Rather disappointing #WBCOOP 2013

Okay so I played my 10 events and missed the goal of somehow donking my way to a Final Table, albeit being close again with a 7th place in a 4max NLHE. I didn't run well at all and only got one further $5.50 SCOOP ticket besides the $33 from the 4max, that in itself would already be disappointing. But to be honest, something didn't feel right even though we should not necessarily complain much after getting offered something for free.

1) Russian / Eastern European / South American Roulette - the standard of play was quite poo(r) compared to last year.

2) The requirements to actually get the entry and 10 tickets were by far worse and more easy to achieve.

3) Many "first time posters" without active blog got tickets even though they didn't even meet the more than mediocre requirements.

4) The Turbo events with 5 minute blind levels naturally turn the game into a donkfest.

5) Who ever came up with the idea to put the Final on a Monday at 10am EST = 15:00 CET (thanks to the switch to summer time in North America even one hour earlier for us in Europe). Not every blogger earns a living through poker, we do have regular work from Monday to Friday.

If the overall quality itself does not improve again, this was probably my last WBCOOP on Pokerstars. Sure there are some freebies up for grabs, but does that really make up for the loss of certain standards?

How can first time bloggers with one paragraph get entry to these games and should we simply accept that and move along? I don't think so ... there were even German bloggers from Intelli / Pokerstrategy that used their team blog and bragged they "didn't have to write the sh1t" to get the tickets.

So anyways, maybe a miracle happens and I win some extra cash tomorrow in the Final after running like crap all Sunday long. At least the end of the day was greeted with a little win on BuzzPoker, as they hosted their weekly Facebook Freeroll.