[Iplaypoker]

after last years WSOP i remember reading alot of talk about how we should run a satellite for chiptalk members. we should have done that. Not for the main event.....because im not sure if we would have enough players, but for a bracelet event like a $1,500 buy in or something. would have been cool

-derek

[jojobinks]

Originally Posted by Iplaypoker

after last years WSOP i remember reading alot of talk about how we should run a satellite for chiptalk members. we should have done that. Not for the main event.....because im not sure if we would have enough players, but for a bracelet event like a $1,500 buy in or something. would have been cool

-derek

let's say...

we did a weekly $25.50 tournament. $5.50 would go to p*, and get paid out as usual. the remaining $20 would go into escrow (paypal payments to the TD?).

we could say the tournaments run on a weekly basis a minimum of 20 weeks, or until the money in escrow topped $3000. the participants would agree that with that 3k, the winner would play a 1500 nlhe wsop event, and use the remaining 1500 for flight/hotel.

this seems pretty easy/simple to me.

9 players per week (180 per week. 3000/180= 17 weeks).
18 players per week (360 per week. 8 weeks).

so this thing could get together in a jiff.

even bettter (i think): the players commit beforehand. if there were 18 players interested, they'd pay the 20*8=160 into escrow ahead of time. the tournaments would be set up and we'd go with the same 18 player field each week for whatever two months we ran the thing. this would simplify things and guarantee that attendance would stay strong if someone took a big lead.

[jojobinks]

ps: if we wanted to raise 12.5k (for the main event), with 18 players...

20*18=360 per week.

12,500/360= 35 weeks. of course getting people to commit to that would be more difficult, as they'd have to put up $700 up front.

but with that 8 week plan we could do multiple satellites. we can do a 4 of em...and send several CT'ers out to play.

[whataboutj]

I would commit to the $160 investment (assuming 18 players). That would be a fun satellite. I would even go as far as to say that if we took out the flight and hotel and just did a Sat for 2 buy in's to a bracelet event that would be fun.
J

edit: I just re-read the part about multiple satellites - I like that too

[imthatguy]

I'm in for the $160 investment too. Why didn't we think of this sooner?

[jojobinks]

the last $1500 event of this year's wsop starts on 6/30. know what that means? we could start this thing now and get someone into event #52.

hrmmm?

[mike33]

I think this is an awesome idea. I'm out this year and probably next year as well due to getting sent across the pond...again.

I love the idea of CT being represented out there and if this keeps going I'm in for the 2010 season!

[jojobinks]

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