Main Event- Amazing Structure
Harrah’s has really improved the World Series of Poker main event this year. While the Main Event has always had pretty good structure, allowing for a lot of play, they have made it simply amazing this year. The blinds move up very slowly, allowing for more play and skilled players to increase their advantage over amateur players.
While this will decrease the ‘lottery’ appeal of the Main Event, I think it is an overall good thing. The WSOP Main Event should reward skill heavily. After all, it is poker’s main tournament of the year. No-limit hold’em will always have sufficient variance to allow lesser-skilled players a chance. The new structure certainly allows a skilled amateur to win the whole thing, but the amateur will now definitely need to be skilled.