Joe Slick
Rock Star
Silver Level
There have been some outstanding points made in this thread. There are good reasons for this change to be made and some not-so-good reasons.
I think that part of the reason is that people have never heard of a tournament with a multi-month break near the end, or have they?!
Maybe we need to think of what we call "The Main Event" as a sattelite to the "The Final Showdown" (or some other slick marketable name).
If you think about it in those terms, maybe it's not so bad. The only difference is that you start with the chips that you had. That preserves everyone's relative momentum somewhat. Everyone comes to the final table rested. Everyone comes to the final table better prepared, perhaps. It's not better. It's not worse. It's just different.
I just hope the officials are on the lookout for collusion between players because there is always a risk of private deal-making before the final table takes place.
Wouldn't it be funny if all nine players decided to make a deal and not play the final table? That would really frost ESPN!
I think that part of the reason is that people have never heard of a tournament with a multi-month break near the end, or have they?!
Maybe we need to think of what we call "The Main Event" as a sattelite to the "The Final Showdown" (or some other slick marketable name).
If you think about it in those terms, maybe it's not so bad. The only difference is that you start with the chips that you had. That preserves everyone's relative momentum somewhat. Everyone comes to the final table rested. Everyone comes to the final table better prepared, perhaps. It's not better. It's not worse. It's just different.
I just hope the officials are on the lookout for collusion between players because there is always a risk of private deal-making before the final table takes place.
Wouldn't it be funny if all nine players decided to make a deal and not play the final table? That would really frost ESPN!