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Message: [QUOTE="Crystal Blue, post: 1230470, member: 46561"] DN was at pains to get across the fact that he is so passionate about this event, and how prestigious it is/was and should be. Those were his own words and more or less how he started off his blog post. He should of stopped there really because a lot of what else he said came across differently. I just read all the posts in this thread and noticed nobody had mentioned the reasons for the events introduction in the first place. That is until JD correctly pointed it out a few posts back. I'm not sure, but I have images in my head from several years back ( perhaps 4 years ) where I see DN on my monitor singing the praises about this brand new big boys event being introduced to the WSOP and how it was going to bring back the prestige needed. I could be wrong of course but my memory farm indicates that there is most likely an old youtube interview about it somewhere. Anyway, if it wasn't a video clip then it was a written interview or some such thing. The point is, and from what I recall, the $50K H.O.R.S.E. event was introduced to counter-act the monstrous mine field of nobodies and everybody's that entered the ME. The general consensus was that an event was needed that would "price out" Joe Blow and his satty friends so that the very best could show case their skills in a more meaningful and prestigious event. Fanboys, fish, luckboxes, online satty qualifiers and the likes were overwhelming the ME and pros such as DN wanted an event where this wasn't the case. That's fair enough I suppose but even at the time I felt it was a bit of the "them and us" mentality. Even so, if that's what they wanted to do then fine by me. Obviously when it was set up and introduced, everything was in place to suit those who were going to play in it. By that, I mean they had TV coverage sorted out, sponsorship deals sorted out and buy-ins sorted out. Happy happy days, free-rolling their way in and potentially a very juicy prize pool to go with it. Perfect really for the big boys and equally so for the viewer. It all fell into place nicely and a lot of back slapping would of taken place I'm sure. I question some of the motives for the introduction of this event though. I am of the feeling that it's design had more to do with personal gain for a certain band of players than the importance of poker prestige and integrity. Don't get me wrong, if there is money out there to be gained, by all means take advantage of it. My concerns are more to do with the true reasons for the events introduction. If indeed it was all about the more successful pros show casing their skills and prestige etc and to avoid the somewhat luckfest that is the ME, then surely those players pushing through it's introduction should have came out and said .................. "This event will be unique, unique in the sense that no player taking part will gain entry by means of sponsorship. Each player will pony up their own $50K because we want this event to be a true red blooded poker party for men and women who are prepared to put their money where their mouth is. We want to show case our skills while showing the public we mean business" Yeah I know that sounds more like fantasy land than anything else. But it sounds good to me if original concerns were about the way the ME was losing its prestige and worthiness. What DN said made a lot of sense for anyone that thinks mainly about themselves and maybe their close buddies and what they can personally gain from the situation. But almost everything he said contradicts the supposed reasons for the events introduction in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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