Too many bracelet events at the WSOP

[BJ Nemeth]

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I dunno why the winner of some $1500 event gets the same bracelet as the winner of 50k horse or ME

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While most of the bracelets were of a standard design, three were very, very different -- the Main Event, the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E., and the Ladies Event.

The bracelets for the Main Event and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. were enhanced with more jewels, and designed to stand out from the other bracelets. The bracelet for the Ladies Event was more feminine in design.

Nobody would argue that the Ladies Event is on par with the other two, but since it's guaranteed that a woman would win (and be representing other women), a more feminine bracelet makes sense.

[daryn]

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Bracelet in $1500 event = making it through 3k players. Bracelet in many of the 5pm cheaper events mean playing through 300ish players. Which one is tougher to win?

Devo

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it's much tougher still to win the powerball lottery

[oddsock]

Helmuth should stop bickering (and worrying). He didn't seem that worried last year before he got the sole record.

I'm also wondering if you took total bracelet numbers and divided them by total player numbers over the years would it really be that disparate now? Surely any pre-98 player multi-bracelet winner is always going to have a huge advantage over newer players.

In any event, as mentioned above and like the phrase "Main Event", it's a marketing tool.

What other competative event do you have thousands of people partaking for a title only for a large percentage of them to claim it's all a lottery anyway.

Funny really.

[LouKadeez]

Last year after the main event started there were at least 5 or 6 "meaningless" $1500NLHE tournaments that had very short fields. Phil Hellmuth played in EVERY ONE OF THEM. I didn't hear him complaining then about the cheapening of the meaning of a bracelet. Hey Phil: Shut up!!!

[ESKiMO-SiCKNE5S]

platinum bracelet
ME

titanium bracelet
50k Horse

gold bracelets
biggest buyin each even, nlhe, etc

silver bracelets
all other events

thoughts?

[W brad]

Consistently getting to the money shows skill.

Winning the bracelet once you get to the money shows good luck for the most part.

Who cares about how many bracelets we have? They don't really mean anything in objective terms.

Would you have a lot of respect for me if I won the slot machine world championship bracelet? Or if I won the Powerball lottery world championship bracelet?

[pomhat]

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platinum bracelet
ME

titanium bracelet
50k Horse

gold bracelets
biggest buyin each even, nlhe, etc

silver bracelets
all other events

thoughts?

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you also need to specify what magical abilities each gives to the winner

[Injection]

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platinum bracelet
ME

titanium bracelet
50k Horse

gold bracelets
biggest buyin each even, nlhe, etc

silver bracelets
all other events

thoughts?

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you also need to specify what magical abilities each gives to the winner

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Are you saying that you don't need magical abilities to win one in the first place?

[MyTurn2Raise]

i disagree that there are too many bracelets now

if anything, the olden days had too many bracelets

there are now a higher number of players playing at a higher level...tougher to get one now per player

[Dynasty]

I actually haven't done the research. But, I don't think the # of bracelets of increased in proportion to the # of players participating in the WSOP. So, I say there aren't enough bracelets being awarded.