James McManus - Crucial Decisions Before the First Card Is Dealt
As recently as 1995, only two or three major events - among them the Diamond Jim Brady at the Bicycle Club outside Los Angeles and Amarillo Slim’s Super Bowl of Poker at Caesars Palace - competed with the World Series on the tournament calendar. Fields of 100 or 200 were typical, with first prize seldom exceeding the middle six figures. When you busted out of one of these events, you had to wait a few months for the next one.
The full story can be read at James McManus’ Saturday NY Times Sports Column.
