The largest tournament in the world where players gain entry via a variety of online and offline satellites (smaller games) or pay the large entrance fee.

The World Series of Poker is commonly known as WSOP followed by the year and is televised and blogged to a massive extent.

The really interesting point is that the number of entrants and the prize money fund has been rapidly increasing year on year, showcasing the rising popularity of poker around the world.

In 1971, the prize money was just $60,000. By 2005, the number of entrants was over 6,600 players providing a total World Series of Poker prize fund of over $60million. If I were you, I'd start applying for the 2006 WSOP main event now - what do you have to lose?