Given the popularity of the event today, it’s hard to believe that not long ago The World Series of Poker was an invitation-only event that barely took up one table. The multimedia experience that is now broadcast concurrently across the internet and high-def television was once hard for the participants to even find. Consider some of these interesting facts from the first four decades of the WSOP’s existence:
Johnny Moss won $30,000 for taking the main event in 1971. In 2006, Jamie Gold brought home $12 million at that same event.
In 1970, there were 7 participants in the WSOP. In 2006, there were 8,773.
The first TV coverage of the WSOP came in 1973. Highlights, hosted by the late Jimmy-the-Greek were aired on CBS.
Phil “The Brat” Hellmuth has the most WSOP bracelets with 11.
In 2005, the World Series moved out of its humble original home at Binion’s Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas, and into the huge poker room at the RIO Resort and Casino, located several blocks off of the Las Vegas Strip.
2007’s winner, Jerry Yang, had only been playing the game of poker for two years prior to his victory in the main event.
Today, casinos around the world (both online and offline) offer tournaments where the winner is given a seat at one of the WSOP tables. In fact, several of the most recent winners of the tournament have entered as a result of these “satellite” tournaments.
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