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The 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 1, 2007. The $10,000 ( US ) no-limit Texas hold 'em Main Event began on July 6 and was completed on the morning of July 18th. All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada , by Harrah's Entertainment , which has run the annual event since its purchase from the ...
This event set a World Series of Poker non-main event and live poker attendance record with 3,151 entries breaking the previous record of 2,998 set earlier in the third event of the 2007 WSOP. At the time it was also the third-highest entry total in all live Poker events behind just the 2006 and 2005 main events which had 8,773 and 5,619 ...
Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The winner of the WSOP Main Event receives a World Series of Poker bracelet, millions of dollars (with the exact amount based on the number of entrants), and the right to be considered the year's World Champion of Poker. [2]
Xao "Jerry" Yang (born 1967) is an ethnic Hmong American poker player from Temecula, California and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Yang started playing poker in 2005. [2] An amateur player at the time, Yang entered the 2007 World Series of Poker after winning a $225 satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula. [3]
Scotty also nearly made the final table of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, finishing in 11th place out of a field of 6,358 and earning $476,926. [ 17 ] At the 2008 $50,000 World Series of Poker H.O.R.S.E. event, Nguyen, the eventual winner, [ 18 ] exhibited what many have considered objectionable, and even rule-breaking behavior ...
For the last several years, the largest tournament in the world has been the World Series of Poker Main Event. With the exception of 1992, the US$10,000 buy-in tournament increased in prize pool year-over-year from its start in 1970 until 2007 (the latter a result of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which reduced the number of players winning their seats via online play).
In the 2009 WSOP, Varkonyi competed with 19 other former WSOP main event world champions in the first ever Champions Invitational tournament. He finished the tournament in second place, being defeated in heads-up play by 1983 world champion Tom McEvoy. [5] At the 2011 WSOP, Varkonyi cashed in the Main Event for the third time in his poker ...
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