May 29, 2013

Biggest poker event in the world starts today - WSOP 2013


The kick off of another edition, the 44th, the World Series of Poker, will be given tonight with the Casino Employees tournament. Between May 29 and July 15 will be awarded 61 gold bracelets, but the brightest of all, the Main Event will only be discussed on 4 and 5 November 2013.

The gigantic halls of the conference center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino Las Vegas will have a total of 480 tables, a new high in WSOP events. The intention of the organization is to exceed the numbers achieved last year, when there were a total of 74,766 entries in the various tournaments.

Last year's Main Event was won by American Greg Merson, who after overcoming a field of 6,598 players, besides the gold bracelet received a first prize of $ 8,531,853. The 2012 WSOP came in history for having reached the highest cumulative prize pool ever - $ 222,045,377.

In the 2013 edition players eliminated from WSOP tournaments, will have the opportunity to play tournaments the Carnivale of Poker. Tournament series-parallel, which returns after a gap of more than 10 years.




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