The World Series of Poker made some major structure changes heading into the summer, and a little over a week into play, a number of top professionals are claiming the change has had a disastrous effect.
For events with buy-ins from $1,000 to $5,000, the WSOP increased starting stacks by 66 percent. They added more levels to the beginning of tournaments and increased late registration by an additional two levels. Plus, from a scheduling perspective, the afternoon events that used to start at 5 p.m. and play eight levels, now start at 4 p.