Rob Yong's Blog V3 "WSOP 2010 & Life After DTD Opened"

[typhoon13]

Rob

Whatever you decide to do, it will generate an enormous amount of interest, you can sense the excitement in the punters allready.

[mondatoo]

Having it at the same time as a 300 if possible would be incred.

[ScottMGee]

I like the idea on online SNG steps, e.g.

Step 1) $1.50 10 Man SNG wins seat at step 2
Step 2) $15 10 Man SNG wins seat at step 3
Step 3) $150 10 Man SNG wins seat at step 4
Step 4) $1,500 10 Man SNG wins $15,000 vegas package

Players can buy in at any Step.

Surely these could run permamently on DTD online until sufficient seats won.

[outragous76]

just reading Robs Diary of WSOP 2005 - and I quote

"Poker is going to be massive in the UK in 3 years time, without a doubt"

[Redbull]

Rob's 1st WSOP diary was a quality read. This one's going to be immense!

Now I just have to make sure I get in the DTD crew... ....Then bink the Main Event...

[Royal Flush]

Rob, I suggest you take legal advice before you schedule any live sats for the WSOP, because as far as I am aware it is illegal due to the USA not being a white listed territory. We would have liked to run them at Grosvenor, but cannot because of this.

boooooooooooooooooo! 

No doubt very valid input Jon

but surely you could dress this up as a £15k VIP vegas pasckage with $10k worth of poker buyins to be chosen by operator? It just so happens they buy you into the WSOP main?

Nah Jon is bangon we had this same problem in the Rendezvous as its owned my Harrah's we had some WSOP promos and sats, in the end they realised the massive cockup and paid out $10k cash prizes.

[kinboshi]

Rob, I suggest you take legal advice before you schedule any live sats for the WSOP, because as far as I am aware it is illegal due to the USA not being a white listed territory. We would have liked to run them at Grosvenor, but cannot because of this.

boooooooooooooooooo! 

No doubt very valid input Jon

but surely you could dress this up as a £15k VIP vegas pasckage with $10k worth of poker buyins to be chosen by operator? It just so happens they buy you into the WSOP main?

Nah Jon is bangon we had this same problem in the Rendezvous as its owned my Harrah's we had some WSOP promos and sats, in the end they realised the massive cockup and paid out $10k cash prizes.

So if the prize is say $15,000, the only problem is advertising that the prize is only for the WSOP ME and forcing the winner to enter the ME with the winnings? 

That would be simple enough for Rob.  Anyone who wins the prize and doesn't use it to go to the WSOP with Rob and the others doesn't get into DTD again...

[Royal Flush]

Rob, I suggest you take legal advice before you schedule any live sats for the WSOP, because as far as I am aware it is illegal due to the USA not being a white listed territory. We would have liked to run them at Grosvenor, but cannot because of this.

boooooooooooooooooo! 

No doubt very valid input Jon

but surely you could dress this up as a £15k VIP vegas pasckage with $10k worth of poker buyins to be chosen by operator? It just so happens they buy you into the WSOP main?

Nah Jon is bangon we had this same problem in the Rendezvous as its owned my Harrah's we had some WSOP promos and sats, in the end they realised the massive cockup and paid out $10k cash prizes.

So if the prize is say $15,000, the only problem is advertising that the prize is only for the WSOP ME and forcing the winner to enter the ME with the winnings? 

That would be simple enough for Rob.  Anyone who wins the prize and doesn't use it to go to the WSOP with Rob and the others doesn't get into DTD again...

Yeah thats sounds like a good position for a business to take. I guess the way to do it would be make it a 'holiday' so most of the package is prepaid flights and the hotel room, then give them 10k cash when they get there but again nothing saying people have to play the WSOP ME.

[outragous76]

At least that wasn't what I suggested

[Royal Flush]

At least that wasn't what I suggested

You can't call it $10k of poker buyins, it can't be a buyin to a game in the USA/

[kinboshi]

Rob, I suggest you take legal advice before you schedule any live sats for the WSOP, because as far as I am aware it is illegal due to the USA not being a white listed territory. We would have liked to run them at Grosvenor, but cannot because of this.

boooooooooooooooooo! 

No doubt very valid input Jon

but surely you could dress this up as a £15k VIP vegas pasckage with $10k worth of poker buyins to be chosen by operator? It just so happens they buy you into the WSOP main?

Nah Jon is bangon we had this same problem in the Rendezvous as its owned my Harrah's we had some WSOP promos and sats, in the end they realised the massive cockup and paid out $10k cash prizes.

So if the prize is say $15,000, the only problem is advertising that the prize is only for the WSOP ME and forcing the winner to enter the ME with the winnings? 

That would be simple enough for Rob.  Anyone who wins the prize and doesn't use it to go to the WSOP with Rob and the others doesn't get into DTD again...

Yeah thats sounds like a good position for a business to take. I guess the way to do it would be make it a 'holiday' so most of the package is prepaid flights and the hotel room, then give them 10k cash when they get there but again nothing saying people have to play the WSOP ME.

I'm not saying that's how it's advertised, obviously.  I'm suggesting that the prize is an all-expenses paid trip to Vegas in July.  I also agree that a winner of the package can't be compelled (contractually) to enter the WSOP.

[outragous76]

Oh right, wow! There must be some clever way of wording it

"10k of spending money"

I guess you are then in the realms of trust

Sigh

[paulhouk03]

how about a sponsorship package?

win a chance to become dtd sponsored pro for 2 weeks during the wsop

[pokerfan]

how about a sponsorship package?

win a chance to become dtd sponsored pro for 2 weeks during the wsop

Pretty much what Sky are doing innit

[CHIPPYMAN]

hi rob, just wonder if the guy u mentioned in the club was meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?

goog luck 2 whatever u do anyway.

will alway support u my chinese mate.