[dogmeat]

I know this is low on the post list here, but I'd love to see something per raked hand (say 1 cent) go to a land-based tournament that everybody is invited to.

This would be a great "spouse pleaser" that could be a vacation for many people and the tournament doesn't even need to be for big money. The buy-in could be $1,000 for all I care, but "earning/winning" this trip to someplace nice would be great.

Make the minimum number of raked hands during the year pay for the buy-in (say 100,000) and then let us "pay" for travel, room and food with any additional points from raked hands.

For instance:

100,000 hands and you are invited to the tournament
100,000 hands get you a $1,000 travel card
15,000 hands pay for each night in a nice hotel (100,000 for the week)
10,000 hands pay for a $100 restaurant credit

For 350,000 raked hands you could have a nice vacation - and if you only have part of that, you can still go and enjoy the tournament - and pay PART of the expense yourself.

Make the points good only for the next upcoming tournament, and have them expire if not used. Most players will not use them, and the overall cost will be just a fraction of the points offered - this makes for a small expense to Stars, makes some hotel in the Carribean full for a week, and gives everybody a shot at a nice vacation.

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