The World Series of Poker officially begins it’s 54th version today with the $500 casino employees and the $25,000 High Roller six-handed events, with a whopping 93 more tournaments to go until the final event July 17.
The second year on the strip at the newly rebranded Horseshoe (former Bally’s) and its sister property Paris, and WSOP officials declared they are determined to making this year’s Series’ the best in terms of registration numbers, particularly the Main Event
Last year, the Main Event came 110 players short of breaking the 2006 record of 8,773 entrants. That’s less than 1%, and it seemed to have bothered WSOP brass like Ty Stewart, its Executive Director.
