World Series of Poker 2018 Begins!
Play begins at the world’s largest, richest and longest-running poker tournament, the World Series of Poker. The World Series of Poker has been around for the past 49 years and for the last 14 years, it has been at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Convention Center.
The action kicks off Wednesday, May 30th at 11:00am for the annual Casino Employees Event – a unique event bringing all Las Vegas employees together under one roof. On Saturday, huge crowds of poker players will descend on Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for a $565 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament dubbed the Colossus, which guarantees the victor $1,000,000. This event will have six starting flights, two each Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 10am and 5pm.
The World Series of Poker is the gaming industry’s premier event, each year drawing tens of thousands of poker enthusiasts from around the globe to Las Vegas to compete for millions in prize money and the game’s most coveted trophy – a World Series of Poker Champion’s Bracelet.
- The $565 Casino Employees event begins Wednesday, May 30 at 11am
- The $565 Colossus $1 million to winner event begins Saturday, June 2 at 10am
- The 78-event schedule runs from May 30 – July 17, 2018
Who will be in attendence? Only he greatest card sharps and amateur hopefuls from more than 100 countries around the globe. Over $200 Million to be Awarded; Over 100,000 Participants from 100+ Countries.
About World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (known as Harrah’s Entertainment until 2010). It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players.
The winner of each event receives a World Series of Poker bracelet and a monetary prize based on the number of entrants and buy-in amounts. Over the years, the tournament has grown in both the number of events and in the number of participants. Each year, the WSOP culminates with the $10,000 no-limit hold’em “Main Event,” which, since 2004, has attracted entrants numbering in the thousands. The victor receives a multi-million dollar cash prize and a bracelet, which has become the most coveted award a poker player can win. The winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.
As of 2017, the WSOP consists of 74 events, with most major poker variants featured. However, in recent years, over half of the events have been variants of Texas hold ’em. Events traditionally take place during one day or over several consecutive days during the series in June and July. However, starting in 2008, the Main Event final table was delayed until November. The 2012 and 2016 Main Event final tables commenced in October because of the United States presidential election.
As of May 2017, the World Series of Poker has done away with the November Nine concept and instead went back to the old format of crowning the Main Event winner in July. – Wikipedia
