Poker Tools

Poker - a cluster of card games that need no introduction because of it's popularity and its variety. They have the same rules of betting and have hand rankings. It is felt that this betting system distinguishes poker from gambling games.

Likewise Poker games are different - in the way the cards are transacted, in the different ways a hand can be formed, if the high or the old one wins, possible limitations on bets and what numbers of betting rounds are allowed. But many a times in modern forced bets, money is placed into the pot voluntarily by players.

Well that is Poker, but what is the World Poker Series? It is the world's largest lay down of poker competitions. Held annually in Les Vegas, the winner of the event wins a 'World Series of Poker' bracelet and a prize based on the number of entrants. Starting in the year 1968 as an international event sponsored by Tom Moore of San Antonio, Texas and held at the Holiday Hotel and Casino in Reno, this event has excelled beyond heights in the world of poker games.

A whooping number of participants and the growing number each year is a testimony to that. With 512 entrants in the year 2000, the number has roused to 6844 in the year 2008. Likewise the prize money has also increased. In the year 2000 it was $ 1,500,000, but now in 2008 it became $ 9,119,517. With a lot of money coming in the quality of The World Series of Poker has also been revived.