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Registration to WSOP 2008

Calling all serious poker players and rail birds. Six months till the next World Series of Poker - time to start planning if you're heading to Vegas for the events. Harrah's Entertainment just announced the dates for the 39th annual event, presented by Milwaukee's Best Light, with the big kickoff planned for May 30, and tourneys running through July 17, 2008. Entrants may choose their Main Event start dates as long as seats are available on the selected dates. The poker room will be open on May 26th to allow for heavy numbers of hopefuls this year. With a bit of luck, this will moderate the excruciatingly long lines and other registration woes of last year's World Series. Pre-registration can be made beginning in February at the Main Cage of the Rio or at http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com.

The 2008 WSOP will begin with the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold'Em and end with the Final Table of the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of No Limit Texas Hold 'Em -- otherwise known as The Main Event. The six other $10,000 buy-in events include: Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'Em; Seven-Card Stud; Limit Hold'Em; Omaha Hi-Low Split Eight or Better; Pot-Limit Omaha; and a new Mixed Event. The Mixed Event will feature eight variations of poker: Limit and No-Limit Hold'Em; Omaha Hi-Low and Pot-Limit Omaha; Seven Card Stud; Razz; Seven Card Hi-Low Split; and 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball.

Like last year, the WSOP will be held at the Harrah's-owned Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, and is presided over by Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. The good news is that both Pollack and Harrah's have affirmed they are serious about improving conditions for '08 after the numerous glitches that plagued the rapidly-growing event in 2007. As always, in addition to the cash prizes victors of each of the 55 events will win a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet, finely crafted by Swiss watchmakers, CORUM.

As NWP's own Dan Druff (Todd Witteles) can attest, one of the many complaints last year centered around the sauna-like conditions of the now infamous 'poker pavilion,' the tented area many 2007 WSOP players were forced to endure as an auxiliary poker room. Harrah's is happy to announce that they heard the players' protests, and have eliminated the intolerable sweat-house this year. "The poker tent is gone!" asserted Pollack. "We heard folks loud and clear last year, and there will be no tents used for tournament play at the 2008 WSOP."

In other news, Annie Duke's pet project, the Ante Up for Africa event (to raise money for the crisis-stricken inhabitants of Darfur) is back, and this year formalized into the schedule itself. The Ante Up tournament will take place at 2pm (PT) on Wednesday, July 2nd. Last year's event was highlighted by a bevy of Hollywood celebs and poker pros, and raised more than $700,000 for the victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Seating is limited and pre-registering is suggested. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, you can email W-W Public Relations at karen@williamson-williamson.com.

For more information on WSOP pre-registration, go to www.worldseriesofpoker.com.

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WSOP 1970 - present overview

Year	Winner / Winning Hand		Prize (US$)	Runner-Up / Losing Hand		Entrants
2007	Jerry Yang		8,250,000	Tuan Lam		6,358
2006	Jamie Gold		12,000,000	Paul Wasicka		8,773
2005	Joe Hachem		7,500,000	Steve Dannenmann		5,619
2004	Greg Raymer		5,000,000	David Williams		2,576
2003	Chris Moneymaker		2,500,000	Sam Farha		839
2002	Robert Varkonyi		2,000,000	Julian Gardner		631
2001	Juan Carlos Mortensen		1,500,000	Dewey Tomko		613
2000	Chris Ferguson		1,500,000	T. J. Cloutier		512
1999	Noel Furlong		1,000,000	Alan Goehring		393
1998	Scotty Nguyen		1,000,000	Kevin McBride		350
1997	Stu Ungar		1,000,000	John Strzemp		312
1996	Huck Seed		1,000,000	Bruce Van Horn		295
1995	Dan Harrington		1,000,000	Howard Goldfarb		273
1994	Russ Hamilton		1,000,000	Hugh Vincent		268
1993	Jim Bechtel		1,000,000	Glenn Cozen		220
1992	Hamid Dastmalchi		1,000,000	Tom Jacobs		201
1991	Brad Daugherty		1,000,000	Don Holt		215
1990	Mansour Matloubi		895,000	Hans Lund		194
1989	Phil Hellmuth Jr		755,000	Johnny Chan		178
1988	Johnny Chan		700,000	Erik Seidel		167
1987	Johnny Chan		625,000	Frank Henderson		152
1986	Berry Johnston		570,000	Mike Harthcock		141
1985	Bill Smith		700,000	T. J. Cloutier		140
1984	Jack Keller		660,000	Byron Wolford		132
1983	Tom McEvoy		540,000	Rod Peate		108
1982	Jack Straus		520,000	Dewey Tomko		104
1981	Stu Ungar		375,000	Perry Green		75
1980	Stu Ungar		385,000	Doyle Brunson		73
1979	Hal Fowler		270,000	Bobby Hoff		54
1978	Bobby Baldwin		210,000	Crandall Addington		42
1977	Doyle Brunson		340,000	Gary Berland		34
1976	Doyle Brunson		220,000	Jesse Alto		22
1975	Brian "Sailor" Roberts		210,000	Bob Hooks		21
1974	Johnny Moss		160,000	Crandall Addington		16
1973	Walter "Puggy" Pearson		130,000	Johnny Moss		13
1972	Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston	K J	80,000	Walter "Puggy" Pearson	6 6	8
1971	Johnny Moss		30,000	Walter "Puggy" Pearson		6
1970	Johnny Moss		n/a	n/a		7