Poker players: what do you think about jeff shulman's comments concerning the wsop?

[leo]

for those who don't know what i'm talking about:
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/7213-jeff-shulman-says-world-series-of-poker-rumors-miss-mark

there seems to be a pretty inspired debate in the poker world now as to whether or not jeff is disgracing poker by saying he'll renounce the bracelet if he wins, which is apparently the way some people feel...while it would certainly be nice if he went around doing what everyone else would do with that bracelet, if he wins it he's entitled to do what he wants with it, and he wants to make a statement about the way the wsop is run by just not accepting it

in addition, part of the basis for my opinion is that he's right about the way the wsop is run, not all players are treated equally and the series itself has certainly deteriorated in stature from years past in terms of the decisions that are made and the treatment of the players as a whole

so, 2 questions:
1. is jeff disrespecting the game in some way by renouncing the bracelet?
2. are his criticisms reason enough for him to want to do something like this?

[sean94]

I agree with most of his criticisms of the WSOP. It's gotten to be a shabby, commercialized, overhyped tournament ove the last few years, specifically since Harrahs' took over Binions. I hope he gives the bracelet to charity or in a tourney among those who were excluded.
Note: I haven't watched Colbert in the last month or so. Has he mentioned or done stories on the WSOP?

[hototo]

He's a douche for saying this and mainly he is saying this because he and his daddy lost the rights to cover it hand-by-hand. Barry Shulman (Jeff's dad) help found CardPlayer magazine for those who are unaware.

The last year that cardplayer had the rights for coverage, it was horrible. Typos in almost every hand description. I'm glad they lost the coverage. Poker News/Bluff is doing a much better job.

[westleah]

1. No, he's not disrespecting the game. He is probably disrespecting Harrahs, and it's hard to say that they don't deserve it.

2. I think Yes, his criticisms are reason enough to have no regard for the bracelet.

A couple of other answers; he shouldn't throw away the bracelet. That's just wasteful. Sell it and give the money to charity, or dispose of it in some other useful way, but don't just bin it.

The tournament has been badly run by Harrahs, and this years exclusion of hundreds of players that were there to play in the tourney is just bad business. More waste (I don't like waste).

And to people that say if he hates it so much why is he playing in it? For the money, of course.