stars or tilt need to sponsor this badly, always wanted to go, no sats tho
The tournament pretty much sells out every year without an affiliation and I think the fact its a stand alone tournament is one of the reasons its such good value.
Very few Stars or FT Pros make the journey (altho obv some of them are value too).
Traditionally lots of Germans, Austrians and Dutch who only play 2 tournaments a year (this one and the big 7 card tournament in Baden) show up for this and there are huge numbers of players you will not recognise playing a 6k event.
I know John Duthie tried really hard to get this onto the EPT but they said no, Holland Casino is governemnt owned so taking the Stars sponsorship money is not an issue.
All in all, with the added money they usually give (don't know if that's going to happen this year), very generous comps and all the terribad players it really is the best tournament in Europe of the year.
Stick up a staking thread Rick, it really is worth going,