Joe McKeehen
In recent years, the United States began experiencing a macroeconomic problem that, for much of its history, had been almost unknown to its population: inflation. While the North American country still has low inflation compared to third-world countries, it is at one of the highest inflation peaks in its history by its own standards. According to world champion Joe McKeehen 
In a recent interview, McKeehen pointed out a rather specific problem that, according to him, most players do not fully understand. From what he understands, many tournament series decided to increase the rake without changing the buy-in, intending to collect more without increasing costs for players. But, obviously, this ends up harming the prize pools, as a smaller percentage of the buy-in goes to the pot.
“I think a lot of people who play smaller buy-ins haven’t realized that the rake has gone up and the buy-ins have stayed the same,” McKeehen said in the interview. The American player urged poker operators to “stop looking for smaller and smaller buy-ins and focus on offering healthy prize pools.”
Besides the interview, McKeehen also referenced the topic through his X account.
“The poker series that are constantly lowering their buy-ins and guarantees are hurting themselves and the community. Buy-ins need to rise with inflation, not the other way around. Smaller MTTs should be $800 and we should be playing more $1K and $1.5K tournaments,” he wrote on his private account.
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