dstyle
02-14-2006, 06:14 PM
anyone got info on the WFP and NAPT? from what i had heard/read about the North American Poker Tour before (namely from Matusow's Circuit interview), they were going to be similar to the PPT except they also had players exempt from buyins and lodging, etc, and shared sponsorship revenues. Also, I've heard the NAPT may require it's members to join a player's association--would this be the WFP?
article about WFP from ESPN--Rosenbloom http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/columns/story?columnist=rosenbloom_steve&id=2330237
Also, not sure if this has been discussed, but in a Rich Belsky Cardplayer article a month or two back, Danny N mentioned: "There will be an event again in which you’re not going to see 6,000 players; you will see only 100 of the best. It will be like the PGA Tour compared to the Nike Tour. There’s a lot of talk about the pros banding together and doing something like that, and it’s right around the corner. The top players have already united and agreed upon certain things, one of which being that we need to own some stuff to ensure a say-so in the direction and future of the endeavor, and eliminate the need for corporate America to run poker events. There is a push from the top players to do something huge, and if this happens, poker will change forever. But that’s all I can say at this point."
not sure if this has to do with either the NAPT or WFP, but we can speculate right
here's the link for the belsky:
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_magazine/archives/showarticle.php?a_id=15194&m_id=65580
article about WFP from ESPN--Rosenbloom http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/columns/story?columnist=rosenbloom_steve&id=2330237
Also, not sure if this has been discussed, but in a Rich Belsky Cardplayer article a month or two back, Danny N mentioned: "There will be an event again in which you’re not going to see 6,000 players; you will see only 100 of the best. It will be like the PGA Tour compared to the Nike Tour. There’s a lot of talk about the pros banding together and doing something like that, and it’s right around the corner. The top players have already united and agreed upon certain things, one of which being that we need to own some stuff to ensure a say-so in the direction and future of the endeavor, and eliminate the need for corporate America to run poker events. There is a push from the top players to do something huge, and if this happens, poker will change forever. But that’s all I can say at this point."
not sure if this has to do with either the NAPT or WFP, but we can speculate right
here's the link for the belsky:
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_magazine/archives/showarticle.php?a_id=15194&m_id=65580