Poker fanatics around the globe can hardly wait for the games to begin, as the opening of the 2014 World Series of Poker (WSOP) draws near. The stakes are high this season with 60+ gold bracelets and over $20 million in cash prizes up for grabs during this 49 consecutive day poker festival. Caesars Interactive CEO Mitch Garber and his WSOP team are gearing up for what is said will be a record breaking year in attendance, cash prizes, and winners.
Breaking records is nothing new for the WSOP, in 2013 the event attracted 79,471 participants from more than 107 countries and is the largest turnout on record in the WSOP’s 44-year running history. Partakers joined in a total of 62 events that amassed a prize pool of more than $197 million. The WSOP Main Event, won by Michigan’s Ryan Riess, drew over 6,300 players and Riess was awarded $8,361,570 that year.
Since it’s launch in 1970, the WSOP Main Event has produced poker rock stars like Stu Ungar, Johnny Moss, Doyle Brunson, and Johnny Chan, each setting records for winning multiple main events, with Brunson and Chan winning in consecutive years. Chan’s second victory in 1988 was highlighted in the 1988 feature film Rounders. Phil Hellmuth is the ultimate WSOP rock star holding numerous records including most bracelets, most WSOP cashes, most final tables, and is the only player to win Main Events in both WSOP and WSOP Europe.
This year Garber’s team will unveil close to 500 poker tables spanning more than 100,000 square-feet of ballroom space to host thousands of players from around the world. The 2014 WSOP will no doubt produce some record-breaking moments and poker aficionados are eagerly standing by to be a part of history.
To learn more:
www.wsop.com
www.caesars.com
www.caesarsacquisitioncompany.com
www.caesarsinteractive.com
www.mitchgarber.co
Breaking records is nothing new for the WSOP, in 2013 the event attracted 79,471 participants from more than 107 countries and is the largest turnout on record in the WSOP’s 44-year running history. Partakers joined in a total of 62 events that amassed a prize pool of more than $197 million. The WSOP Main Event, won by Michigan’s Ryan Riess, drew over 6,300 players and Riess was awarded $8,361,570 that year.
Since it’s launch in 1970, the WSOP Main Event has produced poker rock stars like Stu Ungar, Johnny Moss, Doyle Brunson, and Johnny Chan, each setting records for winning multiple main events, with Brunson and Chan winning in consecutive years. Chan’s second victory in 1988 was highlighted in the 1988 feature film Rounders. Phil Hellmuth is the ultimate WSOP rock star holding numerous records including most bracelets, most WSOP cashes, most final tables, and is the only player to win Main Events in both WSOP and WSOP Europe.
This year Garber’s team will unveil close to 500 poker tables spanning more than 100,000 square-feet of ballroom space to host thousands of players from around the world. The 2014 WSOP will no doubt produce some record-breaking moments and poker aficionados are eagerly standing by to be a part of history.
To learn more:
www.wsop.com
www.caesars.com
www.caesarsacquisitioncompany.com
www.caesarsinteractive.com
www.mitchgarber.co
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