The annual circus that is the World Series of Poker has started up again and those who are interested can follow the action at http://www.wsop.com/2012/ . Over sixty events will make up this years WSOP, and two bracelets have already been awarded.
As always the first event is a No Limit Hold 'Em tournament restricted to Casino employees. This years winner is Chip Saechao, a blackjack dealer from Vasalia, California.
The other bracelet has gone to Brent Hanks, a 29 year old Vegas pro, who took down the $1,500 buy-in NLHE event and earned himself $517,725. Not bad for a former fifth grade school teacher.
Event #3 is a heads-up tournament - players compete one-on-one, with the victor advancing to the next round. The game itself switches back and forth between No Limit Hold 'Em and Pot Limit Omaha. Over 300 players began this tournament and only eight remain to duke it out. What makes it interesting is that one of those eight is 23 year old poker phenom Annette Obrestad, the youngest person to win a World Series of Poker Europe bracelet who is looking for her first victory in the WSOP proper.
This year the $10,000 buy-in Main Event may actually not be the event that gets the most attention as on July 1 a three day tournament will begin with a buy-in of $1,000,000. The Big One for One Drop cost a cool million bucks just to enter - with $111,111 of each entry going to the One Drop charity to help develop water management in Africa. Who would pay a million just to enter a poker tournament? According to Poker News, over thirty seats are filled.
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