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[QUOTE="TRB1965, post: 1224725, member: 31810"]
Yes this is from Daniel's blog.
 
I think Daniel's point is that if the final table is HORSE, then the rating will be down. If the ratings are down, the event will not be on TV. If the event is not on TV, then less players will enter the event.
 
The first year of the 50K HORSE the final table was No Limit Holdem becuase that was the only way ESPN would commit to airing it. Since then it was been HORSE and the casual viewer (who make up the vast majority of viewers) simply won't watch games they don't understand and they don't understand 4 of the 5 games in HORSE.
 
Now it was very stange to me in the first year and I'm not sure from a competition point of view that it makes sense. But from a promotional view it does.
 
Perhaps there is a compromise somewhere in between. Perhaps at the final table they could do 2 hours of Limit Holdem followed by 30 minutes of each of the other games.
 
I don't know. Trying to predict what the American viewing public will watch has driving better men than I crazy.
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