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HEADLINE: 2006 World Series of Poker Opens with
Second-Biggest Live Poker Tournament in History.
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The 2006 World Series of Poker opened with a bang. The world’s
largest and most prestigious poker spectacle began with the first
open event on the schedule – the $1,500 buy-in no-limit
hold’em competition. A record 2,776 players entered
the event, making it one of the largest poker tournaments ever
in history. Only the 2005 WSOP main event attracted more participants
(5,619). The total prize pool amounts to $3,789,240.
The tournament was a complete sell-out. Every poker seat in the
Amazon Ballroom at the Rio Convention Center (2,288 seats) was
filled. In fact, WSOP tournament officials pulled-off what can
only be described as a miracle. Additional players beyond those
who initially bought-in were listed as alternates, and were seated
instantly based upon availability. In all, 488 alternates -- a
number alone which would normally comprise a major poker
tournament --were added to the total pool of players. Incredibly,
it took only two hours to add in all of the additional players,
in a tournament that is expected to run over the course of three-days.
This year’s World Series of Poker is already on pace to
shatter every previous poker
mark ever recorded. Through the first three events of the 2006
WSOP, attendance is up 26 percent over last year’s colossal
number. Total prize money for the first three events has already
reached nearly $6 million.
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