I haven't read what Daniel wrote yet (at fullcontactpoker.com I assume), but I probably agree with him. As eddo said, if the original plan was to invite a bunch of superstars, but also allow a number of other players qualify from the circuit events, then great, that's fine. But I highly doubt thaty was the plan, or else there would be a lot more superstars in the field. If the plan was to invite EVERY Main Event Bracelet winner ever, in addition to this year's qualifiers, again, I'm fine with that. But I don't think they did that either, and I think it sucks that they are giving those few guys special treatment. Yes, two of them have won multiple Main Event Bracelets and 10 total (each), but how does Phil get in and not other worthy players?
Overall, I don't like it. Invite none or invite them all (Main Event Winners is how I would do it), but don't randomly pick just a few.
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