Poker league - Soliciting ideas

[Grinding Away]

Thanks for the websites -
My boss & I wanted to do something that would build a WSOP Main event buy in, so we started a tournament with one game a month for 9 months. 1/2 of the buy in goes to a payout for that night and 1/2 goes into a " WSOP pool " . - Win a tournament and get a seat at the 9 person final table for the WSOP pool - winner take all. We got 19 players.

The only thing I didn't like about the set up was that if you won twice you'd get two stacks and basically make the final table 8 seats, 7 for 2 wins etc. - That sat wrong with me since all 19 people were contributing to the WSOP pool I thought at least 9 of us should get a shot. { none of the other players agreed with me at the time - keep reading : ) }

My boss lives 100+ miles from me And I didn't like the structure so I started my own tourney locally with a structure that would guarantee one of the other players would get in if someone won twice or more.

Funny thing is that his game had one person win 3 tournaments and mine hasn't gotten a single repeat winner.

I didn't use a point system for the double winner, but I think I will on the next one. I believe he's going to go to some sort of point structure too, for the next one he does.

I attend both tournaments (didn't bring my objection to the structure up until I had paid at tourney #1, so I was committed ) and it is a ton of fun. The cash games afterward are usually GREAT.

He thinks his tourney will grow to 20 - 25 people next time so it'll give them a lower buy in. If he implements a point system that will give a 10th or more players a shot at the final table + take the seats for multiple winners ( he's thinking 12 - 16 possibly start 2 tables short handed 'till 9 ) I'll probably stay in that one too...

We got buy ins for four WSOP pool buy ins up front to keep from having drop outs spoil the pool.

I'm doing the conference room at a local hotel too and it's great - don't have to worry about cleanup / 20 goofballs bothering the wife - The local Hilton has a large hotel room with a boardroom table on one side and I have them set up another table - patio for cigar smoking / TV / kitchen area - no one minds paying the extra for the room.


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