Poker Bracelet

The World Series of Poker bracelet (WSOP) is considered the most preferable non-monetary prize a poker pro can acquire. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory happened before 1976, WSOP championships are now counted as “bracelets”. During the first years of the WSOP only a handful of bracelets were awarded each year. In 1990, there were only 14 bracelet events. By 2000, that number raised to 24. As the popularity of poker has increased during the 2000s, the number of events has similarly increased. In 2009, there were 57 bracelets awarded in Las Vegas and 4 at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE).

Just as the prestige of the event has raised, so too has the quality of the bracelet. The oldest bracelets were worth at a few hundred bucks, while today’s bracelet is designed by premier jeweler Corum.

Poker Bracelet History

At first, the bracelets did not have much prestige. Ten-time bracelet winner Doyle Brunson said that his first bracelet “didn’t mean anything to” him and that he did not even pick up two of them.
Some pro poker players believe that there are two types of poker players; those who have acquired a bracelet and those who have not. Those who have belong to an selective club.”It’s impossible to overstate the value of a World Series of Poker gold bracelet to anyone who takes the game seriously,” stated World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack during the 2006 bracelet unveiling, “It is the equivalent of winning the Stanley Cup in hockey or the Lombardi Trophy in football.”

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