WSOP Main Event
As far as poker is concerned, it doesn’t get any bigger than the main event at the WSOP casino event. This is the final showdown, the ultimate test of skill and strategy, not poker online, but real, live poker. Let’s look a little closer at this media hyped poker game to figure out exactly what the main event is all about. First of all, it is a no-limit Texas Holdem game. Always has been, and with the way things are looking, always will be. No limit Holdem just has that inherent drama that is best suited for a grand final showdown.
Despite what we would think today, the buy-ins for the main event weren’t always sky high. In fact, when the WSOP first implemented a final showdown, the buy in was just $5,000. Since then the price has doubled, but so has the media attention and the rewards for the winner.
For a very long time it was thought that the Main Event determined the unofficial winner of the entire World Series of Poker. Unfortunately for many past winner, the tournament has recently released a statement that says that the H.O.R.S.E. tournament is actually a better predictor of the best poker player than no limit Holdem. Of course, this doesn’t diminish the glory of anyone who makes it to the final table, or even to the World Series for that matter.
