Controversy in the blogosphere

[omahilo]

I think someone on 2+2 figured that stars will be giving about 1500 seats out to the WSOP and Im also counting people that buyin thru stars since they pay the hotel room and such if you wear the PS gear.

so I would venture maybe 1700-2000 will be from stars. so close to 1/3 since the field will be 6600 and change if they have alternates.

[junYUN]

i havent had any problems with noble yet, but we'll see...

[Aequitas58]

Given what you and TP replied, all I can say is: wow. I didn't think it was that many. Shit. I guess we'll expect to see a lot of PokerStars gear this year.

Branching off of that, it's well-known that Stars is great for MTTs and satellites, etc, but what about some of the other sites? UB, for example? TP is always talking about their MTTs, but do they offer any WSOP packages?

Full Tilt is following the path of Stars with their satellites and WSOP promotions, but because of their limited player field, I suspect only a few hundred make it to the WSOP via FTP.

[Talking Poker]

I doubt it will be that many. I'd guess 100, max.

Yes, UB had WSOP satellites - pretty much everyone does. Just log in and you'll find them under tourneys.

[Aequitas58]

Just about every site has WSOP sattys, and I'm sure UB does as well... but... are they sending alot of poeple to the WSOP as compared to Stars? I don't have UB or I would have a better understanding.