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2005 World Series Of Poker
By Oddvar Pettersen, Sat Dec 10th
The 2005 World Series of Poker event is scheduled to begin June2, 2005 in and an estimated 5,000 players are expectedto participate in the $10,000 buy-in, no-limit Texas hold 'emmain event. The event will be held at the Rio Hotel and Casino from June 3rdto July 15th, with the last two days taking place at JackBinnions Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. The buy-ins for the 2005 WSOP events range from $1,000 to$10,000 and most of the WSOP tournament final tables are tapedand televised by ESPN.
The World Series of Poker started as an invitationaltournament in 1970. Jack Binnion invited the best seven pokerplayers in America to his casino in to decide whomAmericas best poker player was. Johnny Moss won the 1970 WSOPtitle by actually being voted the best player by his playingcompanions. The 1971 World Series of poker was played as a freezouttournament, meaning one player had to win all the chips.Thirteen players participated and Johnny Moss won it this timefair and square with some brilliant poker play. T. J. Cloutier has been the most successful WSOP player over theyears and has finished in the money in over 30 events. He haswon five first place gold bracelets and finished second twice inthe main Championship event of Texas Hold'em. Anyone,
regardless of gender or nationality can play in the WSOPas long as they are 21 years of age and can afford the $10,000entrance fee. World Series of Poker has become extremely popular in the recentyears. Especially since the 2003 WSOP Championship, when ChrisMoneymaker, (yes it is his real name) won 2.5 million dollarsafter qualifying through a 40 dollar online satellitetournament. In 2004 there were 2,576 entries for the $10,000 No LimitHold'em WSOP Championship and the prize money had increased tomore than $49 million. Greg Raymer beat 2576 players to win thefirst price of 5 million dollars for a buy-in stake of $40 whichalso was won online. The 2005 World Series of Poker will last for approximately 40days and an estimated 10,000 poker players from all over theworld will compete in more than 30 different poker games. Thewinner of each event will be awarded a gold bracelet and firstplace cash prizes ranging from $500,000 to $10,000,000.
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