The 2008 WSOP

The 2008 WSOP is about one week away and the anticipation is growing at a drastic pace. There will be 55 events this year and the first one will begin on May 30 which will be a $10,000 buy-in (Pot-limit Hold'em). The Circuit events are almost all completed and season pro Allen Cunningham took down the last event at Caesars Palace on May 1st. This was a $5,150 buy-in and the event was No-Limit Hold'em. Now that the Circuit events are almost over it is time for the WSOP to begin, but some changes are taking place this year.

The main change to this years WSOP is the fact that once the Main Event is down to the Final Table they will end play. The play will not continue until November 9th. This is a four month stoppage in play and in my view this is absurd. The players will greatly benefit from this as sponsors will be going "nuts" to get ahold of these players. The media is going to build up this Final Table to the maximum and take full advantage of the situation. Casinos will be getting very large crowds as well.

In some cases this will benefit the player, but it will most certainly disrupt their play and reads they had on certain players. Reads will no longer be good as players will adjust their play over the 4 month break. I imagine that each player will be getting coached during this time to sharpen up their skills. Hopefully the new addition to the WSOP will just be a one year thing, but for all of you heading out to Vegas GOOD LUCK!

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