World Series Of Poker Kicks Off Today
Today starts the 2008 WSOP. It kicks off a little different this year with a $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em for the first event, instead of a $1500 no limit like the last few years. This year they wanted to have a couple of more “pro” events and some other games that have fallen out of favor, such as a 2-7 lowball bracelet event. Most of the focus has been on no limit hold’em the last couple of years and it’s good to see some of the other games get some more attention.
It’ll be interesting to see how the main event final table pans out. I made my feelings known about that situation previously with this post. With the internet gaming ban still in effect I’m predicting another drop in the total players in the main event. Before the ban the online poker sites would let you directly transfer the buy-in to the WSOP. But after the ban you can’t do that anymore, making the aquiring of the $10,000 buy in a lot more complicated. in 2006 before the ban the Main Event had 8,773 players. In 2007 there was 6,358. I’m predicting 5,600 this year. We’ll see how things pan out.
Yea, I think there will be less and less players in the WSOP, because most of the losing players have lost their money, and vowed never to play poker again. I’m predicting 5,850 players in the main event.