Re: WSOP entry fee and inflation
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I'd like to add some additional perspective. Doyle Brunson won his first $10K championship in 1976 and took home $220K, a mere 22 times the entry fee. This years winner will take home 500 times his entry fee. Even with inflation taken into account isn't this a much better deal for the winner?
Jimbo
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Inflation isn't the culprit here, it's really just a factor of the huge number of entrants compared to earlier years. Unless you substantially flatten and/or extend the payout schedule, more entrants means a relatively bigger payday for the champion.
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