WSOP ME 10G Buy-in Must be raised??

[MRVEGAS]

I wouldnt dare try and run off less experienced players. The entry fee hasnt changed in 34 years!!! I just believe its time that it do, isnt it?? Just to maintain the same prestige it had back then. Can we atleast agree that $10,000 doesnt go as far as it did in 1972. Thats all im saying. Prestige probably isnt the proper word but i hope you kinda get my drift.



MRV

[MrTimCaum]

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For sure. Basically stupid/bad players should be discouraged to play.

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lolololol

any winning player with half a brain wants 100,000 pure donks buying in every year. discouraging bad players from entering is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[Bulldog]

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I thnk we can all agree on 10,000, since that got a plurality of the votes.

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How about we agree it is NOT $10,000 since that got a majority of the votes.

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moran

[Bakes]

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For sure. Basically stupid/bad players should be discouraged to play. That will surely help the games overall and bring many new players online to sats/cash games. This will also surely ensure only good players win because when the stakes are higher luck doesn't matter as much. Good idea.

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This post must be a joke, otherwise LOL

[DJMaytag]

i initially voted for $20k, but it seems like a smart move for all involved to bump it to $15k, since the extra $5k isn't much for the pros (sponsored or not) and it would probably increase biz for satellites prior to the tourney. IIRC, a pretty large amount of those entered this year were online qualifiers, so what might have been a $40 sattelite like Moneymaker entered might be what, $45 or $50?

It'd sure make for a whopping 1st place prize ($20 million or more, increasing prestige, thus more would enter) and the Rio would pocket a couple extra bucks for whatever % of the entry fee goes to the house.

[Jack Bando]

Raising the buyin to weed out the donks is the tourney version of "I need to move up so they respect my raises!"

[Dangeresque]

L-O-L good sir, L-O-L

[gwhiz_612]

It should be a 10000 dollar buy in cash game. Winner take all.

[BigPoppa]

By all means, if you really want to kill off the poker boom...go ahead and make it harder for the average shmoe to play in the Main Event

[nuts]

the buyin should at least increase in line with inflation, otherwise it becomes cheaper and cheaper every year, and I'm sure no-one would vote for that.