WSOP needs Re-vamping

The WSOP needs to take a page from the PGA Masters and have the tournament confined to the top 150-200 players in the world.

To have a tournament that is supposed crown the top poker player in the world, and then allow every slob with 10 grand to participate is simply absurd.

[SoftcoreRevolt]

This is why they have the tournament of champions. The WSOP loses a ton of appeal if you limit it. Poker's appeal is ANYONE CAN ENTER ANYONE CAN WIN.

[Precept2]

Since you brought up golf. Why do you think the US Open has such a great appeal? It's the most democratic golf tournament in the country. Anyone who qualifies can play and anyone who plays can win. Jason Gore (a no-name at the time) and Michelle Wie (a 15 year old ameteur) played in the final group this year.

[kmprsdrm]

What they need to do is up the buy-in to $50,000.
That would help cut the field down. If its your top
event, it should have the highest buy-in.

[dogmeat]

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The WSOP needs to take a page from the PGA Masters and have the tournament confined to the top 150-200 players in the world.

To have a tournament that is supposed crown the top poker player in the world, and then allow every slob with 10 grand to participate is simply absurd.

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Thank goodness for absurd then! I don't get a big charge out of watching the WSOP on TV, and I certainly wouldn't watch it if it was confined to just 200 players...... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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[Guthrie]

The vast majority of those slobs this year didn't even have the 10 grand. They won satellites either in poker rooms or online. So what?

How often did you watch it on TV back when it was limited to the best players in the world? How often do you watch it on TV now that anybody can enter and win?

[TexArcher]

I think that's why they instituted the points system covering all of the tournaments. They should start awarding the World Championship to the player who wins the points and have a separate Hold'em World Champ for winning the Main Event. That way other poker games like Omaha and Stud are represented in the World Champion of Poker title...

And I think they should raise the buy-in to $15,000 or 20,000 and stop letting people win their seats to the Main Event via online sattelite. Sattelites could be allowed to award seats to all of the other events, just not the main event. The field is getting ridiculous, there was a girl who won her seat on some Japanese game show and didn't even know how to play hold'em, that's just retarded.

[joker122]

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It's the most democratic golf tournament in the country. Anyone who qualifies can play and anyone who plays can win.

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yeah, and if you've qualified you are a very, very good player. it's not like they just let in every weekend hack that signs up - it's extremely difficult to make.

the reason the open has appeal is because it's democractic, yes. but it's not the complete sh*t show that the wsop is - the worst player in the field will still be scary good.

[bottomset]

um the online games are so good because some random dude won the WSOP

Why?