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A comparison between Borgata Poker Open and the USPC:

2005: WPT 515 USPC 226
2006: WPT 540 USPC 261

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The USPC did NOT advertise in CardPlayer Magazine in 2005, but did so in 2006.

FullTilt did NOT run satellites for the USPC in 2005, but did so in 2006.

The superb TV coverage of the 2005 USPC by ESPN Original Entertainment is one factor for the increase in the number of players for the 2006 USPC, despite the best efforts of the PPL to try to "cripple" the USPC by removing "64 of the best poker players in the world" from the USPC field.