What was the buy in for this tourney and how many runners
Just out of interest
I actually can't remember the buy-in. I think $3,000 maybe? There were 6 heats of 6, so 36 runners + a celebrity qualification heat thing with another 6 runners.
Was it open to all? Or were people "selected" to buy in?
As for Women only comps, I personally do not like them - it is 100% discrimination.
But if it gets more women involved in poker that wouldn't of entered a "normal" poker tournament then it is a good thing for poker IMO
They had a list of favourites that they wanted to play - e.g. Liz Lui,
Lucy Rokach, Jennifer Tilly, etc. But aside from that anyone who stumped up the money was allowed to play. The earlier rounds were pretty donkish, so regardless on what you think of these kind of tourneys if you're a good woman poker player entering represents massive value.
I also liked the fact that each level was 21 hands in this structure, rather than a set time of 30 mins or so. It was much-less crapshooty than any other Matchroom tourney I'd seen before this one.
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