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+1 cos i wouldnt be playing if they were rebuys and really want in this one
Good idea,but if sky booked the hotel and just give spending money,all the winners could be in the same hotel
Must have bar that stays open late of course
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also you said the legs will be qualify only but then said they all had alternates?
cheers,dave
However if a league situation was set up, I would be happier to pay a regular amount to play qualifiers with a points based system for results in each game.
I've done some quick Excel wizadry at no consultancy charge to Sky..... Let's assume that there are say 25 online qualifier rounds between now and the final next year (one a fortnight if you started now), £10 +£1 each time. There are 700 total "regular" players for which in any one qualifier 200 pay to play that round. At the end of 25 rounds this gives Sky the equivalent buy in of 160 places at £250. Say that the top 150 in the league standings go straight through to the Final. Then say those ranked 151-300 get to play a free lucky loser 1:10 satellite to get the next 15 places. I think that more than 200 would pay each round, an average of 300 would generate 200 places, thus if more than 300 was the average each round the pot for the final could grow really nicely (if league places capped at 200max), and/or hotel and travel package deals could be thrown in as 1:10 specials
Of course top up the total numbers of players and pot by having 1:5, 1:10 satellites nearer the time as per this year, which keeps those not wishing to play a league happy and new players to Sky who join in say 6 months time and miss the early rounds an opportunity. Of course non regular/site players getting either direct buy-in last minute online/at the casino, but by then much fewer places would be available this way?
Trick is to not have too many qualifiers at too high a buy-in so that only those with large bank roll play everytime and accumulate most points. With 25 rounds x£10 per qualifier I am sure that most of us will feel that we are in with a good shot of making it (better than 1:10 percieved odds). This league model could also work for all of the SPT Events, if say there were 10 league games, albeit a bigger buy-in required.
OK, so what does everything think of that?
PS for the Sky team - having a league structure works really well for your cashflow :-)
No direct entries before the day, then last chance sng live satellite on the day if seats available, then alternates for the first 2-3 levels as players get knocked out
er, very nice, but very complicated!
I would imagine qualifying would stay as is for the time being..expecting most legs to sell out in advance via the exisiting qualfying system
G casino, Blackpool.
Oh, and thanks for asking me
Would it be possible to win a token to a semi final so that you have a choice of which semi-final to enter. The reason behind that is sometimes i have found time to play a £5.20 QF but haven't because i know i won't be able to play in the semi later that night, and other times have been online when the semi is about to play but wasn't around earlier when the qualifiers were on and BR won't permit me to buy in direct!
If you knew you could win a token to use for a semi final later on in the week etc it would give you more scope.
Maybe it is something that could be applied to other satellite tournaments as well?
D
what time will the tourney kick off?
(or at the bar @ 12!, lol)
Will
Thanking you!
My guess is Blackpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Luton and Cardiff
Dave
Blackpool, Tikays bedroom, Rich Orford's kitchen (while he prepares his dish for Celeb Come Dine with Me), Lisa Marie's Gym and Trevor Harris' Tennis club