Mental Nomad
Full House
I think it's good for the game.
1. If poker is down a bit in popularity, you need to do things to help the card rooms - as noted above, this makes more winners with some cash to spend in the casinos.
2. Because of its size, the ME is more daunting than smaller tournaments. You need to last for days just to make the money. That discourages players. In a local 100-person tournament that only pays 5%, I'd still have a better chance of cashing on day 1 (because it will cash on day 1.)
3. Also because of its size, the ME needs tweaks that speed up game play. As others said, this will increase the speed and aggression during that long slog. The tournament takes too many days, as it is.
4. Lastly, for those who cashed, the memory isn't "I got a refund," or "I made $1000." Those are equivalent. The real memory: "I cashed at the WSOP." And for every additional person who cashes, there's someone else more likely to play.
1. If poker is down a bit in popularity, you need to do things to help the card rooms - as noted above, this makes more winners with some cash to spend in the casinos.
2. Because of its size, the ME is more daunting than smaller tournaments. You need to last for days just to make the money. That discourages players. In a local 100-person tournament that only pays 5%, I'd still have a better chance of cashing on day 1 (because it will cash on day 1.)
3. Also because of its size, the ME needs tweaks that speed up game play. As others said, this will increase the speed and aggression during that long slog. The tournament takes too many days, as it is.
4. Lastly, for those who cashed, the memory isn't "I got a refund," or "I made $1000." Those are equivalent. The real memory: "I cashed at the WSOP." And for every additional person who cashes, there's someone else more likely to play.
