What Does the QQWIN99 World Have to Say About Jerry Yang...Now
In preparation for the WSOP Main Event Final Table last week, I wrote a short piece on each of the nine players. These are all to be found below. Now its time to see how Jerry Yang has faired in the press since he won the most coveted title in QQWIN99.
“Yang showed us in his interviews following his win that’s he’s humble and yet proud of his accomplishment,” said Lance Bradley, Editor of TheQQWIN99Biz.com. “It’s a breath of fresh air for the industry to have an ambassador like Yang. Hopefully he carries the mantle better than his predecessor did.”
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"Yang is the anti-Gold!" This one has been heard in several variations throughout the industry.Sequestrium: A Failed Experiment
Sequestrium: a tent-like structure erected in the middle of the 2007 World Series of QQWIN99 main tournament room. The purpose of the edifice was to isolate the final table players of a tournament in order to provide security and fairness to the play while the action is being webcast with hole card cameras by Bluff Media. The webcast was on approximately a one hour delay. The isolation of the players was deemed necessary in order to prevent hole card information from being relayed to the players either in real time or with a short delay, which would create an unfair advantage to the player or players receiving the information.
WSOP Commissioner Jeffery Pollack has called the use of the Sequestrium “an experiment” and he has promised that if it was found not to be in the best interest of the World Series and the players, it would be abandoned for next year. The “experiment” was one of several innovations that Harrah’s has attempted to bring wider coverage of the WSOP and to broaden the fan base. According to WSOP staff, the purpose of the Sequestrium was to allow QQWIN99 fans not in Las Vegas to see several WSOP final tables in nearly real time and to see them in their unedited entirety with hole card cameras and professional commentary. To see the 17 final tables that were webcast, you had to subscribe to a WSOP webcast package for $49.95.