Why aren't there online qualifiers for non-main-event WSOP?

[slickpoppa]

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I think stars is missing the ball on this one. They should let people use their extra W$ towards the smaller events on the condition that the person wears the pokerstars gear.

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If I'm not mistaken, last year, they wouldn't allow logos on clothing for the final table. If that rule applies to non-main events also, then your idea wouldn't work.

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Okay, but if a Stars player wins a bracelet they could still use them in advertisements.

[Jax_Grinder]

There are about 20 tournaments a day on party poker to qualify for these events. i.e., most 20/30/50/100 MTT pay more than enough in the top 3-5 spots to pay for a $1500 buy in and travel. Granted, you have to beat a much larger field, but a $1500-$3000 buy-in should not be too hard to scrape up if you are playing quality poker (Thus, also why they don't have any sub-event qualifiers at the WSOP itself - apart from side games [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ). On the other hand, not too many of these events pay enough even to the top spots to qualify for a 10K buy-in, thus they have satellites.

My $.02 anyway...

[slickpoppa]

Yeah, but WSOP satellites attract A LOT more dead money than regular tournamnets of the same size.

[Jax_Grinder]

Point taken. But that inures to the benefit of the player rather than the benefit of the casino/website, leaving them with a limited expectation that siphoning players off their regular tourneys (and lowering payouts) is a +ev move.

[sdplayerb]

i am betting they would.
if i get into the main event via pstars, i will ask them to let me do that.