At the moment when the 2008 World Series of Poker tournament is coming nearer to the final event, Harrah’s Entertainment, the casino gambling corporation and owner of WSOP, states that for the 39-year history of WSOP the event of this year will be the wealthiest.

It is necessary to say that tournament poker is popular and reliable nowadays. Actually, if you have a share in Harrah’s or any other casino-poker related companies it is perhaps one of your best investments for a long time. And even if this year the gambling revenue has dropped a bit, 2008 WSOP final will boost a lot Harrah and the gambling industry all together.

Only for the final event, the $10,000 buy-in NL HoldEm World Championship, about 6,850 gamblers create a $64.3 million prize pool. It’s the second biggest event in the history of the tournament.

In comparison with 2007, overall, 2008 saw an 8 percent rise in entries, and almost a $21 million rise in total prize pool for the poker tournament consisted of 55 events for 47 days that took place at the Rio Casino on the Strip. The winner of this year’s final event will win about $1 million more in winnings, $9.12 million.

Tournament play continued till Thursday, so less than 2,000 gamblers left. By next Tuesday, the field will be narrowed down to nine participants of the final table. After that the tournament will be stopped till November for about 2 months. The final table will be in November 9 when 9 players will start to fight for head-to-head action that will be held on the 10th of November.

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