Why is the WSOP Circuit scheduling so few events other than No Limit Hold'Em. I know NLHE is the most popular game out there, but couldn't we have a few 7 Stud or Limit Hold'Em events too?
In 2008, there were no less than 55 events in the WSOP and admittedly 25 of them were NLHE, but at least there were some variations within that (shootout, 6-handed, ladies, seniors, heads-up and with-rebuys). Limit Hold ’Em was less popular with four (one of which was shootout). The series also included 3 Pot-Limit Hold ’Em events and 3 mixed Limit/No-Limit Hold’Em events and a Pot-Limit Hold’Em/Omaha mixed game.
Omaha got a lot of love with 3 Limit Omaha 8 events, 1 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 and 4 Pot-limit Omaha High Only events (2 with rebuys). Seven Card Stud is not as popular as it used to be, but the series included two 7-stud events, 1 Razz event, and 2 Stud high/low events. There is even an Omaha 8/Stud 8 mixed event. HORSE has been on the rise and there were 3 of those events. And 2-7 Lowball had two events (1 single draw and 1 triple draw).
In all the 2008 WSOP fielded essentially 24 different games across 55 events. That’s quite a bit of diversity in games being spread. Admittedly some games are simply not as popular, but the WSOP is the WSOP and any game that can attract at least a couple hundred players ought to be a part of the series.Clearly the same philosophy is not at work in the WSOP Circuit schedule. The circuit thus far has scheduled 129 events, representing just five variations of poker (no-limit HE, limit HE, Omaha H/L, pot limit Omaha and HORSE).
The non-NLHE events represent just 10% of all the games spread. There is some variation within the NLHE events (6 ladies, 3 turbo, 3 six-handed and 1 heads-up), but in the end those account for only 13 of the 116 NLHE events. When did it become the World Series of No Limit Hold'Em Circuit?
Come on, Harrah's how about a little diversity in the circuit schedule?
Sunday, October 12, 2008
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