Re: World Series Upgrade
I think the appeal of the WSOP is less "bestest poker player EVAR" and more "guy that won the biggest tournament ever".
WSOP=US Open
WPT= The Masters, but like with 3000x less status and no Hooty. (this is strained, but it almost works).
Pretending that any tournament will ever give you a meaningful metric for who is a good player is really goofy. There's just WAY too much luck involved. Raise the buy-in all you want, but I'm not sure you'll ever get what it feels like the "raise the buyin" crowd wants.
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