Quick question about Tournament reg

Lafortezza

Alot of tournaments that people post about on the tournament forum advertise as "100% Payout! 100 euro freezeout!" and then in the main body of the post they list a 10euro registration fee.

And similar for rebuy tournaments "50euro, 1 rebuy and 1 topup, 100% prize pool PAYOUT!!!1", and you read the full post and you find out that you're also paying 5euro reg on each rebuy and topup so essentially it's a 150+15 tournament.


Do people think this is cunning marketing and all's fair in tournament pricing?
Or is this hidden costs that should be clearer? If you call it a 100euro freezeout should each customer be paying 100euro?

Answers in Poll and snide comment form please!

bohsman

I think its fair enough in that they mean that theres no CPT style guarantee that is capped but that they are obviously charging a reg.

But I obviously voted for Rosicky.

RoundTower

I know I've brought this up before but I think tournament organisers should have to be clear what is going on. Particularly the "100% payout" lark should be stopped for tournaments that clearly don't pay out 100%, to protect the occasional event where there really is 100% payout (SE, Vegas Nights, maybe others have run them I believe).

cardshark202

The 100% prizepool thing is an annoying scam but I'm more annoyed that utd didnt buy rosicky years ago like I wanted.

mewso

I voted buyer beware. I think players can get too fussy about these things tbh. Most of us would know that 100% payout does not refer to the reg. fee.

jacQues

lafortezza wrote:

Do people think this is cunning marketing and all's fair in tournament pricing? Or is this hidden costs that should be clearer? If you call it a 100euro freezeout should each customer be paying 100euro?

Answers in Poll and snide comment form please!

The poll doesn't give clear enough options for me to vote. (Or maybe I'm not that smart to understand them.)

I do believe that 100% payout is a big hoax. The intentions may be good but its just bad style IMHO. Only Vegas Nights should use it since that really is 100% payout. For the others, rather leave "100% payout" out and put €100+€10 reg. fee on the poster. If they take a cut from the buyin and charge a reg. fee, I feel ripped off. Whether or not they use "100% payout" is irrelevant. Recently I found out that a well known casino does exactly this. I was like "wtf!?!? why are so many people gready? "

For certain tournaments, in order to be sure they can cover the costs, they might use €100 buyin and a total fixed rake of €500. This way you know in advance that if there are 50 people its €90+€10 and with 100 people its €95+€5. Why lie saying "100% payout" and then take a cut anyways because of the bad turnout when there is a perfectly good solution?

And the Circus Poker Tour, they aren't just gready. They are thieves!

jacQues

ntlbell

Atari?

Spectrum?

Commodore?

Anything?

ianmc38

Rosicky is definitely looking good.

5starpool

Personally I have no problem with them being advertised as this if the reg fee is the only fee charged, even if it is charged on a rebuy/topup too. It is the ones that pay out a different percentage depending on the number of entries that I would tell people to be wary of.

Anyways, they are all thieves. (not really, but laf said we needed snide comments)