Party Snowball @ RTR

[1p0kerb0y]

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However, I am just not interested in playing a ton on party just for a freeroll tournament

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then you get a $12k package to the major tournament of your choice

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Do you see how these statements are sort of close to contradicting each other?

I understand the difference, because the latter is more like a vacation WITH a tournament (and live at that). However, the rewards are close to being the same: a poker tournament valued at how much MGR you contributed.

Edit: and yes, the juice definitely needs to be lowered.

[MicroBob]

i'm not interested in playing in an online-tourney at the beginning of the next month.

what if i'm not available at that time? sundays aren't very good for me through much of the year yet this is when many of the big online-tourneys would be held because it's the best day for other people.

if i can't make the online-tourney then i get zero value there.


You are correct that the major difference is the fact that it's a tourney AND a vacation.
I am attracted to the big, live tourneys and would like to play in 2 or 3 per year (WSOP, Europe, Bahamas or Party Cruise, etc).
If an affiliate sets it up so that this is a realistic possibility just through high-volume play then I will strongly consider going there.



The others are correct in their observations regarding the unfairness of the structure.
If I played a lot there then I am essentially paying more to enter the tourney than some of my opponents.
There is virtually no incentive for a high-volume 20/40 player to play more hands there than the very minimum.


I do hope Jessica re-thinks this idea and comes up with something better.
That's up to her though of course. If she doesn't then I, as a customer, will seek out the plan that suits me best.



To the person that gave the idea of getting X number of $100 tourneys per X amount of MGR contributed.
That's a better idea than how it is currently set up...but this still wouldn't attract me as I just wouldn't be interested in trying to get into tourney after tourney just to try to get my own MGR back (at least, that's how I would look at it).

[Jessica1]

Hi MicroBob

Valuable points and thanks for the input.

Of course whilst we are figuring out the exact science on this project the scheme is still a valuable benefit to the big volume player who wants to play on Party as follows:

If you are a high volume player and want to sign up at Party without an affiliate you can do so and then you can contact VIP services at Party who will offer you vairous incentives as found in other threads.

If the same high roller signs up to Party through The Snowball Scheme they will still get the same incentives from VIP services but they will also be entered in to the various tournaments that the scheme offers.
Initially a $4,000 tournament or even more might not be attractive to a high volume player...afterall they can make a lot more playing ring games in two hours than the potential $1500 first prize. However as time goes on and the prizes become a mixture of cash and live tournament packages, the value dramatically increases and all this time they have still been rewarded by VIP services.

Hope that stacks up.

yours

Jess
RTR