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There will always be naysayers; you can't please everyone. I find it more interesting that such an elite group of pros were assembled in the first place. When filmed, the field owned 54 WSOP bracelets, 12 WPT titles, and 8 World Championships. Also at the time of the filming, the WPT World Poker Finals were taking place at Foxwoods, and yet every one of the participants at PSIT III felt it was more important to pony up $50 grand and appear on this program than play there. That's why when you look at who finished in the money at Foxwoods back in November, you'll notice a distinct absence of many highly profile players. The top pros want to play in the Superstars event; the television exposure is fantastic for them, and where else are you going to see this many stars competing against one another without a bunch of no-name amateurs dominating the table? Rather than questioning those who put the field together, I say kudos to them for being able to do so!

PSIT II was FSN's highest rated show on a weekly basis. I don't know how the ratings are for the third season, but with the field having more superstars than in the second, I would bet they're doing okay. And we're only 11 weeks into a 36 week season and halfway through the qualifying rounds.

There are threads on here about the WPT's ratings going down, and how their new PPT will allow only 200 or so top pro players to participate in their freeroll tournaments, names the fans recognize and want to tune in to watch. Sounds similar to what the Superstars is all about, and I for one hope the new PPT will be a huge success.