Greg Raymer, whose $160 entry payment in an over the internet poker tournament led to some $5 million gain on the 2004 globe sequence of Poker, says it's difficult to inform how a federal crackdown on over the internet gaming will impact WSOP entries this year. But he's a gambler. If he experienced to bet, he'd figure on the sizeable drop.

The 2011 WSOP, a sequence of 58 events, begins may possibly 31 in Las Vegas. Its primary Event, which starts July 7, experienced 7,319 entries final year.

"If i experienced been in fact placing a quantity to bet on, I would say additional like someplace inside reduced 5,000s (this year)," Raymer stated by mobile from his household in Raleigh, N.C. "If you created me choose a quantity simply because you have been heading to bet both more than or below … it can be a thing like 5,250."

Last Friday, federal authorities in ny specific 3 over the internet gaming firms: PokerStars, entire Tilt Poker and complete poker chip set. Eleven persons have been charged with commercial lender scams and illegal gambling. Restraining orders have been issued in opposition to about 75 commercial lender accounts allegedly employed to procedure obligations in 14 countries.