If you are looking for Texas Hold\'em excitement check out the new DVD of the World Series of Poker reviewed here, the main event being \"No Limit Texas Hold\'Em\".
Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, the 34th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) saw a record-breaking 839 players battle it out for poker immortality and big money at Binion\'s Horseshoe casino in one of the highest stakes games in town -- the No Limit Texas Hold\'Em, the tournament\'s \"Main Event,\" which had a $10,000 buy-in and $2.5 million first-place prize that included the coveted world-title bracelet.
ESPN and DVD Marketing Inc. have put together the entire 2003 ESPN
telecast of The No Limit Texas Hold\'em games on a double-disc DVD, equating to seven hours of un-cut, commercial-free action in full screen digital video. Hosted by ESPN\'s Lon McEachern and sports columnist Norman Chad, the DVD includes revealing interviews of key players, a \"how-to\" on playing the Texas Hold\'em poker, chapter points at the key rounds, and highlights of ESPN\'s Cold Pizza and Pardon The
Interruption tournament coverage. The DVD is available today in retail stores
and online at championshipdvd.com .
Viewers now have the opportunity to study Hold\'em poker masters at work, including the legendary Doyle Brunson (1977, 1978 WSOP Champion), stone-cold Johnny Chan (1987, 1988 WSOP Champion, immortalized in Rounders), Sam Farha, poker bad boy Phil Hellmuth (1989 WSOP Champion), the showman Scotty Nguyen (1998 WSOP Champion) and Annie Duke, one of women\'s best poker players, as they handle the pressure over a course of five intense days. In the end, Chris
Moneymaker, the out-of-nowhere 27 year-old amateur stunned everyone when he
parlayed a $40 online tournament win for a seat at the \'Main Event\' into a
world championship title and a cache worth $2.5 million.