An Anecdote About the WSOP
With an anecdote about the FIFA World Cup and the Wimbledon Tennis Championship all over the news, one might be forgiven for not noticing the World Series of Poker’s (WSOP) forty-first tournament currently taking place, right now in Las Vegas. It has received very little, if any, live, TV coverage.
The Main Event of this championship begins in two days time in Las Vegas, Nevada and promises to be as packed and full of surprises as it was last year, but probably won’t break the record of 8,773 entrants in 2006. The Main Event is strictly texas hold’em poker with a $10,000 buy-in, but attracts players with all skill levels and from other poker genres.
The return on investment is truly special and that’s why it has prompted the “average joe” to learn how to play texas hold’em. The rewards to be reaped by making the final table in such an event bring with it all the trappings of a successful businessman.
So why are you still sitting here reading? Book that plane ticket before it’s all over!
Anecdote Categories: Recreation
An Anecdote About Mind Sports
The argument has long existed about whether or not certain competitions or games qualify as sporting events.
For example chess is considered by some to be a sport whilst others cite its lack of any real physical challenge as an affront to this assertion. The question of the World Series of Poker being a sporting event has also come up in recent years.
I have read many an anecdote about players attitudes regarding this question, in chess and poker events. In both categories participants have maintained that the physicality of these events come by way of endurance through physical fitness. They have also added that mental stress can affect one’s stamina and actual muscle strength.
It is an interesting question with good arguments on both sides. As far as I am concerned I will be happy to class these types of competitions as mind sports. However it must be said that these events can put just as much strain on the body as some other more typical sporting events.
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