is the main event now a donk-fest?

[melioris]

Disclaimer: I am certainly not qualified to make this statement, but I won’t let that stop me.

Following the ME mostly on the , I am struck on how fast this tournament is playing. I think they're almost two days ahead of schedule right now and it seems like the prevalent strategy is to get into as many preflop allin coinflips as possible. One obvious theory is that because the ME is now dominated by internet players (hell, 1/6 of the field were pokerstars qualifiers) that the donkament pandemic has infected the ME. Maybe a more knowledge person can comment if it has always been like this or if this is something new. Certainly is seems much more like a lottery, but it seems it isn’t just the massive numbers playing that make it a donkament, but the silly style of play.

First, am I way off base with this assessment? Second, what do others make of this year’s ME? And finally, if you agree that there is something amiss with the ME, how do you suggest fixing it?