Hello Poker!

March 14, 2009

It is that time of year again when the poker industry simply rejoices. The World Series of Poker has announced their registration for the 2009 series is open! There will be 57 bracelets up for grabs this year, which is two more than last year. There will be poker players from all over the world vying for those bracelets and many poker players may go home with more than one.

Pre-registration has already started for each of the events, and the first event will be at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. You can go to the poker tournament’s official web site to get your registration form, which you can fill out online, print, then fax or mail to the company. Players are to complete the poker registration form in full – giving all details that have been asked for. In previous years there have been many instances of players not providing all of their info and many have been denied access to the poker events because of it.

For those poker players that do not live in Las Vegas, in order to pay the entry fees they have to send a cashier’s check or process a wire transfer to take care of that. The checks are to be made out to the World Series of Poker and mailed to the Rio with their registration form. Wire transfers are a little tougher only because there needs to be a special form filled out and faxed to the World Series of Poker officials.

For each event pre registration will be open for two weeks before. Each tournament only accepts so many players, so once that capacity is met the registration for the event will be closed. Alternatives are not being accepted after that time. They say that if you have a special poker event that you want to be in, you should register as soon as possible.