The World Sequence of Poker (WSOP), the 54th working of the months-long match collection, has set a brand new entry report for the Principal Occasion.
The World Sequence of Poker Principal Occasion’s earlier entry report of 8,773 buy-ins has been smashed on the 2023 match. WSOP organizers say greater than 9,300 entries for the Principal Occasion have been accepted, with every paying the $10,000 fare. (Picture: WSOP)
Organizers of the 2023 WSOP introduced Thursday that the Principal Occasion, formally the $10,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em World Championship, eclipsed the earlier report for the variety of entries. The previous report of 8,773 buy-ins set in 2006 when Jamie Gold prevailed for the $12 million first-place prize was eclipsed Thursday afternoon.
Good afternoon gamers. I wished to tell you that a couple of minutes in the past, we formally set the mark of 8,774 gamers,” Ty Stewart, senior vp and government director of the World Sequence of Poker, advised Principal Occasion gamers. “That is the largest Principal Occasion of all-time, and the richest dwell poker match of all-time.”
Calling it a “historic day for poker,” Stewart later stated in a press release that he hopes the report is short-lived.
“It is a colossal day not solely within the historical past of the WSOP, however for poker itself,” Stewart stated. “We’re hoping this report is short-lived and we’ll be prepared for one more monster turnout subsequent summer time.”
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Horseshoe a Ringer So Far
The 54th version of the WSOP marked the return of the enduring match to the Horseshoe. Benny Binion based the World Sequence of Poker in 1970 and the annual no-limit showdown was held at his Binion’s Horseshoe On line casino in downtown Las Vegas till 2004.
Harrah’s Leisure, at present Caesars Leisure, acquired the WSOP in 2004 and relocated the match collection to the corporate’s off-Strip Rio All-Suite Resort and On line casino. Following widespread criticism of the Rio’s deteriorating situations and its safety, paired with Caesars renaming Bally’s Las Vegas the Horseshoe following its sale of the Bally’s model final yr, Caesars determined to relocate the WSOP to the Horseshoe for 2023.
The match’s return to the Horseshoe model has to this point been a roaring success. As of Friday afternoon, the WSOP Principal Occasion has counted greater than 9,300 entries for the $10K Principal Occasion.
“It’s significantly particular to make historical past in our first yr on the new Horseshoe Las Vegas. I believe at present is a big testomony to the fervour of all the poker group who rallies round this occasion yearly,” Stewart added.
Poker is Again
It was solely a decade or so in the past when some within the gaming group puzzled whether or not poker, particularly No-Restrict Texas maintain’em, was dropping recognition. The sport’s growth was sparked in 2003 when Chris Moneymaker, an accountant by day who gained entry into the $10K Principal Occasion by qualifying on-line, beat 838 different entries to assert the $2.5 million first-place prize.
Dubbed the “Moneymaker impact,” the WSOP Principal Occasion noticed its area enhance quickly to greater than 2,500 entries the next yr and to greater than 5,600 entries for the 2005 match. The sphere ballooned to eight,773 entries in 2006.
Entries for the 2007 Principal Occasion dropped under 6,400. The sphere eclipsed 7,000 entries simply as soon as between 2007 by way of 2016.
2017 sparked yet one more poker growth, as the sphere totaled 7,221. The Principal Occasion topped 8,500 entries in 2019 earlier than the pandemic.
