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First Cryptocurrency Poker Tournament and Major WSOP Events
TournamentsJune 15, 2021·1 min read

First Cryptocurrency Poker Tournament and Major WSOP Events


The first cryptocurrency poker tournament took place in March 2010 with a prize pool of 1,000 bitcoins, which would be worth $50 million today. The tournament was proposed by BitcoinFX on the Bitcointalk forum with a buy-in of 55 BTC, and the winner was dwdollar who received 600 BTC.

Dwdollar, the winner of the first cryptocurrency poker tournament, later founded the first Bitcoin exchange, Bitcoinmarket.com.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) schedule for 2021 includes 88 tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $400 to $250,000. The WSOP schedule includes a $25,000 buy-in heads-up tournament, a $25,000 HORSE tournament, and a $1,000 Flip & Go tournament. The $25,000 buy-in heads-up tournament will start on June 18, 2021, with 32 participants including Stefan112222, Victor Malinovsky, Linus Lelli, Buttonclickr, Doug Polk, Phil Ivey, and Tom Dwan. The tournament will be broadcast on the WPT channel, and some players will travel to Cabo for the event.

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