In poker - uniquely amongst the Events you compare it with - the PLAYERS put up the Prize Pool. (Although in this, rare, instance, the Sponsors, Paddy Power, put up €50,000).
Well no. In snooker the players have to pay an entry fee and if they do not have a sponsor for the tourney then there is no added cash up for grabs. Witness the recent Malta Open where the money was really bad by their standards.
And those who punt on it? Sorry, that's caveat emptor.
None of the Punters money finds it's way to the players via a Levy, so why should the players be bothered one iota about what happens to punters. It ain't their problem.
I never inferred that it was the players that should be concerned. It is the bookmakers who should be made aware of what is happening in order to give
their customers a fair deal.
In order for poker to eventually get into a more added money and sponsorship situation, the players have to make the finals as gripping as possible. Otherwise it will disappear like 8 ball pool did (pretty much anyway).
I dunno Tikay, perhaps you don't really want to see the game evolve?...or maybe it's just late.
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The snooker players do not put up all the Prize Money, they simply pay an entry fee, as golfers do. As you know.
I am sorry if I misread (a habit of mine) the "punting" point. But I have to say, I aint overly worried about bookies getting caught out - generally speaking, they can look after themelves! I'd never imagine a situation where I felt I could/should not deal because it means a bookie, who I have no knowledge of or care about, may lose a few bob. That's a matter between him & his Client, nowt to do with me.
If Deals are so terrible, why do players do them? Because they WANT to! It's a mystery to me why that should bother anyone except those involved in the deal. And they must all want to deal, because they are not forced to deal.
Poker is a players game, & the spectators, unless they start to pay to watch it - either directly, or via the TV companies actually putting some money in - have no rights whatsoever.
But the knife (or is it an Axe, or even an Axxe?) really goes in deep when you say I don't want poker to evolve. There are a multitude of more important matters to resolve than players doing deals. You are entitled to your view, & I to mine, but it's s bit sad when I get accused of not wanting poker to evolve. C'est le via, as someone said to me only this evening....
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