why WSOP main event only 10K?

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maybe even 50K?

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I like 50k. I personally don't like what the ME has turned into. It's a circus now. Rarely seeing more than 2 great players at a single table isn't what I would consider the greatest tournament in the world. Up it to 50k, weed out the idiots and let the good and great players duke it out. Winning that is an accomplishment, not a lottery.

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This is why they now have a Tournament of Champions. the WSOP ME is the biggest tournament on the planet by such a huge margin, why would Harrah's change it.

And I absolutely LAUGH at this notion that the WSOP should be some ULTIMATE PRO TOURNAMENT with a 50K buy in. Why?

Because it is a poker tournament, poker is about making the most money possible, not some Poker Penis Length contest. It is designed to make its owner the most amount of money, and provide the biggest prizes possible. What you suggest does neither.