Time To Pony Up For The WSOP

Filed in archive Tournament News on April 17, 2007

For those with an extra ten thousand dollars sitting around on the nightstand can turn it into a world series of Poker main event seat. That much is common knowledge around the poker community as the WSOP main event gears up to expect to break even last year's record 8,700+ runners. Of course there's justified skeptism coming from several bloggers and internet message boards due to the UIGEA being waved at the internet qualifers who make up the majority of the field.

Full Tilt intends to give the seat winners cash (as of now, this may change) and expect them to use the cash to buy in directly. PokerStars has been mum to the exact details of obtaining the new $10K tourney chip being used at the Rio to assist player with the buy in process versus waving around bricks of hundreds. I know from no experience how much of a pain having to carry ten thousand dollars is, but I'd be glad to get a taste of that feeling. Hopefully the penny slots at the Rio will be looser on my next trip to the sin city.

Below is a little write up from Harrah's on pre-registering for the WSOP events:

Pre-registration instructions and new participant rules - including a more liberal player-apparel policy - can be found at www.worldseriesofpoker.com, the official web site of the World Series of Poker.

"In recognition of the endorsement agreements that provide income to many poker players, we've liberalized our policy to allow tournament entrants to wear apparel with multiple logos and patches," said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker. "There are some reasonable restrictions on what is permissible, but this is definitely a far more liberal, accommodating and player-friendly policy.

"We encourage all players and their sponsors to review the rules well in advance of the tournament." said Pollack.

Player pre-registration instructions are included in Section 1 of the rules. In 2007, acceptable forms of payment include cash, cashier's checks, wire transfers and-Rio casino chips including a newly created WSOP branded $10,000 Rio casino chip. These payment forms may be used to pre-register for entry into any of the 55 events scheduled for the 2007 World Series of Poker.

The 38th edition of the World Series of Poker will include bracelet tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $1,000 to $50,000. The buy-in for the WSOP Main Event - the No-Limit Hold'Em World Championship - will remain at $10,000. The schedule of events can be found at www.worldseriesofpoker.com.