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Notable lottery prizes

11/05/2009 - 20:33 / Posted by nicolae
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World Series of Poker

06/21/2009 - 22:57 / Posted by nicolae
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The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world.

The main event

The main event of the WSOP is the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament since 1972. (In 1971, the buy-in was $5,000.) Winners of the event not only get the largest prize of the tournament and a gold bracelet, but additionally their picture is placed into the Gallery of Champions at Binion's.

WSOP Gallery of Champions The Gallery of Champions in 1979

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Poker tournaments

12/30/2008 - 17:04 / Posted by nicolae
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Poker tournament

A poker tournament is a tournament at which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker.

Contrast this to a ring game, where the game is ongoing with no formal structure to determine a single winner in a certain length of time.

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