Why the Main Event shouldnt be a no limit event!

[The Original Gifted 1]

I mean lets face it there is 5000 players in the event how many times do u go all in and need to avoid a bad beat?

How many times can ur AK beat 55 or vice versa

How many times can ur top set run into s str8 or flush

how many times can ur str8 run into a flush

The point im trying to make here is that No limit is a great game dont get me wrong but the way i see it to win the world championship and be called world champion is no way true i think to win the main event luck plays such a big role. U have 5000 players that is 5000 potential bad beats i mean how many times can u survive? u have 5000 mines to avoid in a piece of land its really hard to rely on skill so much of it comes to luck thats why the main event doesnt truly show the best player its shows the player who was good enough yes but also lucky enough to avoid all those mines and make it all the way.

Matt damon says in rounders to his girl that its not luck why do the best players always make it to the final table every year well we know thats not the case how many internet players make it, amateurs etc etc ok if the final table had all the greats like doyle, chan ivey etc then yes we can call it skill but u cant so much luck is needed and it shouldnte be for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

For eg. Aaron kanter and danneman i mean cmon these guys stink like yesterdays trash danneman plays home games for coins and kanter is a friggin idiot but they both make top 5 thats not right all they did was get lucky over and over again (especially kanter).

I recently watched the WPT on DVD season 1 and saw one of the worst players win one of the events chris karagullyan i think his name was he was the guy in the suit who was twicthing alot that guy is absolute trash never seen anything worse and he wins.

No limit is a great game but it cant be the event to determine who the best in the world is maybe H.O.R.S.E with a 20k buy in would be better but no limit is purely entertainment everyone going all in its great to watch but sorry im not calling joe hachem the best in the world (unless he does a three peat)

[Bobby C]

I think it's a little unrealistic to expect one day, or even one week, of poker to determine who is better than whom.

Turn it into Nascar. Play an event each week; get points for high finishes; and crown your champion at the end of the season.

The WSOP can still be the premier event, like the Daytona 500.

[littleogre]

I think the main event should be limit but i don't really mind it being nl. The first thing they need to do is raise the entry fee to 50k

[Crony]

Main event should be Indian poker

[Primetime]

your right Bobby, but thats why they have the player of year now. That award deserves more press and the winner of it should have the title as best in the world at the time, but what can u do. Limit is boring and it is impossible to get people to lay down draws. You have to get alot luckier to win in limit then in no limit.

[littleogre]

Originally posted by: Primetime
your right Bobby, but thats why they have the player of year now. That award deserves more press and the winner of it should have the title as best in the world at the time, but what can u do. Limit is boring and it is impossible to get people to lay down draws. You have to get alot luckier to win in limit then in no limit.

Limit poker my seem like a game of luck but i assure you that the stronger players would grind the weaker players down. There is a reason why you never see no name donkeys wining big limit tourneys. Honestly though the first thing they need to do is get rid of or modify the sat system . Now days lots of the players are geting in the wsop for 500 bucks or less. Online sites hand out wsopme entries like there candy. Though im not sure what can be done about that.

[Primetime]

i dont know about that, there are alot more no names in the nl events bc that is what most people play. look at the partypoker millions wpt event, the final table always has some no names, just like the nl wpt events. That construction worker the one year was awful

[littleogre]

Originally posted by: Primetime
i dont know about that, there are alot more no names in the nl events bc that is what most people play. look at the partypoker millions wpt event, the final table always has some no names, just like the nl wpt events. That
construction worker the one year was awful

I'm not exactly sure what point you are trying to counter but i think you may be saying that donkeys can make it in a limit tourney just as easily as they can in a nl tourney. I respectfully disagree with you on that point . Yes we do see the less then expert player at a final table now and then