世界系列扑克锦标赛主赛事是用10 000美元购买无限额德州扑克赛事。今年轮到第54届世界系列扑克锦标赛（WSOP）赛事展开。此事件一直是世界冠军决胜局，虽然于1971年买进只有5 000美元。

　　曾经只有四位玩家赢得不止一次赢得了这个重头戏，他们都是真正的扑克巨星。

　　约翰尼莫斯 - 1970年，1971年和1974年

　　Doyle Brunson的 - 1976年和1977年

　　斯图温加尔 - 1980年，1981年和1997年

　　陈仲衡 - 1987年和1988年

　　主赛事的优胜者，他们的照片添加到比尼恩的冠军画廊上，并获得世界冠军的的非官方称号。

　　近年来，人们从卫星和在线比赛推进到后期的重头戏中，越来越多的人关注预选赛。

　　克里斯摇钱树在2003年的主要事件的胜利，迎来了世界扑克系列的一个新时代。摇钱树通过2003年的WSOP扑克之星在线棋牌室，赢得了250万美元的奖金。额在现场比赛之前，他从来没有打过这种游戏。

　　格雷格雷默，2004年世界冠军，参加主要事件，以同样的方式，成为2007年的主要赛事冠军。杨致远，之前只打了两年扑克，他的胜利那是众望所归的。

　　在2006年世界扑克系列赛，H.O.R.S.E.引进50 000美元买入，可能会威胁到这个重头戏的威信。随着在购买五倍以上的扑克赛事变得如此的昂贵，业余选手的前景更加艰巨。居于这样的事实，玩家必须对5个不同的扑克变化熟练。

　　现在，业余爱好者的人数远远多于在重头戏领域的专业人士，事实上，这是一个被称为“摇钱树效应”的结果。

　　专业人士说，50000美元名驹事件出自世界上最好的玩家的决策，竟然是令人信服的世界系列管理中的重要组成部分，包括购买这么大的一场比赛。

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　　World Series of Poker Main Event

　　The World Series of Poker Main Event is the $10 000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournament which this year will be the 54th event on the World Series of Poker （WSOP） calendar. This event has always served as the World Championship decider, although the buy-in was only $5 000 in 1971.

　　Only four players have ever won the Main Event on more than one occasion, and they are all true poker greats.

　　Johnny Moss - 1970, 1971 and 1974

　　Doyle Brunson - 1976 and 1977

　　Stu Ungar - 1980, 1981 and 1997

　　Johnny Chan - 1987 and 1988

　　Winners of the Main Event have their pictures added to the Gallery of Champions at Binion's and earn the unofficial title of World Champion.

　　Recent years have seen more and more qualifiers from satellite and online tournaments advancing to the later stages of the Main Event.

　　Chris Moneymaker's victory at the 2003 Main Event ushered in a new era for the World Series of Poker. Moneymaker qualified for the 2003 WSOP via the PokerStars online card room, going on to win a pot of $2.5 million. He had never played in a live tournament before.

　　Greg Raymer, the 2004 World Champion, qualified by for the Main Event in the same way, while 2007 Main Event champion, Jerry Yang, had only been playing poker for two years prior to his victory.

　　The introduction of a $50 000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the 2006 World Series of Poker, however, may threaten the prestige of the Main Event. With a buy-in five times more expensive than the Hold'em event, the H.O.R.S.E. tournament is a more daunting prospect for amateur players, as is the fact that players have to be skilled in five different poker variations.

　　The fact that amateurs now far outnumber professionals in the Main Event field, as a result of what has been termed "The Moneymaker Effect".

　　The professionals have said that the $50 000 H.O.R.S.E. event is the true decider of the world's best player and actually had a major part to play in convincing World Series management to include a tournament with such a large buy-in.