New $50k HORSE Event Added To WSOP

[Div]

The first ever $50,000 dollar event has been added to the WSOP - a HORSE event.

I wonder if this might eventually be seen as producing the 'true' champion, rather the current $10,000 Hold Em event.

What do fellow Blondeites think about this?

[Dewi_cool]

Are there any SATS 

[Jim-D]

I know Negreanu has been championing this for a long time

and i personally feel to be crowned a true world champion of poker then other forms of the game need to be played out in the main event (but im sure ESPN would have a few things to say about it).

[The Baron]

I read this elsewhere. I also heard that among the top players it may be recognised as the "real" main event.

[The Baron]

Anyone think that this might be because due to the numbers these days a recognised pro WONT win the main event very often? They also know a $50,000 buy in event wont have the same field and will have less internet qualifiers and therefore it's back in the hands of the pros....

Sour grapes???

[Div]

Even in the early 1970s the WSOP main event buy in was $5,000, so with inflation the $50,000 buy-in probably isn't so unrealistic in relative terms.

I also think it's an interesting idea to have something other than a pure Hold Em event deciding who is the best poker player.

I do agree with The Baron that there's probably other motivations too. Ego being one.