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[sixsixtie]

from http://www.pokerlist...of-pogolf-13318Just like the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the World Series of Golf will have a $10,000 buy-in. The maximum number of entrants is set to 180, and the prize pool will be at least $750,000 with a $250,000 first prize.What makes the WSOG special is the betting format, which is taken directly from the poker world.Each player starts with $10,000 and antes $100 on the first hole, and everyone is assigned a number in a rotation that determines the hitting and betting order for the rest of the hole and round.When everyone has made their first shot, the player who lead out starts the betting, and then the rest of the group follows.The options are, just like in poker, to check, bet, raise or fold, and since the WSOG is played in a no-limit format, you are free to move all-in if you hit a really good shot. When you fold, you only lose what you have bet to that point.In the WSOG you only play against your group and not against the field. After the first round, handicaps are in play, and the player who wins the hole takes the pot. If a hole is tied, the pot is split."The trick is to know when to play and when to fold. When there's so much money involved, that 5-foot putt for birdie gets a whole lot longer," Tom Meeks, the event's director of rules and competition told USA Today.Players get knocked out when they don't have enough money to place the ante, and since the ante doubles every three holes it gets tougher the longer the tournaments lasts. For hole 16-18, the ante will be $3,200.The tournament is over when one player has all the money. Whether this player is the best golfer in the world or not will probably be disputed.The World Series of Golf will be shown on NBC on June 23-24. I've gotta be honest. I dont really get it. Sounds a little silly. Whats next world series of hockey? Everyone has to ante before each shift and they can bet as they're rolling in on a breakaway. CMON

[ajs510]

So basically it's a skins game with your own money, or roughly exactly the same thing the golf playing poker pros already do on their off days anyway, except with TV cameras.It actually sounds like something I might watch, especially if there's a mix of golf, poker, and Hollyweird celebrity involved. Cause I'm a sucker for stuff like that.

[crazyplaya6]

lol moonlandingamentsand is wth a tame version of WTF??? cause that may actually be the most lame thing ive ever seen. sorry.

[dms26]

If they have some good golfers I can see it working, but if they are amatuers with money struggling to make pars it'll be a bust.They had something a little like this a while back, not sure what channel. As long as the guy kept making par or better he could keep playing, each hole was worth more money. If they make bogey or worse they lost the money they had built up.

[ajs510]

dms26, on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007, 1:00 PM, said:

If they have some good golfers I can see it working, but if they are amatuers with money struggling to make pars it'll be a bust.They had something a little like this a while back, not sure what channel. As long as the guy kept making par or better he could keep playing, each hole was worth more money. If they make bogey or worse they lost the money they had built up.

Phil Ivey and Erick Lindgren > Russ Hamilton and Jeff Friedman, in other words?It would be funny as hell if the cameras caught somebody kicking a ball back into bounds, I don't care who ya are.

[Suited_Up]

Except in this, you decide what you bet on each shot.I think it's pretty cool.

[bdc30]

dms26, on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007, 9:00 AM, said:

If they have some good golfers I can see it working, but if they are amatuers with money struggling to make pars it'll be a bust.They had something a little like this a while back, not sure what channel. As long as the guy kept making par or better he could keep playing, each hole was worth more money. If they make bogey or worse they lost the money they had built up.

I would much rather watch hack'n'whack golfers with some personality then the stiffs on the pga tour do something like this. Phil Hellmuth in this would be GOLD.

[sixsixtie]

I figured for a thread title wth (what the hell) would be more appropriate than wtf.