Venetian $500,000 Freeroll (For poker players or casino high rollers)

[JohnnyQuad]

I have just finished logging my 150 hours of play to qualify for the freeroll tournement. On my last day I was talking to another player at the table that told me some disturbing rummors and statements that he had heard. The first was a conversation that he personally over heard between a floorperson and a $40-80 player. Apparently the player was telling the floorman that he did not think he was going to make the total hours needed to qualify for the freeroll tournement. The floorperson then responded that if he was close they would let him in anyway. How fare is that to the people that put in all of the hours required for this promotion?

The next thing he told me that he had heard was even more disturbing. He said he had heard rummors that the casino might invite high rollers from the casino and let them into the tournement with out playing any hours to qualify at all.

I thought this promotion was created to help the room build a solid base of players. What are they saying to these players if they allow the casinos high rollers to come in and have a shot at this money without playing the hours they required the rest of us to play?

If anyone else has heard anything like this please share it with the rest of us.