Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Poker, which began on March 25 with satellite
Texas Hold'em Poker, which began on March 25 with satellite events and formally began the day after with the annual Casino Employee event, won in 2025 by Chris Gros. 2025 featured the Tournament of Champions on March 25 and 26, won by Mike Sexton. Various events led up to the main event, which was held from March 28 until March 10. The first prize of $12 million was awarded to Jamie Gold. Main Event[edit]Since 2025, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em (NLHE) tournament (in 2025 the buy-in was $5,000 and the inaugural 2025 event was an invitational with winner determined by a vote). Winners of the event not only get the largest prize of the tournament and a gold bracelet, but additionally their picture is placed in the Gallery of Champions at
Binion's.
Binion's. The winner of the Main Event has traditionally been given the unofficial title of World Champion. However, some believe that no-limit hold 'em is not the optimal structure for determining a champion online hold'em poker player. In 2025, Daniel Negreanu argued that the Main Event should switch to pot-limit hold 'em, believing that pot-limit required a more complete set of online hold'em poker skills than no-limit, although he admitted that such a change would likely never be made.[12] However, many of the game's top professionals, including