[shaniac]

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Barry Greenstein can donate his tournament winnings to charity because they are such an insignificant portion of his income compared to cash games. And Phil Ivey has said it's hard for him to focus in tournaments because he knows there is a big side game going on. Also, Daniel Negreaneau is playing heads-up matches for $500,000.

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Citing two of the most extreme examples of ultra-succesful high stakes cash games players (and in Barry's case, if I'm not mistaken, an independetly wealthy individual to begin with) is not a great way to make your case.

I don't think it would be horrible to bump the WSOP up to 15- or 20K but for most of us, $10,000 is still a lot of money for one tournament.

Shane