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I don't really care one way or the other (although I do tend to lean toward thinking this is lame). It's obvious they are doing this so that they can make the FT a pay-per-view event. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
It's obvious they are doing this so that they can make the FT a pay-per-view event. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Good article here.
I still have two qualms with this, firstly the poor way in which it came out just a month or so before the event starts, what was the excuse, they forgot?
Harrahs repeatedly **** the event up (missing chips, cards where 6 and 9 look the same, same coloured chips for different deniminations etc). God knows what mess they'll make with 4 months to **** it up.
Thinking back to last year's series, I got a lot more of a kick out of following the bracelet events than I did the Main Event anyway, and the bracelet events will be left untouched.
But they are showing fewer bracelet events this year.
In '07 they had 9 prelim bracelet events, plus HORSE, plus the ME.
In '08 they have 5 prelim bracelet events, plus HORSE, plus more ME.
People are going to be able to go back and watch every other players play, up until that point. They will be able to study the other persons play for the entire tourney until that point (if they are on a tv table of course). That seems to be most of where the significant argument comes from. See when they were bluffing, look for tells etc. ..... Though I did hear that they are going to pay everyone that makes the final table, the 9th place spot. So the final 9 guys get 800,000 (whatever the 9th place gets paid), on the spot, so they will have that money to hold them over until the final table is played.
That does suck, granted.
I'm talking about following the events live on the net though.
Yes, I am a nerd
what kind of odds will people lay me on the chip leader getting assassinated?
Another article:
A Comprehensive Look at the WSOP Final Table Delay – Part One | Poker News
I won't go so far as to say it's a good article (it's actually entertainingly biased) but it does explain why it's a four month gap, and not a three month one or a five month one:
While poker isn't actually a sport, the fans watch it in much the same way
Anyone that thinks it's good for the game must only like watching poker on TV vs. playing poker.
Let' pretend you win the Poker Stars free roll and you get to the final table. You've got some really good reads and know the tells of 3 or 4 players at the table. You feel great and you have momentum on your side. OH wait then you have to wait 4 months to play. The WSOP is one giant sattilite to a final table now. Very sad.
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I've changed my mind, I thought it was a stupid idea, but I never realised the delay would create THIS much interest in Poker - it's almost here, I cant wait to see whether my favourite player wins in a couple of weeks!
Who else is as excited as me!