For Qualifying into WSOP
If you have the talent then there are several reliable ways via which you can reach the ultimate Main Event of WSOP. The satellite tournaments have served as the entry key for several poker players and a remarkable number of them, namely, Jerry Yang (2007), Chris Moneymaker (2003), and Greg Raymer (2004) have won the Main Event. In short, satellite tournaments are the qualifying events where winners can get the buy-in fee for entering into larger and prestigious tournaments. Though smaller ratios of land-based satellite tournaments are also being conducted, online tournaments are more popular. Online poker websites such as PokerStars conduct many tiers of satellites; the players start from one tier and proceeds up the ladder to eventually win the satellite tournaments.
The Main Event of WSOP
Since 1972, the Main Event of WSOP is $10,000 buy-in tournaments which are focused on no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em poker variant. For becoming the World Champion of Poker, you can try $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event which includes Texas Hold ‘em, Razz, Omaha eight or better, Seven card Stud, and Seven card stud Eight. Chip Reese was the first World Champion in 2006 while Scotty Nguyen and David Bach won the title in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
