ICOC Korea Branch, Participation in Next Year’s WSOP and Support for Travel Expenses (www.blockcast.cc)

[Blockchain Today Reporter Park Yohan] The ICOC Korean branch announced on the 29th that it plans to support participation and travel expenses for the 2022 WSOP by selecting 10 people this year.

In accordance with the rules of the UK’s ICOC headquarters, starting this year in Korea, the national team selection for the International Brain Sports Competition will be held every month under the sponsorship of the ICOC Korea Branch. In the case of Texas Hold’em, one of the 10 official events of the international brain sports competition, players who compete in the national team finals are gathered to hold a WSOP event match, and support $10,000 each and accommodation/meal for the WSOP held in the United States next year. And participate in the Las Vegas tournament.

Amateur Hold’em players who want to compete in Korea can participate if they are 18 years of age or older, and they must select their preferred main hold’em pub, and athletes can participate in cities across the country as their own hold’em pub. Due to the corona, the ICOC is planning to hold an online Hold’em competition, and it is the position of the ICOC Korean branch that the current hold’em pub ban will create a structure that must coexist with Hold’em pubs that are difficult to operate. Accordingly, the ICOC Korean branch will support a total of 10 people from the Republic of Korea to support flight tickets and participation fees in Las Vegas, USA.

Currently, in many countries, there is a culture in which professional poker players are recognized as a profession, and poker is recognized as a mind sport that can make a profit in the long run if he demonstrates his skills with long study, strategy research, and excellent mind management. Receiving. Of course, less than 10% of players make long-term profits, and among them, only 2% of players can make a profit for a lifetime.

In fact, few countries in the world now recognize poker as a sport. Since 2015, China has also recognized poker as a professional player, and eventually Korea has become the only country in Asia that does not recognize poker as a sports event. Although the WSOP was not held in Las Vegas in the United States last year due to the coronavirus outbreak, over the past 50 years, 10,000 players each paid a fee of 10,000 to participate in the largest Texas Hold’em competition on the planet.

Every May, 10,000 top Hold’em players from around the world gather in Las Vegas, USA. It is to participate in the WSOP, World Series of Poker. WSOP was born with the Texas Gambling Reunion held in Texas in 1969. The founder was Beni Vinion, who was then a poker player and owner of the Las Vegas Casino Venience Horseshoe.

The prize money system was introduced in 1971 and has been operated by Caesars Entertainment since 2004. Major matches are Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hold’em, and Seven Card Stud. In 2003, an amateur contestant named Chris Moneymaker won the championship at the main event of World Series Of Poker (WSOP), the most prestigious and largest tournament in the world of poker, and won $2.5 million (about 2.8 billion KRW). After winning was spread throughout the United States and around the world through ESPN, the boom of Texas Hold’em poker around the world. The profession of professional poker player has also been revisited, and since then, the number of people playing poker has exploded around the world.

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