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Originally Posted by salette
ha ha ha ! "WORLD" Series Of Poker....
NV+NJ = 3.5% of the US population
US population = 4.3% of the World population
using the "WORLD" term for 0.15% of the World Population : ha ha ha !
And what is the signification of the WSOP bracelets on GGpoker without any american citizen ? Without half of the other part of the world who cannot acces to GGpoker? Ridiculous.
This is an odd way of looking at it.
Until a few years ago, WSOP was only available to people residing in or traveling to one specific casino in Las Vegas. Then with the advent of WSOP online, bracelets were available state-wide. Then with New Jersey pooling, it was available across two states.
Now, on top of those states (and anyone can still travel to Nevada and play, just like before), WSOP bracelet events are available in dozens of countries around the world on GGPoker, including large parts of Europe, Asia and South America.
You can criticize this lots of ways, but you can't say that this series isn't more accessible by at least 2 orders of magnitude.
In fact, you could make a good argument for saying this is the first truly "world" World Series of Poker.