[MicroBob]

Lots of the online-qualifiers who made it there for the first time last year might not be 'repeaters' imo.

I played with a few guys in various satellites and smaller events who seemed somewhat fried as well as frustrated that they were getting clobbered.

It's big and crazy and crowded...and it's a pain to get to the men's room.


I think if we were to add 2,000 'first-timers' we will likely still be losing 1,500 of those who were 'first-timers' last year.

Just a hunch. No real evidence here.



Also worth considering is the WSOP circuit.
For example, the current event at Caesar's-Indiana (near Louisville) is packed.

I believe someone posted that their first 4 events were sold-out in advance and they had hundreds of alternates.

Will this whet the appetites of poker-players in that area and entice them to try to make it to Vegas in July for the 'real thing'?
Or will just playing a circuit event be enough for them? they get to say that they played in the WSOP and that gets them the 'rush'.


Is it possible that this WSOP-circuit making it's way around the country (although not as much anymore since Biloxi and new Orleans will be cancelled) will actually NEGATIVELY impact participation in the main-event?

I'm really not sure...just pontificating.