So my idea for what its worth is this.
If you play in a National event the only way you can play in the next one is by qualifying, either live or online. So you"ve still got a chance, through ability, to play in every event but it means that National places will be shared out amongst the membership.
Just an idea, what do you think.
I think that there should always be room at Nationals/World events for those who wish to buy-in direct. (You know the ones,
like me, who can afford it but just donk off at the tables...you WANT me there...I"m dead money!
)
However, the number of seats available for direct buy-in is
already limited to a great extent.
If the Regionals had been full, there were, I think 100 (50%) seats going...that"s further reduced by online sats (another 30+ or so [15%]) leaving about 60/70 (35% let"s say) available.
2/3 could have got there on "talent". Of course, that didn"t happen in Leg 1 but I think that will be the norm for the later stages of Season 2.
That seems a reasonable ratio to me.
The real answer...bigger cardrooms...DTD can hold 450+ and the market is, IMHO, there to keep it (and others) in business. Of course, (again IMHO) the casino groups don"t want bigger cardrooms as it would appear they believe that it takes trade away from their core business, table games.
