I know of a much smaller forum where they did a 10 person league. It was done over the course of 4 weeks, with a small weekly buy in ($5 or $10) to keep it interesting on the night.
Everyone involved had transferred the full amount required (for the seat plus expense) prior to the start of the league, so no worries about anyone backing out.
The thought was this - Everyone can have a bad night, so sending someone based on one luckbox tourney to the WSOP was a bit silly, but to give it to the person with the most points over the course of a few weeks showed consistency in that person and a better chance overall of actually cashing in the WSOP event.
Meanwhile, the other 9 had a small percentage share in that person at the WSOP event, which kept them interested right to the end.
They had so much interest, they had to run 2 or 3 leagues and have done so for the past few years.
Blonde is a much larger forum with a bigger player base. I can't see how it wouldn't work. And as Trace said, there's a draw to WSOP that won't be there for smaller local live events.
I love this idea, obviously its a big ask to get a wsop seats worth of entries out of it but I think it would be a winner if there was enough interest. Put me down for this
I like it ... if 10 people want to stump up a 10th of a buy in for the $1500 or $1k event + exes in advance ... its an easy option.
I'd be up for this
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