The Biggest Game in Town
Saturday, June 20, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
There comes a point during the seven weeks of the World Series of Poker where you stop counting how many days you’ve been there and switch to counting down the days till it’s over. We’re not quite there yet–for me it’s the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament that acts as the demarcation line. When the H.O.R.S.E. champion is crowned, that’s when you you know it’s time to gear up. Because that means the Main Event is just a few days away, and the Main Event is…well, it’s the Main Event. It’s the biggest poker tournament in the world, but of course it’s much, much more than that.
The Main Event is one of the great spectacles in all the world. Thousands of people from all over the globe, from all walks of life, converge on Las Vegas in the full furnace fury of the desert summer. They come to play a game that’s enjoyed by millions around the world, who play poker in card rooms and around kitchen tables and online while wearing their pajamas. And they play for a gargantuan prize pool, one fully funded by the players themselves, a pot of gold that dwarfs the prize money awarded to the winners of the U.S. Open golf tournament, Wimbledon, The Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500. Combined.
The 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event starts on July 3rd. Maybe it’s too soon for me to look ahead to the Main Event–there’s too much poker to be played today, tomorrow, and over the next two weeks for that. But for you, it’s not too soon. Especially if you want to PLAY in the Main Event. Because tomorrow at 5:30pm ET UltimateBet is hosting our 50-Seat Guaranteed Tournament. Fifty players, at least, will win their Main Event seat (plus $2,000 for travel and accomodations) in tomorrow’s event. The buy-in is $500+30 and no matter what UB will be sending 50 of those players to the Main Event. If the prize pool swells above the guaranteed, more Main Event packages will be awarded. It’s your chance to lock up your Main Event seat for $530, and you don’t even have to win the tournament to snag the big prize.
The Biggest Game in Town the World starts in less than two weeks. And you can take your first step toward Vegas tomorrow at 5:30pm ET at UltimateBet.
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