WSOP 50K Buy in

[meow_meow]

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I don't give a damn what the buy-in is, but the main event should be changed to pot-limit hold em

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[daryn]

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In my mind it would be more exciting to watch 500 of the best players play for the title than have a 6000+ field shootout.

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who cares how exciting it is? i want the money.

[arod4276]

Blaze,, are u as dumb as you sound? arod4276

[arod15]

You have a much better chance of winning with a field of 500 than a field of 6000+ and it would still be a lot of money perhaps not 10M or 7.5 but id assume it be at least 5MM

[blaze666]

you can lick my balls.

[DVaut1]

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oh NO its this STUPID thread again

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FYP

[valenzuela]

I actually like the fact that there are huge fields on the WSOP. If you want a legitimate champion then use a player of the year award or somethings.

[arod15]

You from chile me too well at least my parents were..

[DVaut1]

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You have a much better chance of winning with a field of 500 than a field of 6000+ and it would still be a lot of money perhaps not 10M or 7.5 but id assume it be at least 5MM

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So, to restore the WSOP's prestige, it should be made easier to win....

[DVaut1]

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i totaly agree and have thought abou tthis too.

to think that the most prestigious poker event in the world, the world championship event so to speak, is open to anyone who can muster up 10K (or $40 for multiple online sattelites winners)has become laughable.

didnt pokerstars alone supply over like 1150 entrants?

the fact that anyone without any kind of prerequisite can play for the world title is counter logical, and yet that very open for anyone strategy used to be one of the events beauty.

Back when 10k was a whole lot more valuable in the 70's, the field consisted of a majority of top poker players, and a few wealthy wannabes thrown in, which at that time actually added to the beauty of it.

Now its a few world class players thrown in with literally thousands of online qualifiers and newcomers, and the romance of it being open to anyone is gone. Its funny, cuz the average skill level of the players in this tourney is probably worse (much worse) than any WPT or PPT event, yet this is the world championship.

I think the only way to truly fix this thing is to raise the entry price to 100k. That way it would be truly limited to 1/10 of the online and sattelite qualifiers they have today, only truly wealthy people could afford to gamble on it, and only the truly best poker players in the world would be able to draw on a BR which could afford this.

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So the argument is that big, huge fish fests are really -EV for good players?

I'm sure tons of pros are just dying for the opportunity to drop 100k for the opportunity to play against the other top pros where they have absolutely no edge and ridiculous amounts of variance.

What a plan.