The World Poker Tour World Championships continue to evolve by ditching the re-entry format that has been a part of the fabric for the past two seasons.

PokerNews, Editor-in-Chief, Donnie Peters, believes that the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championships is, arguably, the most important event of the year, behind the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

I wouldn’t argue with him.

For the past 13-years, it has produced the most amazing stories, created the most amazing talents, and attracted a large number of eyeballs. When people talk about the WPT World Championships, people listen. That’s why their latest evolutionary move is an important one.

At the tail end of the week, Peters broke the news that Tab Duchateau, Tournament Director at Borgata, had announced that the Season XIII WPT World Championships would be a one bullet affair. The video game syndrome that has infiltrated our game, to great detriment, will no longer be apart of one of the games greatest spectacles.

I doubt it’s coincidental that the announcement came shortly after the WPT Executive Tour Director, Matt Savage – the man many credit for introducing the concept at The Commerce – went to print to talk about the success of the recent WPT LA Poker Classic; a series that boldly attempted to drive more players to the cash tables by removing the re-entries from the tournament schedule.

It worked.