[ff6849]

Kind of a stupid question, but is there a difference in the WSOP vs. WPT event as far as one being better than the other. Since I haven’t won either of them who am I to judge. I am curious as to how the better know tournament player thought of each event, as long as the check cashes they probability don’t care.

[Button Potato]

I prefer the WPT. At least they give you a voucher for lunch or dinner during the breaks.

[viet rounder]

for watching, i MUCH MUCH prefer the WSOP as they have a MUCH MUCH beter broadcast crew. Luv Chad and Lon

[BigKyle]

I have read several complaints about the structure of the WPT. The blinds at the end seem to get really high. At the end of the 5-Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio, the blinds were 300,000-600,000 with a 50,000 ante. The two players left had stacks of about 8million each. Those are huge blinds. I too prefer the WSOP because I like the commentary and the overall feel.

[yeltzen]

I like watching WPT 100x more than WSOP. WPT at least shows you some "setup" hands, and you get to see how each player plays. WSOP, it's like this:

"AND HE'S GONNA GO ALL IN WITH KK!!! Back to table 812, we have an all-in! Over on table 337 there's an all in..." All you see is 70,000 all-in races; you never really get to know anyone. I know that's the nature of the beast, but it blows.

[thepoolhalljunky]

Entertainment-wise, I definitely prefer the WSOP. You've gotta love the variety of people from pros to screaming donks! My all-time favorite is the screaming Swede:

"Show me in the rules where it says about smelling!!!!!"


I like seeing the pros have to get past guys like that. So I watch the WSOP to learn what NOT TO DO and WPT to learn what TO DO.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I'm going to do it again and agree with yeltzen (what is WRONG with me!?). I like the WPT because you get 2 hours and it's 6 handed. You get to see lots of play, not just the knockouts and all-ins. With WSOP, you've got 1 hour and it's a full 9 handed table.

The only drawback I see to the WPT braodcast from a learning perspective is that the whole show is basically shorthanded poker. Most of us spend much of the time at full tables and even 6 handed plays a lot differently than a full game.

I loved last year when FSN showed every hand of Turning Stone I think it was. Then you could really see setups for later plays, how someone got on a short stack, etc. It's a shame they don't do this more often.

[BigKyle]

Turning Stone heads-up Phil Ivey vs. John D'Agostino was one of the coolest televised poker matches I have seen. It was so good that Harrington put it in his book hand by hand.

[ff6849]

Let me rephrase the question, which is considered more prestigious event to win amongst the professional players. Does one carry more weight than the other?

[Dissolved]

wsop ME is once a year, where as WPT has events all over. i would rather try a WPT event then a WSOP event, but thats just me..