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Welcome to the World Series of Poker Central! Here, you'll find everything you need to know about the World Series of Poker or WSOP, for short, including history, schedules, rules, player profiles, and more.

World Series of Poker General Information

Learn more about how this huge poker event got started and who some of the winners of the biggest event in poker have been.

• Background and History of the World Series of Poker
• List of All Winners of WSOP Main Events
• Information on the Rio All-Suite the casino where the WSOP is held

World Series of Poker 2008 Information

Planning on attending or playing in the 2008 World Series of Poker? Here is the 2008 WSOP event schedule.

World Series of Poker 2007 Information

Read about the action and the winners at this year's series.

• 2007 WSOP Main Event Champ, Jerry Yang
• 2007 WSOP Bracelet Winners
• 2007 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule

Poker Games & Terms to Know

The World Series of Poker is mostly known for it's Texas Hold'em championship, but there are many variations of poker played. Learn the rules and learn to talk the poker talk with these links:

• Texas Hold'em
• Omaha
• 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
• Seven-Card Stud | Seven-card Stud Hi/Lo
• Razz
• HORSE Tournaments 101
• Slang for Texas Hold'em Hands | More Poker Slang

World Series of Poker 2006 Information

Read about last year's series here.

• Profile of Jamie Gold, 2006 Main Event Winner
• All 2006 WSOP Bracelet Winners
• News & More from the 2006 WSOP

World Series of Poker 2006 Photos

Check out the amazing photographs from around the Rio during last year's games.

• Poker Pros at the Rio
• $50,000 buy-in HORSE event
• $1000 buy-in Ladies no-limit Hold'em event
• $1500 buy-in no-limit Hold'em event