Poker Rules

On October 25, 2004 Harrah's announced the creative activity of the World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit that pronounced the beginning of the 36th yearly World Series of Poker season. And with it began their attempts to germinate the World Series of Poker from a calendar month long manic haste into a twelvemonth long sport. The Tournament Circuit is a set of poker tournament Michigan at different casinos that volition host all-comer events for players seeking high-level top quality poker action. It also lets players based on their public presentation at the tournament electrical circuit events and the World Series of Poker, to measure up them for entry into the Tournament of Champions event. The Tournament of Champions is a freeroll event significance that no player who will take part have to set up any of his or her ain finances to play. Harrah’s finds the figure of players from each of the tournament electrical electrical circuit events who will qualify.

With the popularity of poker on the rise, Harrah's sought to capitalise on this motion by having 5 legs of the circuit that would be unfastened to anyone who wanted to play regardless of accomplishment level. In 2005 events were held in Atlantic City, New Jersey during January, San Diego, calcium in February, Las Vegas, Nevada in March, Lake Tahoe, Nevada in April and New Orleans, lanthanum in May. Each of the events were taped and will be aired on ESPN. All champs who won their events received a WSOP title gold ring and a ample amount of cash, which easily reached the six-figure flat in the Main Events. The buy-ins for the tournaments ranged from a few hundred dollars to $10,000 per individual for engagement in the Championship Main Event held at each electrical circuit leg. The game for each of the Main Events was Texas No-Limit Hold'Em poker.

The response from the poker playing populace was well received drawing noted people like Erick Lindgren, Mimi Tran, Chris Ferguson, Chad Brown, Toilet Dewey Tomko, Henry Martin Robert Williamson III, Andy Bloch, J.C. Tran, Jennifer Harman Traniello, Tony Ma, Phil Ivey, John Cernuto, Saint David Pham, Joe Awada, Antonio Esfandiari and others to the tables. It also brought out many superior regional poker players who are well known and well-thought-of in their countries of the country.

Since the acquisition of the World Series of Poker name and trade name in 2004, Harrah's have been on a missionary post to spread out the name into their places and new countries of which the tournament electrical circuit is one, so you can swear that this volition be around for a figure of years. Now the amount of "rake" the company gains from event award pools is 6%, and this money is used to pay traders and other expenses. Given the magnitude of tournament operations, that can't go forth that much for profit. So why make they make it? A company interpreter stated that the international exposure, newspaper and mass media insurance they are receiving on these events is invaluable to them. It is helping to put the basis for the corporation to spread out greater than what they already are. So you can number on Harrah's to go on the attempt to do the World Series of Poker larger and better than it presently is.