Will this year's ME have more entrants than next year?

[detroitplayer]

Will this year's ME have more entrants than next year?

[detroitplayer]

I think lots of people are going to the puppet show this year, and lots of people will see the strings. I don't see poker blowing up enough to compensate for the number of people who will be playing this year, and realize it's a "waste of time / money" (in their estimate) and never go back.

[Needle77]

It's almost guarenteed that it's not gonna blow up like it did last year but I still see it growing. I think its almost a lock that the 2006 ME will have more entrants.I think there is still plenty of fish out there.

[detroitplayer]

I think there's plenty of fish out there. And I think more and more people will continue to start playing socially. But I think this is the big year as far as people dropping $10,000 to play in the ME.

Every dead money player who doesn't cash will probably go home and tell every one they know, not only keeping the original dead money player out, but all of the dead money player's friends who may have had it in the back of their mind may be getting talked out of it now.

[bobby rooney]

wow, I couldn't disagree with you more. Stars alone produced over a thousand internet qualifiers this year. As long as someone like me can pony up enough cash for a 27+rebuy and end up with a 10K entry into a world championship event, there will be more people coming to the series. Not only that, this years winner will win around 10 million dollars! I don't think we are anywhere near to peaking on this poker thing.

We'll see next year who is right.

[Needle77]

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...Stars alone produced over a thousand internet qualifiers this year. As long as someone like me can pony up enough cash for a 27+rebuy and end up with a 10K entry into a world championship event, there will be more people coming to the series. Not only that, this years winner will win around 10 million dollars! I don't think we are anywhere near to peaking on this poker thing.

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Couldn't be said better. $10,000 to 10 million, let alone $27, you just can't imagine how many dead money players will jump to that oppurtunity. I think the success stories will draw more people than the sob stories will make people not want to go.

[sekrah]

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I think there's plenty of fish out there. And I think more and more people will continue to start playing socially. But I think this is the big year as far as people dropping $10,000 to play in the ME.

Every dead money player who doesn't cash will probably go home and tell every one they know, not only keeping the original dead money player out, but all of the dead money player's friends who may have had it in the back of their mind may be getting talked out of it now.

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Ridiculous Detroitplayer.

As long as they keep the entry at $10k, it will always be higher.

The only way it'll be lower is if they start raising the entry fee.

$10k was $100k in inflation adjusted to the old timers who played back in the 70s.


5 years from now, $10k will be even more chump change than it is today.

[MicroBob]

I agree with DetroitPlayer's assessment.

Lots of frustrated individuals who have dropped a ton on some of the satellites and $2k type events who I suspect might not return because they are getting their ass kicked to the tune of $10k or more via some awful bad-beats and what-not.


I could be wrong though.


Also - if they sell-out this year then I definitely don't think will get more because I think the cap will be the same.

They don't have room for more than 2200 players on their day 1's unless they go to multiple rooms (or a big arena or something).
And I don't think they want to do more than 3 day 1's either.

To have more than 6600 players next year they would actually have to allow and be able to accomodate them.

[hudat]

If there is another Moneymaker story than there will be more entrants next year. A rank not so well-known pro winning it or having no name players at the final table will hurt next years showing (not by much though)

[BlackRain]

More next year. My reasons echo Bobby Rooney's