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[QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1508750, member: 23910"]
These tournaments had three things going for them when they started - TV coverage, a lack of competition and the prestige of the WSOP brand.
 
Without the TV coverage they've become just another tournament series... which says some interesting things about the WSOP's brand equity.  There's also a lot more competition these days from things like the NAPT, LAPT and whatever other poker tours are getting about and most of them have TV coverage as well as backing from brands (Stars) that are equally as big as the WSOP.
 
The only thing that'll make a difference is putting it back on TV, IMO.  And even then they'll have to entice the big name players back because does anybody really want to watch [I]another[/I] friends and family shove-fest?
 
The other solutions discussed don't really make a lot of sense.  You can't have bigger prize pools without more players, unless you're willing to eat big losses on overlays and they already give out so many bracelets that they're starting to become meaningless so I'm afraid I've got to agree with Hellmuth on that point.
 
My opinion: Harrah's either spends a boatload of money promoting the circuit, linking it more strongly to the WSOP brand and getting it back on TV or it'll be gone in the next couple of years.
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