The final top echelon World Series Poker champions are not always the well recognized and wealthy ones and there have been repeated records of the final tables being taken over by the skilled that have made their entry through satellite buy ins; so, there could be no reason for anyone to say that World Series Poker is meant just for the rich that can afford the buy in.  Any one with a real skill level can make a minimum buy in for the satellites and they can progress with pure skill.