Re: 2006 WSOP Main Event now published
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Do we really believe that the main-event will get 8,000 players next year?
My guess would be about 5,600 again.
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I think you're right. In the neighborhood of 5K sounds right. I think 2005 was the peak of this. I don't see a big downswing really fast, but I think the "reality" of the true difficulty of the game (and long odds on hitting the money for the "anyone can win" crowd) is coming to light for the masses.
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Phil Gordon recently had a book reading at the U of M for his new book. Someone asked him if he thought the WSOP had peaked this year, he was very confident that the field this year would be around 7500, next year peak at 10k and level off after that.
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