This is a very good question.

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... "to give poker credibility"

Would stick an online tournament as one, WCOOP main event seems most logical?

Then have
WSOP Main event
EPT Grand Final
WPT Championship

that way all tours have their own major but can come together to cross promote the overall concept, and its fairly spread out throughout the year.

One problem could be it ignores locations geographically with South America/Macau/Australia not featuring but then so does Golf so might not matter.

the idea of the spacing between events is important, but i personally would pick PCA over the Aussie ME, b/c i think it's way more prestigious (on the other hand i would choose AM over WPT, but there too close together).

problem with the whole idea is, that with different brands, it's hard to say "oh, this is the most important series" ... GPI won't change the TV coverage, so it's basically just another category within the GPI

GPI is about live poker.
Besides, having a 'major' on a specific site is pretty bad online poker progression in general, despite the fact that it rules out US based players and other segregated nations.

Part of the problem with this idea is that the "fun" of majors in sports is watching people chase their historical total and approach the records, or to try to achieve the grand slam (career or single year). A series of "majors" where every single one is won by a player who's never won one before is not as interesting.

WSOP ME
WCOOP ME
Aussie Millions ME
EPT Grand final Monte Carlo

100% agreed, would be a good bridge between live and online poker.

Vegas, New York or New Jersey, Paris, London

so good
so true
lol "poker and credibility"

I think this a cool idea for some positive exposure that highlights poker with a little respect and credibility for the skill involved and that it's more than just gambling or a slot machine. What can it hurt?

Comments like below are about as dumb as it gets. Who knows why you're on this forum, just to troll, whether or not you play poker, win or lose, but yeah, let's make sure to keep the perception of poker terrible. How about you have some f'n respect for yourself and what you do? Do you want people to look at you like you're a worthless scumbag? And we wonder why some people look at our game and poker players the way they do...

That's not the credibility i want for our game. A game that i've worked my butt off to get to where i'm at.

Having reentry in any of the four majors would be ridiculous.

if the structure drop down the variance there are more chanches of back to backs.

Let's say you restrict the majors to 1000 with a freezeout structure...

Seriously....+1

Not sure how this is very close. The top 3 are obviously

WSOP Main
WPT Championship
EPT Championship

The 4th is debatable but I don't think PCA makes much sense, It's been shrinking ever year and is pretty much a pokerstars marketing event with half online qualifiers.

I think the 4th would actually make sense to use a masters closed field format where the top 100 GPI are invited + 50 more players via a series of live qualifiers around the world and some sponsors exemptions for a $25-50k buy-in

Lapc main getting alot of attention on Twitter. I dont think it qualifies.

Is the ept championship single entry?

All EPT mains are single entry.

This is funny.

Field sizes prohibits '4 majors'. Part of the lure of poker is that anyone can win.

I much prefer the current: WSOP Bracelet, EPT title, and WPT. (Although I think the WPT has slipped in prestige.)

Swap paris for Monaco and we're golden

People have been trying to do this for a long time it just does not really work in poker. The luck factor in a single tournanent just outweighs everything making one tournanent a year meaningless.

Easiest 4 majors ever. Its not just about biggest prize pools. Its about regions of the earth and having to travel around to get the championships
1 WSOP MAIN
2 EPT MAIN
3 AUSSIE MILLIONS MAIN
4 POKERSTARS CARRIBEAN ADVERNTURE MAIN

Let's go get that career grand slam, boys.

The WSOPE only happens every two years, so you can rule that out.

A good starting point would be to figure what the real motive behind this is. Is it to (a) get more people playing poker, (b) increase TV ratings, or (c) appease a small group of narcissists that want fame and shiny trophies?