Never played any of the live regionals in season 2 but it certainly seems like a good idea in theory.
Dont want to search through the site but was there "regional captains"? Seems to me that if you have someone willing to put time into it then there is no reason why this couldnt be a success.
PS NO I am NOT volenteering :-)
Suz,
There wasn"t "regional captains" as such because it wasn"t a team structure. We had a regional management team that looked after these events, but there was a serious inconsistency about the games being offered by each location and added to the fact that ranking points were available for top 9, irrelevant of whether 4 turned up or 80 showed (They were capped at 80).
It"s a tough balance, they were £20 Freezeouts with a decent structure. Top 10% got seats to next national with the remaining money being distributed to top 10% also. Some had buffets, some didn"t. Some started on time, a lot didn"t, some card rooms supported them, other pretended they weren"t happening.
I attended the Brighton regional for that season. The first leg we had about 25 show up and I spent time talking to the casino staff, makign sure they were aware of what we were about and that this was achieved without any advertsing or real promotion, so for the following leg, the casino manager laid on 4 dealers and extra staff based on it was going to grow. Leg 2, we had 18 turn up and numbers never improved.
The idea is great, and lots of players would love to see them return. It just needs to be done in a way that makes it accessible to all and with a consistent and fair level of service for all. If everyone had a DTD on their doorstep, then it would be great.
Every time we get together to discuss plans, the "Regionals" is always high up the agenda.
