Day 1 (May 14, 1973)
3:55 p.m.: Welcome to the World Series of Poker!
Hello from Binion’s Horsehoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas where some of the best Texas hold’em players in the world will soon be gathering for the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event.
Play is tentatively scheduled to begin around four o’clock, although players are still milling about and it doesn’t appear they’ll be sticking to that plan quite so closely. Stay tuned as we find out together who will be the next world champion of poker.