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WSOP, the World Series of Poker, just listen to the beat of these worlds. They represent the wettest dream and highest ambition of most or all poker players around the world. Imagine sitting down at the Main Event final table with Hellmuth, Brunson, Chan and the other WSOP legends and battle it out for the greatest title of all.
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The Origin of the World Series of Poker

To tell the story of the World Series of Poker we have to go back to 1949. The famous tournament was first played 1970, but the story began twenty years earlier with a game between Johnny Moss and Nick "the Greek" Dandolos.

In 1949 the owner of the Binion's Horseshoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas, Benny Binion, was approached by Nick "the Greek" to arrange a unique poker game. The Greek wanted to play very high-stakes...

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