In the 10 years it has been a part of the World Series of Poker schedule, the $50,000 Poker Players Championship has gone through a number of different looks. First it was a HORSE event, with no-limit hold ‘em for the final table to suit a broadcast TV audience. Eventually the latter element was dropped and the format maintained shape until conclusion.
Then it became an eight-game event, a 10-game event, an event that regained the all-hold ‘em final table (and lost it) ... you get the point. Its $50,000 price point, which at its inception was seemingly astronomical, now sits among dozens of six-figure buy-ins and even the occasional $1 million buy-in tournament on the yearly tournament calendar.