Two larger and the tournaments well-known are the event of championship of excursion of poker of the world and the series of the world of the poker, behaviours to the horseshoe casino of Binion in Las Vegas. The series of the world was traditionally described on ESPN. Tournment the 2005 want last held with the horseshoe. Futures tournments will be held with one of the properities entertainment of Harrah.

The excursion of poker of world (WPT) is a collection of tournaments of poker comprising the majority of the professional players of the world. The excursion had its season of beginning in the last part of 2002 and the preceding part of 2003, culminating with the championship of WPT in April 2003 at Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first season aired on the English Channel of voyage to the American cable television in spring of 2003.

The exposure made its beginning of network February 1, 2004 on the NBC with a "battle the special tournaments champions", who aired against the insurance of CBS of the superb basin XXXVIII. The excursion of poker of the world is a collection tournaments of poker of end of support of international catch of Texas of ' held internationally and at edge of the boats of cruising, but mainly in the United States. The exposure of television led to a pole in the play of table through the American houses, the local casinos and the rooms of poker, and in line. Perhaps it does not astonish, therefore, that the principal sleeping partners of the excursion are casinos and sites in line of poker. The exposure, Co-accomodated by Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten, and Shana Hiatt, is syndicated also internationally.