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APAT Packages?
Sef:
I was just sitting thinking general poker thoughts and dream satelite packages to the WSOP and big poker tours. Then I thought of the biggest poker tour on the planet which is of course APAT :P anyway I got to thinking about satelites for APAT tournies and (correct me if i"m wrong) noticed that the satelites are usually seat only. Have you ever done/thought about putting together packages, like a seat and £x amount expenses and running feeders etc. for each event? Just curious as I love the idea of a package as opposed to just a seat and think it would attract a lot of interest.
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Sef on May 31, 2012, 01:24:10 AM ---
I was just sitting thinking general poker thoughts and dream satelite packages to the WSOP and big poker tours. Then I thought of the biggest poker tour on the planet which is of course APAT :P anyway I got to thinking about satelites for APAT tournies and (correct me if i"m wrong) noticed that the satelites are usually seat only. Have you ever done/thought about putting together packages, like a seat and £x amount expenses and running feeders etc. for each event? Just curious as I love the idea of a package as opposed to just a seat and think it would attract a lot of interest.
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We (and by that I mean Des) has and it"s come up before.
In general the cost of an APAT weekend can range from almost nothing if it"s next door to two to three hundred pounds if you"re at the other end of the country.
So, assume a level of £300 to cover buy-in, hotel and transport then you need 10 players each paying £30 to generate every seat.
It"s not impossible but, in the past (AFAIK), the level of interest at that cost has not been there at that level of buy-in for a small number of seats.
Sef:
That surprises me, top 10% in a tourny to win a package 10x the buy in sounds like a good deal to me. was it tried with feeders at say $3-$6 buy ins? I for 1 would try to sat my way in to a lot more events if a package was there. Obviously it"s no good if the demand aint there though.
Des:
This is something that is being revisited by APAT, both for APAT and other tour events.
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Sef on May 31, 2012, 11:37:29 AM ---
That surprises me, top 10% in a tourny to win a package 10x the buy in sounds like a good deal to me. was it tried with feeders at say $3-$6 buy ins? I for 1 would try to sat my way in to a lot more events if a package was there. Obviously it"s no good if the demand aint there though.
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Not to say it won"t happen but, as I recall, super-satellites were mentioned and no-one seemed interested. No harm in raising it again though.
EDIT: Des replied before I"d finished so I"ll leave it there.
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