The 2006 World Series of Poker had 8,773 competitors almost double the year before and it was almost 10 times as many players as in 2003. This tournament has grown in popularity and it isn’t losing any steam. Why would it when the winner last year took home 12 million dollars in cold hard cash. So how do you get into the 2007 World Series of Poker?
Well there are a lot of ways you can get your seat at The Main Event. The easiest way is to buy your way in, but the easiest way isn’t the cheapest it will cost you $10,000 dollars for your seat. This guarantees you will get to play in the World Series of Poker but it’s going to set your bank account back a little. You can buy a seat by going to www.worldseriesofpoker.com and get more information.
At the website you can find the next best way to get into the tournament, which is by winning a satellite event. You can get into a satellite event at many casinos around the USA, check your local casino and find out if they have a satellite tournament there. Usually the buy-ins here are so much cheaper and you not only win a seat at the World Series of Poker but usually get some cash too. The first place winner of the satellite events gets a seat paid for by the casino they won at (normally), check the rules of the game before you play.
These tournaments can also be good practice for the World Series of Poker, don’t forget this is the biggest tournament in the poker world and all the pros will be there. You might even sit next to Phil Ivey and have to play against someone of his level, you better come prepared or they are going to take all of your chips.
Online is another way you can win a free seat at the World Series of Poker, you can play at various online poker rooms. Some online card rooms even have free rolls, which are free games where they offer prizes and sometimes a seat at the WSOP is a prize. But again you have to be on heck of a player because there are a lot of people who join these tournaments.
You can also buy-in to some online poker rooms tournaments that offer the winner a seat at the World Series of Poker as the top prize. Chris Moneymaker is the man who made the online poker scene blow up; he won an online poker tournament and then went on to win the WSOP main event. Greg “Fossil Man” Raymer also won an online tournament for his seat at the 2004 Main Event; he also went on to win the event and 5 million dollars.
So take your choice you can drop 10,000 to buy a seat and not have to worry about qualifying or you can test your skills and maybe win a WSOP qualifying bracelet at one of the many satellite events. Maybe you will be the next Chris Moneymaker, and you can turn a $39 dollar entry fee into millions of dollars. There are many ways to get into the Main Event at the World Series of Poker, you just have to be able to win them or afford them. Either way there is a lot of money on the line, and if the number of entrants continues to grow as it has over the past three years this year could see the winner walk away with more than 20 million dollars.
Go find some online poker rooms, see what they offer, check your local casinos, and play as much poker as you can. You will need as much practice as you can if you want to be the winner of the 2007 WSOP and take home the grand prize.
