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The popularity of the World Series of Poker gained tremendous momentum from The Travel Channel's World Poker Tour showings. Although the event had been showing for a number of years on ESPN, when new technologies such as the table camera were used, television watchers began getting involved in the hands as they were being played.Other advancements will also take place since the purchase of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) from Binion's in 2004 by Harrah's. They will need them because of the sheer increase in the number of players entering the tournament. In 2003 when Chris Moneymaker won the title and $2,500,000, there were 839 entrants. In 2004 Gregory Paul Raymer became champion after defeating 2576 players and was rewarded with $5,000,000. For 2006, the WSOP will be estimated to have over 7500 players hammering each other for a top prize of $6,000,000. Business - Directory of business/finance/loan/mortgage related partner sites Computers - Directory of computer hardware/software/peripheral related partner sites Internet - Directory of webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing related partner sites Software - Directory of software related partner sites Web Design - Directory of web design/development related partner sites Web Hosting - Directory of web hosting related partner sites Web Promotion - Directory of search engine optimization/internet marketing related partner sites Web Resources - Directory of other web related partner sites Recreation - Directory of travel/hotel/cruise related partner sites Casino - Directory of online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette related partner sites Health - Directory of online pharmacy/hospital/health related partner sites Shopping - Directory of online shopping/gift related partner sites Miscellaneous - Directory of all other partner sites The Internet will be instrumental in tournament poker because of the 24/7 availability to play large numbers of hands that would take months in just a number of days. This will allow experience in the game to be gained much more quickly than one could gain say 5 years ago. With the numerous poker games that are played at the annual WSOP, (in 2005 there were 32), anyone can learn and practice any game over the Internet in order to compete for a WSOP bracelet and title. Players come from all walks of life to play at the WSOP, both male and female. But the makeup of the top performers has changed. Aggressive players who understand areas of mathematics in analytical professions will come out on top more and more.
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