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- Now, imagine that, instead of a week at Lake Kawkawa, summer camp is seven weeks long, it's in Las Vegas and there are hundreds of millions of dollars up for grabs.
- In the days before leaving for summer camp, you probably started thinking about the things you looked forward to the most.
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Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via APLance Bradley Multiple Authors May 25, 2026, 09:00 AM ETEmail Print Open Extended Reactions Anybody who attended summer camp as a kid probably looks back fondly at it. The leather belt you made in arts and crafts, doing cannonballs off the dock into the lake, the nightly campfire where that the "cool" counselor with the guitar and poncho led everybody in singing pop Neil Diamond's classic "Sweet Caroline."
Now, imagine that, instead of a week at Lake Kawkawa, summer camp is seven weeks long, it's in Las Vegas and there are hundreds of millions of dollars up for grabs. That's how poker players, both professional and amateur, feel about the World Series of Poker, which gets underway Tuesday at Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas.
In the days before leaving for summer camp, you probably started thinking about the things you looked forward to the most. Whether it was archery class, capture the flag or the end-of-camp field day, there was something to be excited about. The WSOP is like that, too. Here are five events that balance the thrills of poker with the drama and prestige for which the WSOP is known.