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Updated Sat, 2008-02-23 14:59
I hope the WSOP needs no introduction to anyone accessing this page. It is the ultimate live poker experience, it is the true world poker championship for individuals. The prize-pools and individual prizes featured here exceed the wildest imagination, and time and time again prove that there is way more in poker than even the best of specialists can ever accurately assess. The WSOP is the longest running poker series in the world, and it is the most popular as well. It has seen a huge explosion in popularity after 2003, when a PokerStars online qualifier, Chris Moneymaker took down the Main Event first prize, worth 2.5 million dollars.
That was the first time that – due to the exhaustive TV coverage – it truly sank in with the public, on a massive scale, that online poker did indeed represent a reasonable approach to something only accessible to the extremely rich insiders in the past. This sudden awakening resulted in a massive influx of players for the 2004 WSOP, which led to the first prize’s doubling in size. That year, another PokerStars qualifier, Greg the “Fossilman” Raymer won the title, the bracelet and the prize.
The biggest WSOP first prize was won in 2006, by Jamie Gold and amounted to $12,000,000. Just last year (2007), there were three PokerStars players at the Main Event’s final table, players who earned combined cash prizes of $8,800,000.
In order to learn how you can get your shot at world-fame and wealth by following in the footsteps of Greg Raymer or Chris Moneymaker, download the PokerStars software from PokerStop.com (this guarantees you the best first-deposit bonus), and check out their "Events" section.
