[MrMon]

I never suggest Tiger Woods would turn down an opportunity to play in the U.S. Open, the Masters, the British Open, the PGA Championships or the TPC for an opportunity to hustle a CEO. His reputation lies on winning those majors. But lots of pros turn down the lesser Tour events to play elsewhere in even lesser events in return for a guaranteed payout. And you can be damn sure that if Ed's Buick started a tournament, invited all the top pros, but told them, there's a $50,000 entry fee, I get a rake, and you all get to play for the fabulous prize money, you wouldn't get a lot of takers.

The $50,000 Plaza tournament is the Ed's Buick Open of the poker world. No history, it's just another tournament, albeit one with a big entry fee. A big entry fee doesn't mean it's a big tournament. Now, if they had an entry fee of $50,000 plus got AB to toss in another million in sponsorship fees, you might get some action. Ain't gonna happen.