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11-20-2005, 08:37 PM
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Re: Matt Hilger\'s WSOP proposal
I doubt this idea will work for the pros, even if it were $50K. Not enough dead money to make it worthwhile.
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#2
11-21-2005, 12:41 AM
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Re: Matt Hilger\'s WSOP proposal
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I doubt this idea will work for the pros, even if it were $50K. Not enough dead money to make it worthwhile. [/ QUOTE ] i dont think this necessarily the case, since the one constant among most poker pros is that they all think they are one of the best players in the world. especially the pros that would have $50-100k to buy into a single tourney. not to mention that satellites would add dead money. the only downside would be, as someone said a couple posts up, i think this would cheapen the significance of the main event.
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#3
11-21-2005, 12:05 AM
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Re: Matt Hilger\'s WSOP proposal
i think this is a good idea except that having a higher buy-in tournament clearly lessens the magnitude of the 10k event. I am not sure how lessening the main event in importance would affect its tv ratings, publicity, fan support, etc.
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#4
11-21-2005, 01:13 AM
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Re: Matt Hilger\'s WSOP proposal
The simple solution to the bloated main event is to raise the entry fee to $50K, $100K, whatever. Then have regional qualifiers, in Las Vegas, Tunica, Atlantic City, Paris, wherever. The satellites feed the qualifiers, the qualifiers feed the main event. If anybody wants to buy a seat directly into the main event for cash, let them. If online sites want to run satellites direct to the main event, let them. You'll still have a lot of players in Las Vegas for the main event, and you'll have a gigantic purse. You'll also have a much larger TV audience. They don't go directly from the regular season to the Super Bowl.
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#5
11-21-2005, 07:16 PM
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Re: Matt Hilger\'s WSOP proposal
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You'll also have a much larger TV audience. [/ QUOTE ] This is the only thing I disagree with in your post. IMO, the two things that would greatly increase TV would be if it was telecast live and on a non-cable channel. Large purses and playoff-like structure would give a small bump, but not that much.
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11-21-2005, 08:02 PM
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Re: Matt Hilger\'s WSOP proposal
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IMO, the two things that would greatly increase TV would be if it was telecast live and on a non-cable channel. [/ QUOTE ] Disagree. This year's final table took nearly 14 hours. And a lot of those hands consisted of everyone folding to a pre-flop raiser. That would not attract new players.
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