The World Series of Poker is a poker tournament held annually in Las Vegas. The first WSOP in 1970 was an invitational wherein Benny Binion invited six of the best known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino. The WSOP is nationally televised as well. Each year it can be seen live on ESPN. A total of 57 gold bracelets will be up for grabs during this tournament. The first open bracelet event will be the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship – the most expensive buy-in event to ever open up the World Series of Poker.
It begins play Monday, July 5 and should reach its final table of nine players on Saturday, July 17, at which time play will be halted. The tournament will end with the “November Nine” from November 6-9, before a live audience with special primetime coverage from ESPN.
Availability Online
Since some people enjoy just watching the World Series of Poker, there are numerous places to watch it. As stated before, ESPN will be running all the games live. But, some people will not have the chance of seeing it on TV, that is why there is live streaming events online now. http://bluff.com/blogs/2009-wsop-episodes
One option of live streaming is wsok.prk.com. Users need to sign up as early as possible at the website, because things could get backed up once the show starts. Then, using a video player will give you more options than using just a browser. Mac users Flip4Mac is a browser plugin and that will allow users to not only watch the feed but you can pause it and save it. http://bluff.com/blogs/2009-wsop-episodes
References
Fast Facts
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Date
May 27 2010
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Network
ESPN
