A big part of this event is that anyone can play in it, and play against the big name pros even if you don't get a sniff of the final table.
The pros have more than enough WPT events (and others) in which to play against each other.
I was watching a game while on the treadmill a few days ago and "The Mouth" took a pot from someone who was obviously in over their head and you could hear Mike say "Thank you Chris Moneymaker" in reference to all the "amatures" who now play.
And you say Vanfan - its the braclet, not the money the pros are after. I think its because there is now so much money in poker, they no longer need to struggle. From what I've read, the WSOP is only a fun event for the pros, but with all the side money games going on they make boatloads of money from the poker wanna-be's .
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