Is next year's HORSE tournament going to be all HORSE

betgo · #1 08-20-2006, 08:47 AM

On the PPV of the FT, Doyle Brunson complained about the switch to NLHE. He said he was 2nd going into the final table and probably would have finished better if it stayed HORSE. He said that although NLHE was supposed to be his game, there was more variance than with limit poker. He said next year they are playing the final table as HORSE. Is this true?

ChrisJ · #2 08-20-2006, 09:06 AM

I hope so - how can you have a HORSE tourney then change it to NLHE at the final table? It makes no sense. Do you play a football season then play baseball at the superbowl?

Anyway, HORSE is now becoming more popular at the online sites, so I would think that next year the HORSE event will be even more popular than this year. I don't think they will be able to demand a change at the final table like they did this year with the increasing popularity of HORSE.

mucked4u · #3 08-20-2006, 09:10 AM

I fail to understand why the harahs group cant leave the game be as intended. The NL wannabes must be educated as the game was structured.
There is hope now that players will get beyond tunnel vision with the introduction of HORSE as the latest fad.

kumarshah · #4 08-20-2006, 11:13 AM

That was just retarded.

ChrisJ · #5 08-20-2006, 01:24 PM

Surely if they were going to change it (and they shouldn't), it should be changed to Limit and not NL.

Whoever came up with this idea should explain themselves and then be pointed at and called a retard.

I get the feeling that Harrahs should not be running the WSOP. They made the 'real' main event a virtual non-event by changing to NLHE for the final table. Why do ESPN need another NLHE final table anyway? There are eleventy gazillion to choose from anyway this year.

londomollari · #6 08-20-2006, 01:32 PM

Weren't the mixed game tournaments at the tournament of champions played NL Hold'em on the final table?

Rekwob · #7 08-20-2006, 01:45 PM

its quite standard to revert to NLH for the final table, limit tournaments have to turn into a massive crapshoot to be resolved

Joboo · #8 08-20-2006, 04:31 PM

Despite what Doyle says, one would think that ESPN would have the greatest influence on Harrah's, and they have a vested interest in the final table being NLHE, for TV purposes.

shaniac · #9 08-20-2006, 04:55 PM

It's so unbecoming of Doyle to complain about his finish in the event as it pertains to the change to NL.

Poker players love to complain. The boutique pros wanted a high buyin mixed game event so that they could showcase their well-rounded awesomeness. I don't see how making the final table No limit impedes this.

A real Mixed Game Tournament of Awesomeness should involve: PLO, NLHE, PLHE, QORSE, 2-7, A-5, badoogi and m'fin Chinese Poker, anyway.

uncleshady · #10 08-20-2006, 06:28 PM

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m'fin Chinese Poker, anyway.

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I was playing at a local casino and the dealer had a gold bracelet on. I asked him what event and he was like 1996 Chinese Poker Champion. I verified it online afterwards, but I thought it was cool. 2nd bracelet winner I've run into.