Main-event seats are given away throughout the year, plus full-experience packages and tickets to other championship events.

For small amounts, players can outlast large fields to claim seats at the World Series in Las Vegas. One of the main attractions of Harrah’s Kansas City is its status as an official WSOP satellite location. Harrah’s KC is technically a riverboat casino, meaning that visitors can enjoy calming views out across the water from the higher windows. In contrast to casinos that place their poker rooms behind the pit games, this location ensures that a good stream of gambling newcomers stumble in to feed the sharks. You just have to step through the door of the casino to find the poker games running adjacent to the upper entrance. The Harrah’s branch in North Kansas City has a well-designed poker room with more than a dozen tables of action.