Negreanu: Vi må vågne op!

Canadiske Daniel Negreanu sprøjter blog-indlæg ud på stribe i øjeblikket. Denne gang deler canadieren sit syn på det nye finaleformat i WSOP-finalen med verdens mange pokerinteresserede.

WSOP fortalte tidligere på ugen, at der kommer til at gå 4 måneder mellem finalebordet bliver fundet, og til det rent faktisk blivet spillet færdig. Det har delt pokerfolket i to lejre. Dem, der synes det er en tåbelig ide, og dem, der mener det er godt for pokeren.

Negreanu hører til de sidste. Og han skyder med skarpt mod pokeren, som han mener, ikke længere tiltrækker den same store mængde interesserede:

"The bottom line is this: if Harrah's and/or ESPN doesn't profit handsomely from the WSOP... then we are all screwed. If they don't make enough money to justify the headache of trying to accommodate thousands of sometimes, demanding poker players, then who will run this thing? (...)

As a poker community we need to wake up a bit and realize the situation we are in, specifically in the U.S. Attendance is down in most tournaments, ratings for the premiere poker shows has also dipped. Poker is no longer seen as this "gold mine stock" amongst the mainstream public. There has been a lull in mainstream interest (a lot of that can definitely be credited to the UIGEA to some degree)."

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