The most important tournament poker is the World Series of Poker WSOP

From then to now there have been many changes: it increased the number of tournaments and mini tournaments that comprise it, have changed the casino where it runs, were placed new specialties and tournaments are organized for individual categories (women, employees of casino ....).

The organization of the WSOP: The buy-in provided in the WSOP varies depending at which they participate are required such as $ 500 in the tournament for employees, while the main tournament (Main Event), the one whose winner is called world champion, provides a fee of $ 10.000.La specialty of the tournament is no limit Texas Holdem where the winner not only wins the prize to be won, but receives a platinum bracelet (unlike the other winners tournaments for which, in addition to money, a gold bracelet).

The participants of the WSOP: Since the first edition to now the number of participants in the WSOP Main Event is increasing exponentially in, because in the last 20 years have been established throughout the world of satellite tournaments whose winners qualify for the WSOP. This procedure has made it plain that to compete for the victory, and for the title of world champion, could also be of non-professional players (as happened to Chris Moneymaker in 2003). More info about the last hand and players of the world poker tournaments.

The H. O.R.S.E. the WSOP: The poker, however, is a multi-sport variants and Texas Holdem is only one of them. That is why from 2006 to WSOP is also dispute HORSE: Tournament by buy-in of $ 50,000 which played from 5 different specialties limit fisso.Questa version is considered the most complete, and a fee is so high ago they can participate only in very few, mostly professional players at the highest level.