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[QUOTE="nevadanick, post: 784929, member: 27547"]
Seems to me this is about nothing but the money, and NOT the money going to players.
 
Forget 'it's good for players' crapolla. It's media dollars, Vegas gaming industry dollars, ancillary provider dollars, sponsorship dollars, coaching dollars, staking dollars, promotional dollars - and NOTHING about poker. I guess you could even throw in the future of sportbook betting. You can almost bet that there will be (or may already be) efforts to put poker final table results on sportbooks worldwide.

At least for my thinking, this can be related to any event, personal or public, that ends in an anti-climatic status. I'm sure you can think of many examples, but the crux is like.... the 3 minute man. He pumps for 2min, 58 secs and the final 2 seconds is postponed, and given to someone else to finish. Buy your ticket for the Superbowl with the knowledge that it is only good for the first 58 minutes of play. The final two-minute warning will signal the end of play for 4 months.... and across the bigscreen on the field will flash ... 'to be continued....'
 
Daniel's early support of this surprises me, in a way. But you can also bet (maybe through a sportbook, hehe) that he hopes he will be 'training or coaching' one of the final tablers. When it is unlikely that 9 pros will make it to that magic table, what better way to get a piece of the big pie? This runs my reply full circle and we're back to - money - NOT poker.
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