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WSOP history. Part 3: World Series Now

Today, the WSOP is the largest offline poker tournament, which is expected annually not only by players, but also by the audience. Many people associate the World Series with summer, time of vacations, and Rio Casino as the best place to relax.

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The modern WSOP history

The number of WSOP players in 2004 reached a five-digit number and continued to grow rapidly. In 2013, the World Series set a new record, bringing together 575,000 players. Along with the number of participants, the size of the prize money also grew. In 2012, $222,035,192 were raffled.

As already mentioned in the second part of our story, the popularization of the World Series was largely the result of Chris Moneymaker’s victory. An ordinary amateur player who won a ticket in one of the satellites for $39 and barely found the means to get to the tournament turned the perception of the game among millions of poker players. After such a result, many people tried to repeat the result of the winner: hundreds of players abandoned their main occupation, completely devoting their free time to playing poker.

Chris Moneymaker

Similar to the World Series, tournaments of this kind began to take place not only in America, but also in other countries. As an example, we can cite $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop, which brought together 48 players, and well-known High Roller tournaments that unite the riskiest poker players at the tables.

This popularization of poker has a good effect on the World Series. Even in the year of Black Friday at the WSOP, the number of participants has only increased. While the trend continues, more and more people are interested in playing online and offline poker. If men completely dominated earlier the Championship, now you can meet women at almost every table.

Television has made a huge contribution to the popularization of poker and the Main Series. Chris Moneymaker told ESPN about the victory, telling the audience the amazing story of the winner and showing the pocket cards of the tournament participants. The success of a simple player inspired the audience and sent poker to the masses.

Later, a project related to the WSOP appeared on television. Every year in the summer, a lot of reports are published, which show the process of playing at the tables of the Main Tournament with comments from both professionals and less experienced players. Thanks to the program, ordinary viewers can follow the game of their idols and learn more information about poker.

In 2008, the World Series decided to move the final from July to November. Despite a lot of criticism, the schedule change has been beneficial. For three months, the main event was promoted among the audience, and the WSOP was massively discussed even by people far from poker.

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At the moment, the WSOP continues to develop and go forward. In 2018, the prize fund of the World Series was $74,015,600, and the tournament became the most massive since 2006. Among the participants, you can notice not only residents of America, but also representatives of exotic countries, such as Kenya, Zimbabwe, Myanmar, etc.

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