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Las vegas the annual 39th series of poker tournaments starts today - World Series Of Poker 2008... The event will take place in Rio Hotel and Casino... Series of poker tournaments WSOP consists of 55 competitions.
Series main prize WSOP last year got Jerry Young, a fellow at the University of California Psychology. The victory in the tournament brought the winner over two million in prize money. The total number of participants in last year's series exceeded 50,000 people.
The first on the list of tournaments is the Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship. The buy-in of the tournament will be $10'000. This tournament will last 3 days.
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