Deductions from Tournament Prize Pools - are they acceptable to you?

[tikay]

I was at G-Luton last night, & asked if I could speak to Nina or Carmel to chat about this, but they are both on holiday. They said they will pass on my request to them both, & I expect to meet them next week to discuss this thread with them.

I am confident they will take the comments in this thread on board. With 97% voting against, it's clearly hit the wrong note.

I remain wholly supportive of Grosvenor, & G-Luton, which is far & away the jewel in the Grosvenor Crown.

[TightEnd]

fyi all the relevant threads on blonde were sent to Carmel/casino yesterday..so you should have a headstart of them being aware of them

[The Nomad]

By in 100  deduction 20  rebuy 100 deduction20 you do not know how lucky you are..........

[tikay]

I spoke to Carmel at Luton earlier this week, & the negative feedback has been taken on Board, & they will NOT be repeating this exercise once the current Promotions ends.

Well played them, for listening.

So, if it happens at your Local Venue, & you don't like it, speak to them, they are usually happy to listen & make changes if they've missed the target. It was, after all, well-intended. But Prize Pools belong to the Players, & Casinos musrt be reminded of this now & then. There is no negotiation on this. IMO, of course.

[tikay]

By in 100  deduction 20  rebuy 100 deduction20 you do not know how lucky you are..........

Can you expand on that, please?

[portfolio]

played a £10 rebuy at brighton grosvenor in the summer        total entry cost  =    £18    inc  £3 session fee   and £5  bounty       both compulsory     and   5%  withheld from £10       also compulsory.

no %5  withheld from greedy session fee, mind you.

sickening

[M3boy]

Worst comp I played was the $1000 buy in at The Belagio last year.

They took a huge %age from the prizepool ONTOP of a 10% reg fee.

[tikay]

played a £10 rebuy at brighton grosvenor in the summer        total entry cost  =    £18    inc  £3 session fee   and £5  bounty       both compulsory     and   5%  withheld from £10       also compulsory.

no %5  withheld from greedy session fee, mind you.

sickening

Well I'm sure if you make reasoned & polite representations to Management, as was done at Luton, they will listen to your views. They HAVE to. Deductions from Tournament Prize Pools must never be allowed to gain credence.

We, as poker players, need to walk the walk, not just moan & do nothing. We have the power & ability to influence the Venues & help bring about change. APAT are working away at it, going very nicely too, but not everyone supports APAT or it's methodology. Well everyone has the ability to do something about issues that affect our game, & if they don't, then they can't really complain..

[tikay]

Worst comp I played was the $1000 buy in at The Belagio last year.

They took a huge %age from the prizepool ONTOP of a 10% reg fee.

That is the norm in the US of A.

Which is EXACTLY why everyone should join the fight to ensure Tourney Prize pools in the UK remain sacrosant. Luton have come in line, & easily. so there is no reason why others should not be lobbied along the same lines.

[ACE2M]

experienced this at walsall the other night. I play there infrequently and was not informed of the deduction beforehand.

£200 was taken from the pool and it seemed to upset everyone and apparently they take like £100 off the afternoon comps which have small prize pools, but at least the players are more likely to get a pop at winning some it as the points are easier to win.

All the bigger players said they will be going to play at dtd when it opens and i'm sure they won't be doing it