The biggest poker tournament in the world by far is the World Series of Poker. This is the tournament that made poker famous and it is the one that still attracts the most attention. The World Series of Poker actually involves several different tournaments but one of them is far bigger than all of the others, that is the Main Event. This is the event that everybody wants to win, mainly because it has a prize that currently approaches ten million dollars. It is also the most prestigious event in the world so winners know that they will become well known as poker stars.

The next biggest poker tournament in the world is the World Poker Tour final. The World Poker Tour is a series of events that attract many of the best players in the world. While all of the events are a big deal the final one of the season is the biggest. The prize money available in the final event is usually about twice what it would be at the other events. This means that all of the top players enter the final event which makes winning it a much bigger deal than winning one of the regular events would be.

The third biggest event in the world of poker is the European Poker Tour final event. The European Poker Tour was set up following the huge success of the WPT and it operates on the same model. There are a series of events with one final event at the end of the season that is worth a lot more. The EPT tends to attract the top players from all around Europe although a lot of the best younger players also go since they are able to start playing before they are twenty one.

While the big three poker tournaments are the ones that everybody wants to win they are far from the only big events. There are in fact lots of great events out there. In large part the more prize money that is offered the bigger the event will be. This is because it can easily attract the best players. As a result it is very possible that over the next few years a new event will come along that will unseat one of the big three events and become one of the biggest poker tournaments in the world.

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