Ref: American Amatuer Champs, Las Vegas
Has any thougth been given to the buy-in? Is it likely to remain at the dollar equivalent of £75?
Nothing finalised yet on that question. Although I think a number of players will be heading over from the UK, the tournament will be filled by a lot of locals (and I guess tourists). APAT is all about great value events with affordable buy-ins, so I"d be surprised if it fluctuated much from the £75 mark.
With LV tournament rakes ranging from 8% upto 30%, I"m sure any rake free tournament will be viewed as great value by LV locals.
The reason behind my question was not a suggestion that the buy-in should be increased, although I think $150 reg free would be about right and prove popular with locals. I was thinking more about satellite structures...
Lets assume that satellites will be set-up to provide a "Vegas Package", even without a spending money element, you would need around $1500 to cover flight and a [cheapish] hotel, add the buy-in and you have a total of around $1650.
What price do you set the satellites at? Bearing in mind that satelliutes for the Euro games last season were very poorly supported, beacause of the high expenses to buy-in ratio, you might need a satellite buy-in that is as much as or more than the target tournament buy-in.
Now, of course if 888poker could be persuaded to guarantee a package, for each satellite, I would think something like a $20 re-buy might get sufficient support.
Just thinkin" aloud.