The structures are markedly worse in this series than those of recent times at Choctaw.
Using this calculator:
http://www.rainbowspuppiessunshine.c...ournaments.php
The $240 event in Nov WSOPc had s-points of 70, whereas the $240 in this series only offers a 42 s-point rating.
The "Main Event" in Jan WSOPc had an s-point rating of 106, whereas this "Main Event" only rates at a 73.
Perhaps this decrease in value could be driving the decrease in entrants at this stop, as they have been down significantly versus the previous year.
Hell, there was even an overlay of $40K at their last event & nobody would have dreamed of that occurring previously.