Prestigious Prelims
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011WSOP Bracelets, WPT Main Event titles, and EPT Main Event titles have sort of become the triple crown of poker. But notable, not the preliminary events of the latter two. And at other fairly well establised series’ like the Aussie Millions, again it’s only the main event that really gets your name up in lights for any length of time.
I wonder whether any other series except the WSOP will be able to create the great value that is associated with simply each and every WSOP event, not just the Main Event. Bracelets matter, in essense.
Maybe it’s the actual physical bracelet, maybe it’s the decent field sizes, maybe it’s all the history. But most probably it’s a bit of all three. It’s not really an easy formula to replicate. Only time will tell whether other prelims become a little more prestigious.
