benny Binion, the owner of Binion's
Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, gathered
together a group of highly skilled poker players
from around the United States. His plan was
to have them play each other in a public setting
in order to determine which of them who the
best poker player in the world was. Benny
Binion called his event the "World Series
of Poker" and it was held at his casino
in Las Vegas. In the end, celebrated poker
legend Johnny Moss was crowned the very first
World Champion of Poker. The WSOP has been
held annually at the Binions Horseshoe ever
since, but from 2005 and forward the WSOP
will be played at the Rio in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the year 2000, when Chris Ferguson was
crowned as the WSOP champion, the number of
participants had grown to 519 and first prize
awarded him with $1,500,000. In 2004, an unprecedented
2,576 players battled for the coveted world
champion title, which lured the competitors
with a first prize offer of $5,000,000.
A few players have won more than one time
namely Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Stu Ungar
and Johny Moss. They are now considered greats
of the game.
In 2004 the WSOP franchise was bought by
Harrahs and will be managed by them in 2005,
instead of being held at the traditional Binions
the WSOP will be held at the Rio suites and
hotel in Las Vegas. Participant number is
expected to be in between 3000-6000 players.
The main event will start on July 7th and
the final table will be played on July 15th.
However, the two final days of the event will
be played at the traditional Binions Horseshoe
in downtown Las Vegas.
For the first time ever, the 2005 WSOP will
be held at Harrah's Rio Suites, Las Vegas
with the final 2 days of the Main event concluded
at in its traditional location, The Horseshoe
in downtown Las Vegas.
The WSOP is unequalled by any other poker
event in the world today, and it is considered
by all to be the ultimate achievement in any
poker players career, to gain that coveted
title of World Champion. In the year of 2004,
Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer beat the other 2,576
players to win the title and 5 million dollars
for his buy-in stake of $10,000, which in
fact he won via an online poker site, for
an original stake of $40. What an investment.
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