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As reported on Robin Leach's Vegas blog. Since he's likely wrong about the number of likely registrants, it will be interesting to see if he has his dates right.




Expect a record 50,000 player registrations competing for an all-time record almost $200-million total prize pool when the 38th annual World Series of Poker is held at the Rio next summer. Harrah's will announce this morning that the start date has been moved up to June 1 and will run to the final table beginning July 17, so book your rooms now! The top prize for the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold'em World Championship, commonly referred to as the Main Event, reached $12 million this past August setting a new world record that WSOP and television broadcaster ESPN expect to be easily shattered in 2007!