Poker Tropical

Each year the schedule for the WSOP is announced before it begins, and whilst there are tournaments that will always be a fixture, there are sometimes new tournaments added too. This year, there have been many interesting tournaments scheduled, with each of the best known games having their own ‘World Championship’ event.

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These events have started to feature more heavily in recent years, and I think that they effectively provide a more expensive buy in tournament that attracts a small field peppered with professionals. This is good for the game I feel, as it gives people the chance to see professionals sat around the same tables playing great poker against each other.

In the regular bracelet events, we do of course see some professional players ocassionall. However, with huge starting fields, and buy ins that do not provide enormous prize pools, professional players do not seem to feel this is the best use of their time.

I must say that I do have a slight fear of these $10k buy in World Championship events, becoming something very special. Consequently, the bracelets for regular events could become devalued in terms of prestige. This would take away the magic of a normal everyday poker player being able to turn up at the WSOP with their cash, and walk away having achieved a dream. Despite my slight concerns in this area, I cannot deny the fact that the World Championship events provide great entertainment, and are seeming to capture a lot of peoples imagination.