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Poker has been appearing on television somewhat regularly since the late-1970s. In the United States, CBS started airing the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event as an annual one-hour show around this time and later by ESPN, which were casino-produced shows produced under a time-buy arrangement for sports omnibus programming such as the CBS Sports Spectacular.
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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments [1] held annually in Paradise, Nevada, and since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment.It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players.
For American players, the event began on December 13 on WSOP.com, with the final table taking place on December 28. The Main Event on GGPoker attracted 674 players, creating a prize pool of $6,470,400. The top 80 players made the money, with the winner earning $1,550,969. The WSOP.com Main Event had 705 entries and a prize pool of $6,768.000.
The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the 55th edition of the World Series of Poker, an annual series of poker tournaments. It was held from May 28 – July 17 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 3, with the champion being determined on July 17. [1]
Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The winner of the WSOP Main Event receives a World Series of Poker bracelet, millions of dollars (with the exact amount based on the number of entrants), and the right to be considered the year's World Champion of Poker. [2]
For the last several years, the largest tournament in the world has been the World Series of Poker Main Event. With the exception of 1992, the US$10,000 buy-in tournament increased in prize pool year-over-year from its start in 1970 until 2007 (the latter a result of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which reduced the number of players winning their seats via online play).