[woodguy]

I don't like Mike's propsal for one main reason.

Chris Moneymaker *probably* would not have made it to the WSOP in Mike's structure.

His win is the single biggest reason for the explosion in poker.

To take away the "moneymaker" factor for every lowlimit online player getting a chance to win the big one is very damaging.

Its like killing the plankton in the ocean. Sure they are small, but without them the rest of the food chain will die.

In this way the terrible online player who feeds the first rung of pokerplayers goes away and that money doesn't make its way up the chain.

It will also take away the "everyman" image poker has, as in "everyman" can become a world champion.

The general public doesn't care (arnd really doesn't want to know) that Greg Raymer was an accomplished poker player before he won the big one. They just want to lump him in with Moneymaker and use that to continue to feed their fantasy.

If the structure of the larger tourney killls the romance and the dream for the fish, they are killing themselves.

Regards,
Woodguy