Fourth of July is WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas
World Series of Poker is an event that every poker players and fans are looking forward to. With the event happening on the fourth of July, the WSOP main event is a reason enough for many of the travelers to flock to Las Vegas aside from the Fourth of July festivities that the Sin City have.
During the Independence Day holiday, majority of the casinos in Las Vegas will be having different festivities in celebration to the Independence Day holiday. They will be having fireworks display while Las Vegas will be the especial holiday destination at this time. When Monday comes, it will be the Rio’s time to attract more attention from the locals and visitors alike, because it will be the start of the main event and there are more than 6,000 players are expected to attend to the said poker event. This $10,000 buy-in tournament will be played by many of the top names in poker and thousands of amateurs that wish to be the next big name in the world of poker.
The first few days of the WSOP main event will be magical for many of the players, as they will witness numerous majestic entrances. One of the worth witnessing is the habitual show that Phil Hellmuth normally make during his arrival on a main event. His different ways and show themes used has marked to the minds of poker players and audiences alike, which resulted into an speculations as to what theme would he use during the event and how he will show up during the Vegas WSOP main event.
Many of the players are excited about the July 4 event. However, the top players are currently playing the tournament of Champions while others are waiting for the Main Event. Winners of the said tournament will be lucky enough to take home the whooping $500,000 first place prize.
For the said event, 27 top players were invited to enter with zero entry fee and 17 remains in the tournament from the starting field, where Mike Motusow is in the first lead with 85,500 chips. Player Huck Seed turns out second with 73,000 chips while Johnny Chan, Scotty Nguyen, and Joe Hachem complete the top five chip stacks in the tournament.
After the Tournament of Champions, there were eight events left before the WSOP final event kicks out. The Ante Up for Africa will take place on a Saturday and many of the top players are expected to be on the said event.
