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Shaun Deeb Called the POY Format Broken. It Just Put Him in Position to Make History.
Deeb spent most of the Las Vegas summer trailing. He leaves it leading the Player of the Year race he publicly criticized — and one leg from a title nobody has won.
August 11, 2026Tom Sullivan
opinion17 min read
WSOP Main Event Attendance Is Falling. It's Not Who You Think.
We tracked 60,000 WSOP Main Event attendance records across nine years. The decline isn't who you think — it's a first-timer collapse.
August 3, 2026Tom Sullivan
opinion13 min read
What Are You Really Buying Into?
Joe McKeehen argues rising rake is quietly breaking the economics of small buy-in tournaments. The math backs him up — and points to a structural fix that benefits the players it affects most.
April 23, 2026Tom Sullivan
opinion12 min read
Shaun Deeb Thinks the New POY Format Is Broken. He Has a Point — and a Problem.
The WSOP overhauled its Player of the Year scoring for 2026. Shaun Deeb says it overweights big fields. The math says his real complaint is that it stopped underweighting them.
April 21, 2026Tom Sullivan