World Series of Poker Stimulus Special a Hit

With the economy in complete disarray, everyone is looking for an economic stimulus package, and the poker world is no exception. 

"The demand for the Stimulus Special could be felt the moment we announced it," said World Series of Poker commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. "We welcome all the first-time players to the World Series of Poker and wish everyone good luck in their pursuit of a gold bracelet."

So what exactly is the World Series of Poker Stimulus Special?

It is a $1000 buy-in tournament that attracted a remarkable 6000 plus entrants.  The Stimulus Special sold out and has since been deemed one of the most successful WSOP events to date.

The nominal risk could lead to a significant reward.  With so many entrants taking part, the grand prize would pay out just shy of $800,000.

"If we had a three-day opening, we could have had 9,000 players," said World Series of Poker spokesman Seth Palansky.

The final table of this event takes place Wednesday with nine players earning six figure jackpots.  The 2nd place finisher will actually leave with $473,283.

This is a good thing for players that don't have the 10,000$ buy-in they can go in there and fight their way through 5000+ entrants but at least the buy-in is way less than the actual main event and winning the second place of this ''satelites'' win a nice $473,283.

thanks for the info

I would not mind winning over 400,000$ with a 1000$ buy-in

i loved it but man pete the greek called really fast all his stack with his 88 but i guess he wanted to race so he thought till the cowboys kk ruined his though ..well i watch it online if ya wanna watch it

Thats a great idea, the wsop is to good by now!

That sicks lomar I saw it in youtube as well ... I removed the link because you have to register to see the coverage. If you know other website that you don't have to register feel free to show them and I will review there is always wsop.com for some coverages and results.

incredible oportunity for all the pro players , it would suck to be kicked out with a unlucky river

I wanna be in WSOP one day

They are trying to make it more accessible every year, which is really great!