Yeah, I just read that myself. Stunning, or what? Harrah's gets an extra $2m. And the players see their equity shifted from $18.5k to, what, about $16K.
How would a freeroll snooker tourney for amateurs bee seen if this was done.
1) If you play on our circuit and get a certain number of points, you get into a $2m freeroll knockout tournament (which comes out of the juice you paid to get into th competitions in the first place).
2) Pepsi sponsors the tournament for $2m, meaning Harrah's profit is upped by $2m.
3) But only if Steven Hendry, Mark Williams and Steve Davis are allowed to enter as well. And, of course, they are not paid for this -- they are just going for the prize money.
Poker players have brought this upon themselves by agreeing to sign such contracts when they enter the tournaments. Online sites compound the affair. Why, for example, should I wear a company's tee-shirt when I have paid an entry fee, won a tournament, and qualified? Unless there is added money, no reason at all.
None of this bothers me financially, since I saw it all coming and I refuse to play the corporate game. See me at the cash tables....
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Re: Oh yes it has
Date: 2005-11-09 10:13 am (UTC)How would a freeroll snooker tourney for amateurs bee seen if this was done.
1) If you play on our circuit and get a certain number of points, you get into a $2m freeroll knockout tournament (which comes out of the juice you paid to get into th competitions in the first place).
2) Pepsi sponsors the tournament for $2m, meaning Harrah's profit is upped by $2m.
3) But only if Steven Hendry, Mark Williams and Steve Davis are allowed to enter as well. And, of course, they are not paid for this -- they are just going for the prize money.
Poker players have brought this upon themselves by agreeing to sign such contracts when they enter the tournaments. Online sites compound the affair. Why, for example, should I wear a company's tee-shirt when I have paid an entry fee, won a tournament, and qualified? Unless there is added money, no reason at all.
None of this bothers me financially, since I saw it all coming and I refuse to play the corporate game. See me at the cash tables....
PJ