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a video audition. time was limited to three weeks and the video entries began to pour in. Some were posted on Youtube as the deadline approached, most were kept private and of the potentially hundreds of thousands of entries WSoBass promised eight lucky anglers a chance at The dream - a chance to compete on the reality show, to win the skills competition on the reality show thereby earning a $10,000 entry into a qualifier tournament and the possibility of parlaying that finish into an entry into the World Series of Bass Main event and its prize pool - estimated at $3 million with $600,000 going to the winner. The lucky 8 anglers were notified by personal call on aug. 7. at that time the public was unaware of the choices that the producers of WSoBass had made. elk Grove angler Ken Mah was one of the lucky 8 that received that acceptance call on aug. 7. view Ken Mah’s video audition here . i heard the news within minutes of his acceptance call and asked him the following questions.
This is an incredible opportunity, what made you decide to try out? Yes, this is unbelievable! a fellow tournament angler had heard about the WSoBass concept and told me about it. as soon as i saw the website and the chance at a reality show, i knew i wanted to do an audition tape. i also encouraged three of my friends to do it; but only one did. i figured i had nothing to lose and the work it would take would be worth a chance
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n mid-July, anglers around the country - around the world - were introduced to the newly announced World Series of Bass (WSo- Bass). as revealed in their first press release, the WSoBass is offering the format for “individuals who have the skills and resources to compete at the highest level of the most lucrative national pro bass circuits”. The WSoBass will only have one prerequi- site to compete in their Main event - finish in the top 35 percent of one qualifier event. to partake in that qualifying event there is an entry fee of $10,000. While many have said they will pay to play with the best, others find the ticket too steep of a price tag. For those of you familiar with the poker scene and their World Series of Poker (WSoP) Main event (also a $10,000 entry), you may recall there is always a way to earn your way into the event via a satellite tournament. WSoBass didn’t overlook this concept and simultaneously announced their Main event with a way to earn a free entry - a skills competition that will be highlighted on a bass fishing reality show airing on nBC Sports called World Series of Bass, The dream. anglers around the world were offered one crack at entry into the reality show by submittting
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