Re: Luckiest Coin Flipper Is World Poker Champion
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Of all sports/games...
Poker has by far the greatest element of chance.
Statistically...
And there are 100 stats geeks lurking here right as we speak...
The present WSOP formula to decide the World Champion...
Simply does not allow the best players to prevail.
The luckiest coin flipper wins much of the time...
And there is always confusion about who is how good...
Who is the best.
Why is this exciting? And to whom?
Deciding the British Open by playing 2 holes...
Would be considered a farce...
But a similar formula is entrenched at WSOP.
IT WILL CHANGE.
If the present format is so precious...
Then they should at least double/triple the length of the tournament...
To allow the best players to prevail...
Not the luckiest coin flippers.
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rm+,
What did you think of the HU championships earlier this year? This format seems to give much more credence to skill rather than luck. Look who won, Phil Hellmuth. There MUST have been much less luck involved. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
There are already other tournaments out there that give the better players a bigger edge based on talent. I'm not sure these types of tournaments are as marketable, but time will tell.
The WSOP is the WSOP. It's run by a casino, not by a major "sporting" organization which is represented by owners and players. It's an open tournament available to anyone with ten grand. That's how it started, and that's how it will continue. I suggested a while back to make the ME a 100k buy in event. But, I don't really see this happening.
As it stands, the WSOP is run by a casino. It is no wonder that the event is just a big "gamble". That's what casino's do. Casino's profit from people wanting to gamble. If you want to take the gamble out of the WSOP, take it out of the casino, and run it by some kind of poker entertainment conglomerate. Wait. That's already being done with the WPT. I think you are out of gas critisizing the WSOP.
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