Sep
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2008
by Simon Carlsson
Poker has been around for quite some time. Most people have grown up watching shows where a good round of cards, such as Texas Hold Em, has proven to be very exciting. Even songwriters, such as Kenny Rogers, have made poker famous; however, there is one tournament that has definitely shaped how poker is viewed. The World Series of Poker is the place to be if you are a professional card player and know how to play poker well.
Tom Moore started the World Series of Poker in 1968 in Reno, Nevada.
Perhaps it is the money that is the key focus of the WSOP.
If you want to take a run at the World Series of Poker, then you are going to need to learn the games.
He wanted to show other casinos and players that poker was a worthwhile venture. Up until this time, many casinos did not feature poker because they believed that it was too hard to control cheating. Perhaps it was but Benny Binion and his sons changed all that and helped catapult WSOP into the stratosphere of the elite gamers, with such games as Texas Hold Em and Five Card Stud.
Practice, practice and more practice is the way to learn how to play the game and learn how to “read” your competitors. You can find out how to play poker by going online to such places as www.fulltiltpoker.com or by reading some of the self-help books written by the best players in the industry.
There is little doubt that the no limit, Texas Hold Em game held at the end of the event is the main draw. Each time it is held, audience members and television viewers around the world turn their heads to watch as some of the greatest poker players pit themselves against each other in a game of skill and luck. However, it is not just anyone who can sit at that green poker table and take a run with Dame Fortune. Only the best in the world make it and it is why people stare fascinated as each hand of cards is dealt by the dealer.
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