The WSOP main event has long been NL HE. However, I believe the true main event should be H.O.R.S.E. H.O.R.S.E for those don’t know, is a mixed game that consists of Hold’em, Omaha hi/lo, Razz, Stud hi, and Stud eight or better. The games are rotated based on time. H.O.R.S.E is a true testament of a poker player’s skill. It is wrong in my opinion to call the main event winner the "World Champion". Winners such as Chris Moneymaker, Joe Haschem, and Jerry Yang have become rock stars riding a high horse after winning the WSOP main event. Although they won a ridiculous amount of money and beat out a large field, they only did so playing one type of poker game. The winner of the WSOP H.O.R.S.E tournament is the true champion as he or she has to beat some of the best players in the world in five different poker variations.

However there is a lot going against H.O.R.S.E being the World Series Of Poker main event. No Limit Hold’em has become the most popular poker game today due to the enormous television exposure it has gotten in the recent years. As a result, most poker players nowadays have learned No Limit Hold’em from watching it on ESPN or Fox, even NBC and play it exclusively. That means not many players know how to play H.O.R.S.E nevertheless be good at it. Secondly, H.O.R.S.E is a limit game and takes much longer to complete than a No Limit Hold’em tournament. So, there are also some benefits in having No Limit Hold’em as the WSOP main event. 

What I propose is to keep the WSOP main event as No Limit Hold’em but to crown the winner of the H.O.R.S.E tournament as the true WSOP "champion".