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The World Series of Poker has moved across the strip from the just completed Tournament of Champions at Caesar's Palace to the first event of the WSOP Circuit series at Bally's. The Pacific Ballroom on the second floor of Bally's provides the tournament with a spacious room that can accommodate more than five hundred players. The room is easy to find by following the signs to escalator in the front (closest to the Strip) of Bally's Casino.

Today's event #1, a $300 + $30 buy-in No- limit Hold'em contest began at noon with 476 players. The prize pool of $138,516 will pay $41,555 to the winner. The field had been trimmed down to 39 players at 9:00 Thursday evening.

Friday's scheduled event is a $500 + $50 limit Hold'em tournament. The cards will be in the air at noon for this one. These early tournaments are an excellent opportunity for the less experienced players to log tournament time in a World Series of Poker event at a bargain price. The tournaments are run by the same crews that run the entire WSOP series of tournament.

The events are staged following the same guidelines and rules as the big buy-in events so you can get a feel for the WSOP tournament structure, the flow of play at the tables and as a bonus, the level of competition will be higher. Players that develop their tournament game at WSOP events, even low-dollar buy-in events, find the transistion to the bigger buy-in events goes more smoothly and success comes more quickly.

The World Series of Poker Circuit at the Paris/Bally's Casino located in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip will hold 13 events ending with the final table of the $10,000 Championship event on Tuesday, Novenmber 22nd. The ESPN film crew will be at the tournament to turn the four day championship event into a TV show for national broadcast.

The fourth event of the Bally's WSOP Circuit stop will be a $200 + $30 buy-in LIPS ladies No-Limit Hold'em tournament that will start play at 10:00 on Sunday, November 13th. The early turn out for the WSOP Circuit tournament is good with players crowding into the tournament area and filling the poker rooms for Bally's and the Paris. Come to Vegas this three day weekend and play some WSOP Tournament poker. A salute and a heartfelt thanks to my fellow Veterans on this day.

Source: PokerMag.com