Top players proving themselves again at WSOP

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With Negreanu winning a bracelet in the $2k Limit Hold'Em event it means already 4 top players have won bracelets at this years WSOP. The others being Matusow, Lindgren and David Singer. I've been quite critical of Negreanu and Matusow as they've got a lot from poker in terms of endorsements the last few yrs without major success but now they rank amongst the elite again and all credit to them i think they're reputable players again :clap Lindgren has got his first bracelet too in the $5k mixed Hold'Em event which marks him out now as one of the best players around now he's proven it in the WSOP. I wonder why top players are starting to have consistent success again. Maybe they've been worried about the slowing poker economy in the US with the gambling bill and poker shows on TV getting bad ratings so they're putting more effort in to succeed at the game to make money again. Whereas the last few years they've been able to rely heavily on endorsements for income (and still do) but maybe they know it's not a guaranteed economy anymore so are working harder to get better or maybe they've adjusted to the modern game with internet kids changing it up. It's open to debate.

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Re: Top players proving themselves again at WSOP Is it that much different from recent years? There've been 20 events decided so far. In the first 20 events in 2007, Allen Cunningham and Phil Hellmuth won bracelets. In the first 20 events in 2006, David Williams, Sam Farha, Allen Cunningham (though maybe at the time he wouldn't have ranked in a lot of people's "top players" list) and Chip Reese won bracelets. OK, Chip Reese's was in the $50k HORSE, which was a relatively small field packed with name pros. But so was the $5k+rebuys 7-2 Lowball event where Matusow won his bracelet this year.