The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a collection of many different types of poker. The most common and popular for being 'Texas Hold 'em'. However there are 57 events this year including: Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi'lo, Razz, Stud, 7-2 lowball and H.O.R.S.E. - and a combination of no-limit, pot-limit and limit; with various different buyins from $1000 to $50,000.
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It's mostly an organization of a lot of casinos around the world. I do know that Ted Binion started it and Harrah's and The Rio Casinos are affiliated. Actually, the original WSOP was started by Tom Moore of San Antonio, Texas in 1968 at the Holiday Inn in Reno, Nevada. It evolved into what it is today due to Benny Binion's involvement. Harrah's Entertainment bought the rights to WSOP in 2004 and now manages it.
World Series games are always held at the home fields of the teams that win their respective league championships. There are 225 theoretical combinations of stadiums that will be hosting the games.