World Series of Poker Tournaments

[vegasrocks]

The Worlds Series of Poker Tournaments kicked off today in Las Vegas. This is to be a series of 57 poker tournaments. As I said, it kicked off today with a $50,000 buy-in mixed-game championship.

Some of the biggest names in the game flock to this tournament. Among them are Phil Hellmuth who is an 11-time gold bracelet winner and also 10-time bracelet winner Doyle Brunson.

"Everybody knows the World Series of Poker is the biggest stage in the world," Hellmuth said Friday. "This is where you make your name."

The series runs for fifty days between now and July 17th at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Tournaments cost anywhere from $1,000 to $50,000 to enter.

The final table of the main event will be delayed to November, allowing tape-delayed coverage of the tournament to air before it ends. Last year's main event was won by Joe Cada, who became the series' youngest champion by beating 6,493 opponents for $8.55 million.

[anita]

I do not watch that kind of stuff normally but lately I have watched a time or two.

It really amazes me as to how the players keep the expression off of their faces,and do so well with the whole betting thing.

I am trying to learn so that if I save enough and go to Vegas I will have a clue how to play and gamble and not look so new at it.

[VegasLuvsMe]

I love to watch the WSOP games when they're televised. It's so easy to tell someone what to do when you see everyone's cards when they're shown with a mini-cam.
But it's a lot harder when you're sitting at a live table. I will never forget the time I decided to play in a live poker tourney in Las Vegas.
There were two players at the final table who seem to know each other and one must have played in these tournaments a lot since he was acting cocky during his card play.
After I had re-raised him all in, he looked at me like I had slapped him in the face and then asked me if I knew who he was.
Then he told me he would show his cards if I show mine, and I agreed. He mucked his cards and so did I (after I won the hand).
There's a lot more to playing live poker than knowing how to play, it's also about keeping your cool around other poker players who've played the game a while.

[VegasLover]

I hope an online player wins it this year!

I like watching it on TV, admittedly not like the last few years when I was there from the first show to the last but I do try and catch it when I can.

I like poker and learn something just about every time I watch it, most of the odds of winning a hand I got from ESPN

[anita]

I watch these shows to learn more about the different games associated with gambling.

I love the suspense of the win or lose,the excitement of not knowing.

Maybe I ove it a little to much sometimes,I think that luck is there for me and it is not sometimes and it really can cost a pretty penny if it isn't.

I love to watch the players composure and facial expressions,and to see how they bluff each other,this is very interesting to me.Theses guys are good at what they do and it is entertaining to watch them do what they do best.

[anita]

I like to watch those games to,I can learn more watching it than I can watching some of the other ones.

I like to see how some of the players are so good at bluffing the other ones,and getting to see this in action really helps anyone who is trying to learn more about the sport.