WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold

Everyone enjoys a good stimulus package and the WSOP is no exception. Day 1a of the World Series of Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold’em economic stimulus event broke the previous records for number of competitors with almost six thousand players entering this year’s event.

The exact number of players has not been released yet but the tournament was created to help more people be able to participate. The previous record was for 3,929 so this year’s event far surpassed that number.

Yet the large number could be due to the fact that the buy-in was $500 less than last year’s event. This event will have two starting days and it will be interesting to see the outcome of the event.

The popularity of the low buy-in event could see the next few WSOP’s adding lower buy-in events to give more players the opportunity to compete in the much anticipated series. If the economy continues to decline it may become a necessity.