Just a few steps off the boat is the Caesars Indiana Casino that has 503 rooms. As you know though, many poker players have gained fame for their marathon sessions at a poker table, so the poker players probably care a little more about the poker room.
The poker room is host to 33 tables, with plenty of elbow room to go along with it. In case people did not think poker was as popular in the Midwest of the United States as it is on the coasts, they expanded their poker room to over double the size it previously was just last year.
Last year, Quoc Al Vihn, better known as Vinny by his peers, took down 126 other players to win the $10,000 buy-in main event. With the victory, Al Vihn picked up a cool $437,760 and the respect of all his poker rivals. The big difference between this year and last year though is the buy-in. This year participants will only be paying $5,000 buy-in. This does not necessarily mean less prize money, however. Because of the cheaper buy-in, tournament officials expect to shatter the mark of the 126 players in last year’s event.
It is unclear which poker superstars will participate in this year’s main event of the Indiana 2007 WSOP but, if it is anything like last year the competition will be stiff. Regulars on the WSOP tour circuit William Edler, Rico Carli, and Men “The Master” Nquyen all finished in the top ten of last year’s event and are all considered to be ranked among the best handful of players in the world.
If you have a dream of participating in one of these events with the big boys of poker then now is your chance to get into the bigger events, for a fraction of the cost. Satellite events have already begun for this WSOP circuit event. Starting at 9am everyday and running to 3pm single table tournaments will be played for each of the tournaments ten events. The ten events that will be played are all no-limit hold’em games with various buy-ins, with the exception of one H.O.R.S.E. tournament, and a no-limit hold’em event specifically for the ladies. |
