Five Thoughts: WSOP Improves, Kid Poker Doc Rocks, and Ole Schemion Truly Wins Twice

With the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final wrapping up over the next couple of days, the collective attention of the poker world will soon be turning towards the World Series of Poker.

The 2016 edition of the greatest tournament series on the planet is just a few short weeks away, and I, for one, am looking forward to it.

At the 2015 WSOP, some of the stories we covered here on PokerNews included heads-up cheating accusations, prize pool and structure controversies, and player complaints about the quality of the cards. Of course, we also ran strategy articles, winner and top pro interviews, and a number of poker community interest stories.

At the time, some may have thought PokerNews was being overly critical of the WSOP, but nothing could be further from the truth.

We all love the WSOP, and simply cover the newsworthy stories that are brought to our attention. If anything, we hold the WSOP to a high standard because they are the biggest and the best in the game, and we all want the WSOP to continue to be the best it can be.

1. Improving the WSOP Experience

It was great to see the WSOP announce last week it is making a few changes in an effort to improve the fan and player experience. This is far and away the biggest and best poker series on the planet, but, like anything, it can always get better.

Introducing a more inclusive online registration process, an eQueue Payout Process so winners don’t have to wait in line, using software similar to PokerNews’ MyStack app to allow players to get their chip counts on its updates blog, and hiring poker’s resident Twitter king Kevin “Kevmath” Mathers to run its social media campaign are all solid moves that can only help to improve the WSOP product.

Here’s the the 47th annual WSOP being the biggest and best ever.

2. Give the Devilfish His Due

The winners of the 15th edition of the Global Poker Index European Poker Awards were announced at a ceremony in Monaco this week and PokerNews cleaned up in the media categories.

Hard-working contributor Remko Rinkema took home the well-deserved Media Person of the Year award and a PokerNews article celebrating the life of Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott by Jesse May and Mickey May won for Poker Media Content of the Year.

In accepting the award, the Mays took the opportunity to point out …

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