[ba-poker] Tourney poker popularity

[Rodney Chen <rchen(deleted the rest)>]

I'm sure it's been discussed to some degree in published articles and in
forums, but I was curious of the thoughts of folks on this list that are
more regular tourney players.  There's no question that poker's popularity
has helped prize pools to record levels (WPT Five Diamond has $8.4 million
to split), and even the supersatellites (1 supersatellite had $1.08
million to give 42 seats).  Since payout structures still pay 12-15% and
the pools are still top heavy, is there such thing as too much dead money?

Rodney

Bellagio WPT Championship
PLACE %
1st 32.5  2nd 16.5  3rd  8.5  4th  5.5   5th  4.0
6th  2.8  7th  2.0  8th  1.6  9th  1.4   10th 1.2
11th - 15th 1.0
16th - 20th 0.8
21st - 30th 0.6
31st - 40th 0.5
41st - 50th 0.4

and:

http://www.pokerpages.com/pokerinfo/wsop/2004championship-payout.htm