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World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit
On October 25, 2004 Harrah's announced the creation of the
World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit that marked the
beginning of the 36th annual World Series of Poker season.
And with it began their efforts to evolve the World Series
of Poker from a month long frenzied rush into a year long
sport. The Tournament Circuit is a set of poker tournament
stops at different casinos that will host all-comer events
for players seeking high-level top quality poker action. It
also allows players based on their performance at the
tournament circuit events and the World Series of Poker, to
qualify them for entry into the Tournament of Champions
event. The Tournament of Champions is a freeroll event
meaning that no player who will participate has to put up
any of his or her own funds to play. Harrah’s determines the
number of players from each of the tournament circuit events
who will qualify.
With the popularity of poker on the rise, Harrah's sought to
capitalize on this movement by having 5 legs of the circuit
that would be open to anyone who wanted to play regardless
of skill level. In 2005 events were held in Atlantic City,
NJ during January,...
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Poker’s Popularity Ushers in a Wealth of Free Information
The explosion of televised poker tournaments and lipstick cameras has ushered in a new era of poker popularity. Thousands of new players flock to the game every day, mainly the Texas Hold 'em variation, hoping to emulate their TV heroes for fame and fortune. The logical starting place would be the local cardroom, where new players can try to improve their game against real players. Unfortunately, casinos don't exist in many places of the country. Others may feel too intimidated to enter a physical cardroom for the first time.
Enter online poker.
Beginning about four years ago, startup companies began to cash in on poker's new popularity and create online poker rooms. New poker prospects could play online anonymously from anywhere at anytime. Just fund your account, choose your game, and play your cards against thousands of real players from all over the world. But with tens of new online poker rooms popping up and trying to stake their claim on the market, where should new poker players sign up? And how should they play to make their poker experience most profitable?
Enter poker websites.
A simple Google search returns millions of websites relating to online poker. Many will be spam-laden garbage,...
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