After all, this was long before the online poker boom which made the game much more accessible.
Throughout the 1980s and 90s, the WSOP format remained largely static. By the end of the 1970s, the WSOP had grown to a collection of 12 tournaments, with commemorative bracelets issued for the first time in 1976. Once again, Moss would claim the big prize, winning the first World Series of Poker Main Event. The following year, five separate tournaments were held. At the end of the meeting, each player voted on the best player, eventually crowning Johnny Moss as the first ever champion. The original WSOP format was a series of cash games in five different disciplines, including 5 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud and Texas Hold’em.
But it was Las Vegas casino owner Benny Binion who finally made it happen. The idea for a series of events to crown the world’s best poker player was first born in the late 1960s.
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