[the3rd]

Pokerstars qualifier Hevad Khan may be this year's Jamie Gold and Eric Molina combined from what I have read. He will dominate TV time and make the ME more unwatchable than previous years.

No limit tournament poker is forever changed. TV producers love the spray and pray style. It fits the short attention span, action junkies that comprise the majority of the viewing audience. The WPT blind structure supports this. For every style, there is a counter style. As more people master it, the perceived bad play will slow down. There was a time when check-raising was height of dirty poker.

I really don't see a problem with it. No poker aficionado regards these internet junkies as elite pros. Even casual poker players do not. To go further, I think most of the internet wizards will admit they are not a world champion if they take down a bracelet.

If you don't like it, there are plenty of alternatives. Limit, non-hold'em...