So you’ve been playing online poker for a few years now, and after grinding it out you’ve finally made enough cash to head to Las Vegas and make a name for yourself at the World Series of Poker. To get your name in lights and have the online poker sites knocking on your door to represent them, you’re going to have to win a bracelet or two. Making money at poker whether it is at the tables or through books or endorsement deals is all about one thing: Winning. Winning at the WSOP gets you the greatest prize of all, a WSOP bracelet and the fame that comes along with it.

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To get the bracelet and the fame, though, you need to choose the right events to play. When deciding on what WSOP events to choose from you can pretty much split them into two categories: 1) your cheaper buy-in tourneys that will likely have a larger field full of players with a couple grand burning a hole in their pocket; and 2) the more expensive buy-in tourney that will likely have a smaller field, but this field will consist of more seasoned pros and former bracelet winners than the cheaper tourneys.

If you wade into the water in Category 1, you’re going to have to fend off more challengers but there’s a chance they will be less skilled, since a lot of pros will skip them so they won’t miss out on the bigger money tourneys presuming they make it to Day 2 or 3 in the cheapos. If you think you have the skill to rip through the bigger field and can get lucky when you need to (a bigger field usually requires a little more luck), then you’ll want to try your hand at the smaller buy-ins. It will also be kinder on your bankroll if you aren’t able to make the money.

If you go with Category 2 you need to bring your A-game. The field may be smaller, calling for less luck, but when you’re going toe-to-toe with a table full of players you’ve seen taking home poker titles on TV, you either play mistake-free poker or end up on the rail. If you don’t make the money in these tourneys your bankroll will suffer in a big way.

A good idea may be to mix in a couple of cheap tourneys and also get in the bigger money buy-ins, and go for a bracelet in both categories. Whatever you do make sure you set aside some cash for the $10,000 main event. The last six WSOP champions all won their first WSOP bracelet in the main event.

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