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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas since 1970. It all began when Benny Binion invited seven of the best and most famous poker players of that time to participate in a poker tournament.
Double up means to double the size of our chip stack by winning an all-in bet. The term can be used in both a tournament and cash game setting. It can also be used somewhat loosely – i.e. we can still refer to it as a double up even if we had our opponent covered and didn’t quite win 2x (two times) our stack.