![]() ![]() The WPO is becoming more and more like other regional tournaments that don't attract the big shots of poker, but is the stomping grounds for the great Southern players like Timothy "T.K." Miles, Matt "Cub" Culberson and Tim Hebert. ![]() The schedule has been trimmed and most of the events have smaller buy-ins, which may actually appeal more to the more recreational tournament player near Tunica. MGM Mirage's flagship tournament is now on the coast so if players are looking for the most action and chance for TV time the Beau is now the place to go.ĭespite all of these factors turnout was still pretty good at the WPO this month. * The World Poker Tour cut the WPO from its schedule and the Gulf Coast Poker Championship at the Beau Rivage, the sister property of the Gold Strike, is the WPT stop in Mississippi in January. ![]() It will be interesting to see the attendance numbers at the circuit event next January-February. Now with the WPO in October that advantage does not exist. If they didn't want to play the event that day at the Gold Strike they could go to the Grand Casino (now rebranded Harrah's) for a circuit event. I know many poker players liked having two options across town (across cotton patches might be a more apt description). * Up until this January, Harrah's had been running its WSOP Circuit in January almost concurrently with the WPO. Now you have two $10K events a month, and considering that there is nothing to do in Tunica but play poker, this is not going to be a must see stop on the tournament trail. It was an event that everyone came to, even though back then the final was only a $5,000 buy-in (which returned to form this October). * When the WPO first started it was one of the few major events held each year. The World Poker Open at the Gold Strike in Tunica will never come close to reaching the status it once had. ![]()
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