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furnesspoker:
I find that the way that tickets are sold for the event to be a bit of a lottery, in fact the last two events I was playing poker live when tickets went on sale so was unable to secure them. I have a couple of suggestions for you to consider.
As the events are a sell out, why not look at 2 venues for each game, For example - if you were to play in Blackpool you could use Stanleys and the Grosevenor and play the final at one of them, this way you could open up the competition to a lot more people and fill the cardroom on the 2nd day. I know logistics of this isn"t always straightforward but could be worth considering.
More Sats. I think it would be much better if there were more seats available via sattelites on Stars, not only does this encourage players to use your sponsors but also opens up the field to players that want to play but may find the cost of the seats a little hard on their wallet.
Ticket Allocations: okay this may sound a bit selfish but as someone who has always had the games best interest at heart I set up our own poker club and all our members joined the Apat, I know there a lot of other like-minded clubs and say for in return for banners on our sites poker clubs have an option to purchase one or two tickets for their players prior to the event.
I hope some of this makes sense and once again congratulations on your new Forum
Regards
Paul Robinson
AKA LuckyBuggah
Des_D:
--- Quote from: furnesspoker on May 26, 2007, 07:49:15 AM ---
I find that the way that tickets are sold for the event to be a bit of a lottery, in fact the last two events I was playing poker live when tickets went on sale so was unable to secure them. I have a couple of suggestions for you to consider.
As the events are a sell out, why not look at 2 venues for each game, For example - if you were to play in Blackpool you could use Stanleys and the Grosevenor and play the final at one of them, this way you could open up the competition to a lot more people and fill the cardroom on the 2nd day. I know logistics of this isn"t always straightforward but could be worth considering.
More Sats. I think it would be much better if there were more seats available via sattelites on Stars, not only does this encourage players to use your sponsors but also opens up the field to players that want to play but may find the cost of the seats a little hard on their wallet.
Ticket Allocations: okay this may sound a bit selfish but as someone who has always had the games best interest at heart I set up our own poker club and all our members joined the Apat, I know there a lot of other like-minded clubs and say for in return for banners on our sites poker clubs have an option to purchase one or two tickets for their players prior to the event.
I hope some of this makes sense and once again congratulations on your new Forum
Regards
Paul Robinson
AKA LuckyBuggah
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Hi Paul,
Thanks for your thoughts and good wishes with the forum.
You have made some interesting suggestions, particularly in having two venues in the one town effectively run day one. That is not an option we had considered before and allow us some time to think that through. The biggest challenge is likely to be gaining the support of "competing" venues.
The whole qualifying question is being looked at. We have trialled a number of allocation methods this season and recognise the need for a consistent entry method for season two. I expect a great deal of discussion on this point prior to confirming plans for S2 in August / September.
Regards,
Des.
hi_am_chris:
Just a thought but what about in subsquent seasons having more to play for in the rankings for example the top ten or so at the end of each season are given priority for seats in the following season for live events, it might give a bit more insentive for players to play more online tournys even when they are too far behind to win the carribean trip
APAT:
--- Quote from: hi_am_chris on May 26, 2007, 16:12:36 PM ---
Just a thought but what about in subsquent seasons having more to play for in the rankings for example the top ten or so at the end of each season are given priority for seats in the following season for live events, it might give a bit more insentive for players to play more online tournys even when they are too far behind to win the carribean trip
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Another very good idea.....thanks Chris.
Hammerite:
Hi,
My suggestion is to award points for the online series individual tournaments from 200 for first down to 1pt for 200th place. These points would be cumulative and when live tournaments are offered they would be offered to the top points scorers in order, thus rewarding the regular apat supporters, and encouraging larger fields and bigger prize pools in the online events and giving everyone an equal crack at qualifying for the live events. Indeed these might even be used for ranking points.
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