Main Event Final Table to be played in November
 

Dumbest shit ever


Organizers of the World Series of Poker, the game's top competition, have thrown players a curve ball that threatens the integrity of the multimillion-dollar tournament.

This year Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has changed the event so that instead of playing over two weeks in July, those who make the final table of nine players will be asked to come back and finish during two days in November.

This, the organisers say, will allow the final table to be shown on Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN and give the broadcaster time to generate publicity that will maximise the audience. The 12 days in which the estimated 7,000 players are whittled down to nine will be broadcast in the weeks before the final, allowing viewers to get a feel for how the players have progressed to the summit of the poker world.

Players will benefit, the organizers say, because the additional coverage and raised profiles surrounding the final table will mean they can demand more cash from sponsors.

For me, and for many others in the poker community, it is an extraordinarily stupid decision. It is a plan that ruins the integrity of the tournament and stinks of corporate greed being placed above the interests of the game of poker.

Consider the possible implications:

-- Players get coaching. If a rank amateur manages to get through to the final table, then, if they have any sense, they will employ a top player to coach them for the next four months. Even if this means giving away 10 percent of their final table purse, this will be good value for them.....


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retarded indeed.

Yea, sat at the casino last night and we discussed this. It could be a benefit to the players....

1) They'll be invited to play in events all over the country until the final table resumes

2) amateurs will be able to study tapes of the pros

3) Vegas will get some good action betting on the winners



But still, it just has to take away from the "flow" and your "run".

It will also give the players at the final table to make alot more money from sponsors.

I think it's a good thing. Playing for so many days at a time takes a toll on you, trust me, I know. It's a real test of physical endurance. This would allow them to be fresh. It would take away from the hype though which kinda sucks.

Is anyone here playing any of the events?

I should be playing in the $2500 NL tourny on the 7th and maybe the $1500 HORSE game at the end of the month.


I really want to play the deuce to seven lowball tourny but don't have the bankroll for it and am not that confident in that game