'Seven Majors’ of Poker According to Tom Sexton

Any true professional sport has its crowning moments, its grand slams, or major events. For football it’s the Super bowl and baseball it’s the World Series. In golf crowning moments come in the form of majors. Like when Bobby Jones took home the Gran Slam in golf winning The US Open, US Amateur, British Open, and British Amateur. Today golf had evolved and so has the world of Poker so why should this sport not have its crowning moments or major events.

According to poker legend Tom Sexton, greatness in poker like other professional sports should be measured based on accomplishments in seven major events. Sexton’s picks for the seven majors are:

1. World Series of Poker Main Event
2. World Poker Tour Main Event
3. World Series of Poker H.O.R.S.E. Event
4. World Series of Poker Main Event Europe
5. NBC’s National Heads Up Poker Championship
6. World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions
7. High Stakes Poker

Together these events would be the true measure of a poker champion.