The WSOP Main Event Returning Champ Should Start with 10X Stack

Not this coming year. The 2025 champ should start with a 10x stack in 2026.

This would make the TV coverage much better and increase the possibility of back to back winners. As long as everyone knows what the deal is ahead of time, there is no problem with me. There are tradeoffs but I think this idea is strong enough.

Aside from a few odd occasions I have not really watched the TV coverage for about a decade. This would absolutely make me watch because I want to see how a well-skilled practitioner approaches this. My only fear for the idea would be that someone might not to show up for the first days, and that would be their strategy... boring. A creative rule could protect against that.

What do you think?