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The World Series of Poker Appears It’s Thriving, But Look Below The Surface.

The World Series Of Poker had yet another record breaking year and stays the industry standard, In 2011, there were a record 75,672 entries when compared to last year’s record of 72,966. This year was up 3.7 percent of last year. Also, the prize pool set a record in 2011 with a whooping $191,999,010 dollars compared to last year’s previous high of $187,109,850. This was also a boost of 2.6 percent. These numbers cause you to think everything is great within the poker world.

If you take a look a little deeper you can see most predictions of the turn out for this years tournament were deeply understated. The truth is they broke records as mentioned above. So Black Friday did not have the impact some thought it might. Despite thousands of players angry after three of the four sites failed to reimburse them even after the government cleared the way to do so. Many thought players might not be able to afford WSOP buy-ins because of the online poker crackdown. We believe the predictions were a year early. With sponsorship down and much less fish playing online poker these days the sharks will not make much cash for buy ins. It could just have not been long enough for the losses to kick in.

The tv portion of the tournament has definitely taken a commercial hit. It’s no real shock because the owners of these sites were huge sponsors specifically Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker. If you have been watching the tournament on television you will see their logos are not on the players either. Even the UFC events don’t have these sponsors anymore. If ratings are down this year they can lose even more sponsors. One good thing is Godaddy has signed on this year to be a sponsor and perhaps that is a good sign.

The bottom line is next year will be the year to worry about. If poker players cant find online poker sites that accept players from the US, then they could lose interest and take up different hobbies. Even if their desire is to play, but there’s no place online, they may get frustrated. In either case the lack of US poker Sites is a concern and the fact these players haven’t had there funds returned to them is another. The environment over the next year can really get bad.

So how should we fix it and keep the best tournament in the world? That will not be an easy one. Here are several thoughts. First, if the government is prosecuting the operators of these poker websites criminally, then they should also pursue the funds being returned to the players just as vigorously. The poker players were not breaking any laws and their funds should be returned. Second, there needs to be a law that legalizes online poker at the minimum if not all of gambling. The law makers should not play politics with this situation. It’s about time to get past the Indian gaming lobby and help the players. Until we get US poker sites again the game is in trouble and so is the WSOP.

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No Lose Offer From Pokerstars Saturday Line Up

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The first Saturday Line-Up is going to be a huge day of action, and it’s unmissable thanks to the special ‘No Lose’ offer. If you bust out of any of the June 25 Saturday Line-Up tourneys before making the money, you’ll get a free ticket to try that tournament again!

So if you haven’t experienced the excitement of playing a major tournament at PokerStars yet, this is the perfect way to start. You can choose from various Texas Hold’em games, plus Omaha, and the range of buy-ins are suitable for all levels of players.

For years, Sunday has been the biggest day in online poker. With the weekend drawing to an end, players saddled up for what they have long called the “Sunday majors.” Now, PokerStars is giving everyone a reason to hop on the horse a little earlier in the weekend.

Today PokerStars released its Saturday Line-Up, a brand new slate of tournaments scheduled to begin on Saturday June 25.

Starting a week from Saturday, players will get seven tournaments with a combined $350,000 in guarantees. Beginning at 7am ET each Saturday, the new slate offers buy-ins starting at $2.22 and going up to $50.

PokerStars Saturday Line-Up

  • Saturday 6-Max (No Limit Hold’em, 6-Max, $20K guaranteed) $22 — 7:00 ET
  • Saturday Micro (No Limit Hold’em, $30K guaranteed) $3.30 — 8:00 ET
  • Saturday Omaha (Pot Limit Omaha, $30K guaranteed) $50 — 9:00 ET
  • Saturday Eliminator (No Limit Hold’em, $40K guaranteed) $27 — 10:00 ET
  • Saturday Splash (No Limit Hold’em, 3xTurbo, $50K guaranteed) $2.22+R –11:00 ET
  • Saturday Duel (No Limit Hold’em, Heads-up, $20K guaranteed) $11 — 15:30 ET
  • Saturday Speedway (No Limit Hold’em, Turbo, $60K guaranteed) $33 — 19:00 ET
  • If you’re looking for a good reason to try out the events, PokerStars is offering a one-time deal that is, simply put, a no-lose proposition. Literally.

    If you enter one of the tournaments on Saturday June 25 and fail to make the money, PokerStars will give you a ticket to try the event again. Not a bad deal, right? While you can only get one No Lose ticket, it’s a sweet way to try out some of the new Saturday Line-Up events.

    To find the Saturday Line-Up tournaments in the PokerStars lobby, simply select the “Tourney” and “Special” tabs or type “Saturday” into the tournament filter.

    For full details on the promotion and the Saturday Line-Up schedule, check out the PokerStars Saturday Line-up web page.

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