Zab - Your rake on tourneys is ridiculous and I'm pissed

[nab76]

When he first put this tournaments out he got really low numbers and was losing pts on the deal. It's been trial and error (the numbers are still really low for these).

125 pts to win 1444 in a 17 person tournament is still really good value.

I dont think your full understanding the point of a money added tourney. Think about it when is the only time you see these on a tourney list? pretty much exclusively to private games, Companies add money to tournaments as a way of giving back to their players, they aren't giving anything back if they make up for the added amount by marking up the rake. When you see these money added tourneys on BCP the buy-in and rake are the same the would be even if there was no money added.

Example: BCP tourney list: 6/15/2014 3pm Gottatalkpoker CHOICE $25 added. Buy in $1/.10

[don7238]

Zab are we going to get rake backs for our points. I remember one time you mention that, but I received no rake yet.

[Joe]

There is still an overlay, but the prizepool is about 1/3 less than when these games started. 3k added to 10% rake is 3k added value. 3k added to 90% rake is roughly 1k added value over what the prizepool was worth a few weeks ago. It's marketing bait and switch.



That's the point of this thread. I'm not ready to leave PO, but this is pushing me one step closer.



How many points you got?

he's only won $1.20 so I'm guessing he doesn't have enough points.
lol

[nab76]

There is truth to what RGHY is saying in that the added points in these tournaments, isn't a true number. To be a true 3000 point added tournament there would have to be 3000 points added to the prize pool on top of what might be considered acceptable rake. So lets say the buy in to a tourney is 30 points, the average amount of rake charged would be about 3 points. So if the tourney was 30+3 with 3000 points added, I would say that is a true 3k added tourney. The way it is now we are paying 30+95 so every person paying the buy in is paying 92 points more than what is considered normal rake for online tourneys. so 3000/92=32.6 so if more than 32 people played in this zab wouldn't actually be adding anything himself, it would all be made up for in the crazy rake he is charging.

[Sharking]

rake is evil.

[TONelson]

when you guys were paying 150 points/ticket for the carbon games how much was rake?

This thread disappoints me.

[Sharking]

can we fucking get rid of rake already?!? gawd.

[TONelson]

can we fucking get rid of rake already?!? gawd.

Sure. Entry for these games will be 150pts/game flat.

[Drywallman3]

can we fucking get rid of rake already?!? gawd.

lmao, the words "rake" and "sharking" in the same sentence give me nightmares...............

[bfelber57]

the point is these tournaments are still a really good value, nobody's playing them so 3000 added is crazy