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Rules the a WSOP

As one of the world’s leading and most highly respected poker analysts, one of the things I enjoy more than anything else is interacting with novice poker enthusiasts. Trust me, if you do not happen to know any of these individuals, they are out there in huge numbers. In fact, the ranks of unskilled but hopeful poker players grow with each and every year. This is no surprise, due to the massive popularity of Texas Hold’em, which has reached the status of a national obsession thanks to the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker.

You might think it’s very easy for me to ridicule a beginner for harboring ambitions about making it to the WSOP. Perhaps you suspect I am forced to jam a fork into my leg to prevent to laughing in someone’s face when he or she tells me with blind optimism that a WSOP bracelet is within their reach. But this is not the case. Why? Because if there’s one thing we have learned from watching the World Series of Poker - especially in recent years - it is that anyone and I mean anyone, has the potential of shocking the world and taking the prize at the final table.

So, if you are an unskilled hopeful out there somewhere in America and you’re wondering what rules you need to follow in order to find yourself at the World Series of Poker, let me lay out the introductory basics for you. No need to thank me, although donations are accepted.

The first thing you need to know is that, as an amateur, you have two ways of getting into the tournament. The first of these is to play an online satellite tourney. Basically, this is an event sponsored by an Internet poker room in which players from all over the world get together for an ongoing series of matches. Ultimately, a winner will be determined and this person - depending on the Web site which is hosting the satellite - can earn a seat to the WSOP. Please pay very close attention to that last sentence, because not all satellites are affiliated with the WSOP. One very good place to start is Poker Stars, which has hosted satellites in the past several years that have produced World Series of Poker champions.

If, however, you are unshakably confident that you don’t even need to practice by playing in a satellite, there is another option at your disposal. Simply write a check for $10,000 to the WSOP and, boom, you are in. This is the standard buy-in fee that will give you direct access to the main event. I cannot caution you strongly enough, however, to review all of the essential aspects which would help to determine your decision in this matter. Do not take it lightly, please. But, if you think you’ve got what it takes, then you might just have to go all in.