re: World Series of Poker 2011

ok, gotcha. Is the tourney yall are talking about the last one of tWSOP?


which one is on tv right now?

what's the big hold em tournament that's always on tv? the one chris moneymaker or whatever won back around 04 and really blew the poker game up? Is that the same tourney that gets down to the november nine?

sorry for all the questions...

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ok, gotcha. Is the tourney yall are talking about the last one of tWSOP?


which one is on tv right now?

what's the big hold em tournament that's always on tv? the one chris moneymaker or whatever won back around 04 and really blew the poker game up? Is that the same tourney that gets down to the november nine?

sorry for all the questions...

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Yes

The 10k buy in main event

The Main Event is the one that is always on tv. The show a little bit of footage involving some of the other bracelet tournaments, but they focus on 10k NL Holdem. Most of the other tournaments are broadcast on ESPN3 or WSOP. Some poker lovers have been watching the tournament for months. Hell I watched the casino employees tournament one day.

Yes this is the one Moneymaker won against Sammy Farha.
Yes this one gets down to the November. They will break the table at 9 players. All will get a check for 9th place money and be sent home. They will return in 4 months to complete the tournament.


I wonder if ESPN will broadcast the million dollar buy in next year...

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This event, which will be a bracelet event in next year’s series, is by far the largest poker tournament to be held in a major casino, taking the title away from the $250,000 Super High Roller Event at this year’s Aussie Millions. However, other than the differences in the buyins, these tournaments have some very distinct differences.

The $1 million tournament will have a much deeper payout structure, paying out 20% of the field. Also, this tournament will take place over the course of three days. So far, 15 players have signed on to play this event, including nosebleed players Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, Gus Hansen, and Patrick Antonius, frequent Big Game competitors Daniel Negreanu and Johnny Chan, and the famous Texas billionaire, making his first trip to the WSOP, Andy Beal.

What is most special about this tournament is what happens to the tournament fees. Usually, a poker room will withhold 10% of the prizepool as a fee for the event. For this event, however, no fee will be taken for the casino. Instead, for each million, $111,111 will be taken out of the prize pool for the One Drop Charity Foundation. This foundation’s goal is to provide access to clean water and sanitation to everybody in the world. Laliberte, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, founded the organization in 2007 and has been working towards the goals of the organization since.

This tournament is bound to be the highlight of next year’s WSOP, and will be the buzz of much of this year’s series. It will be exciting to see how many players decide to play the event between now and then, who comes out of the woodwork, and who backs who for the tournament.

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and who backs who for the tournament.

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There will definitely be a few players split 10+ ways.

you can't even beat me with a 10-1 chip lead...

you had like 5k in the omaha hi lo what happened?

If you get A3o against him make sure you shove every time. It's his kryptonite and he will hate you forever.

*mental note*