Pokerstars uncertain about WSOP this year?

[LotsOfOuts69]

Last year Stars started running WSOP qualifiers in the first week of March. So I noticed the main event was over a month earlier this year, so I shot off an email to support about when the satellites might start running this year....

From:
Sent: 2007/02/10 17:04:46
To: support@pokerstars.com
Subject: WSOP qualifiers

Will you guys be running WSOP qualifiers this year? If so, when do you expect them to start?

Thanks for the info.

--Mike

And the response....


Hello Michael,

Thank you for emailing us.

Currently, we have not made a decision about our position or involvement
in the WSOP. We will keep all our players informed regarding the WSOP from
our website and the PokerStars client as soon as that information becomes
available.

If you have anymore questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to
contact us.


Regards,

Jeffrey
PokerStars Support Team

[solucky]

If someone in the USA is clever he will not play on the WSOP.

1. The missing business will hurt vegas a litte bit, and perhaps the gaming industry fight more for online gaming
2. The missing tax will show the gouverment that poker is not BAD

minimum one event should be banned and in the time a few pros or organization should talk about poker as a game of skill

[Tornado69]

They should be able to have satellites for non US citizens shouldn't they ?

[jkpoker]

wsop i believe wants no wsop online qualifiers. The sites doing them are offering the money for hotel and buy in you have to do the rest.

[Mark L]

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wsop i believe wants no wsop online qualifiers. The sites doing them are offering the money for hotel and buy in you have to do the rest.

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i doubt this would work at all. i expect a low % of people who won the money for their buy-in would actually use it for that.

[carlo]

Saw the WSOP schedule recently and there are "2" first days-there were 3 or 4 last year so they definitely expect less. Of note is that there is a break after the 2nd first day which may mean that they're hedging.

[MLSchaff]

There are only 2 Day 1's because they plan to run twice as many tables each day this year.

[jah7_fsu1]

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Maybe I'm clueless, but why would they want this? It makes sense (at least to me) to want as many people as possible. More people=more money...

[Jack Bando]

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wsop i believe wants no wsop online qualifiers. The sites doing them are offering the money for hotel and buy in you have to do the rest.

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WSOP said no third party entries, whatever that means. They also said they have never allowed third party entries in the past, so maybe they're hinting they will allow online qualifiers.

[plpong893]

this doesnt make since to me. the wsop is so big big cause of online poker. people paying 200 dollars and making it in is the dream of the wsop. thats what made everyone watch and have interest i think.