,
online casino players and
casino players all around
the globe learned the plan
for next year's World Series
of Poker (WSOP), Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc. released
the schedule for the 2006
WSOP. Harrah's will host the
poker tournament at its Rio
All-Suite Hotel & Casino
just a sit did this year.
Online casino players are
happy to know that
satellites events and live
casinopoker action will
start on June 25, 2006. The
$10,000 No-Limit Texas
Hold'em World Championship
event starts on July 28,
2006. The 2006 World Series
of Poker will be
comprised of
forty-four different
events where poker will be
playing for the World Series
of Poker gold bracelets.
The
2005 WSOP hels earlier this
year, broke the record for
the amount of players
involved as well as the
amount of money won in a
live poker event. Also this
year, the 45 poker tourneys
involved with the WSOP generated
32,341 player entries and
more than $106 million in
gross prize money. Aussie
Joseph Hachem, won the
Championship and a whopping
$7.5 million.
Also, Harrah's announced the
Rio will host the Second
Annual World Series of Poker
Lifestyle Show July 27
through July 30. A trade
show featuring global
exhibitors. The
convention-type event will
feature hundreds of new
poker products, Internet
sites, books and clothing.
Last year, more than 50,000
people, including
celebrities and athletes,
visited the show.
