A Historical Look at the WSOP Texas Hold’em Tournament
By Taylor Smith —
While the earliest poker games can be traced back a couple of centuries, poker didn't really start to make its way into the American mainstream until the early 2000s. That was when ESPN greatly expanded its broadcast offerings for the World Series of Poker and helped the event grow into what it is today.
That was back in 2003 when the aptly-named Chris Moneymaker made headlines by winning the Main Event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In... Read More