Two weeks ago PokerNews reported on some of the responses to changes in structures at the 2015 World Series of Poker in an article titled “Top Pros Say 2015 WSOP Increased Starting Stacks Amount To Fool's Gold.” As that headline suggests, a number of players were already then expressing concerns about the effect increased stack sizes have had on WSOP events with buy-ins below the $10,000 level.
In general, the number of chips a player began with in those events increased by two-thirds, with every $500 of a buy-in now worth 2,500 tournament chips instead of 1,500.