I'll admit that my gut reaction to the WSOP news was, 'Isthis another chance for Harrah's and ESPN to make money without giving anythingback to the players?' That was my first thought. But the more I looked at itthe more I realised it doesn't really change a whole lot.

It's still a finaltable, but just on a different day. You could say that you're in a rhythm andfeeling good about your game, but it's not like a tennis tournament where RogerFederer is playing great right now and nobody can beat him and then theorganisers say, 'Let's play the final in three months.' He could get injured inthe meantime.

Players can be more on top of their game at differenttimes of the year, but if they know in advance that they're going to be on thefinal table, they're damn well going to make sure they're on their 'A' games.

For 'The November Nine' (as I've heard them referred to),it's going to give no-name players great opportunities to really promotethemselves and take advantage of the fact that they might be the next WorldChampion.