tournament fees...too high or what?

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10% is great
under 10% is fantastic
Over 15% is really bad

Theres a casino in northern minnesota that runs a 23$ + 7 on saturdays. what a bargain.

In general, yeah, tournament fees are getting high. Most casinos are finding themselves increasing their fees, not decreasing, as a percentage of the pool, over time. Why? Because they can. NLHE is getting pretty popular, and they are charging whatever the market will allow. If you dont like the fees, you can talk to their management, you can vote with your feet and refuse to play, but by in large, we are simply at the mercy of the market. If we want to play poker against weak fish that dont realize that a 15% vig is ridiculous, well.. we get to pay that same 15% vig to play.

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