Online Poker Tourney Using DD Tournament Poker 2.0
Hi all,
I want to do a large online tourney using this new program I got. I can create a tourney with up to 5000 players and any style of play. I was thinking $10-25 buy-in with the possibility of higher stakes down the road. This is an awesome program and it would allow regulars to play. I would like to start a league eventually and send some guys to the WSOP and other events. Need feedback. Thanks.
I want to do a large online tourney using this new program I got. I can create a tourney with up to 5000 players and any style of play. I was thinking $10-25 buy-in with the possibility of higher stakes down the road. This is an awesome program and it would allow regulars to play. I would like to start a league eventually and send some guys to the WSOP and other events. Need feedback. Thanks.
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I'll be at BBC's fireplace Sunday at 7pm sharp, thanks again!!!
The software looks interesting. It can be purchased from amazon.ca for 19.99. According to the maker's website, each user has to have their own copy of the software with a unique activation code. Or do you have a cracked version? So we should trust a thief more?
A league is a great idea. Start off very small (i.e. low or no buy-in) and build up some momentum.
This would have been a great idea for CNPL. Whatever happened?
Some of the benefits you mention are driven by rake. So you're paying for them.
If the guy could get this going, the player base would be there. To me, this sounds a lot like what CNPL was supposed to be. It just never got the player base. For lots of reasons. It would be great to run satellites without the 10% overhead.
That's funny. Sounds like something Nixon (or Black) might have said. From their website:
I like your idea in principal. This provides a way for people who love tourneys to avoid the rake. I haven't really seen how you address the money in/out scenarios. How are people getting money to you? How are you paying the winners? My recommendation would be to start off with no $$$ to avoid these issues. Then you are faced with what motivation have to play their A game. I guess mainly for bragging rights on this forum. Not sure if that would be enough. It would be a great tool for new tourny players to learn in a low risk environment. You might be able to convince one of the admins here to set up a separate forum in the home games section. Once you get enough people involved, you could probably convince some of them to trust you with some $$$. (Stars is a good way to transfer $$$ around but I'm not sure how frequently you could do this before they'd get suspicious.)
Best of luck.
p.s. I have Poker Academy Pro as well. If you ever want to set up a tourney with that, I'd be willing to give that a shot to see how it works.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I get it. There would be no rake except, of course, for the small rake!!! You, sir, are a genius!!! BACK TO THE FIREPLACE I A GO!!!
All of these services have associated fees for transferring money around, which is usually absorbed by the on-line site. While the "rake" or "service fee" or "point leader tourney" amounts may be smaller than at normal on-line sites, I can't see how I can transfer you $5 and there would be $5 in the prize pool. Could you please provide some details of how you would handle these fees, since I assume it won't be out of pocket, and confirm whether $5 payment = $5 prize-pool?
Yes, you have made so many insightful posts on our forum, thanks again.
You are charging no rake except for the rake and you are trying to make a nice local game over the internet. Oh yeah, you are just an entrepreneur who is not trying to make any money. You are both an oxymoron and a moron.
Myself, I have a real job and play poker part-time. I have no need to scam people or make contradicting statements whilst trying to continually push a take of 20% rake ($5+1) off ot a game of which noone has expressed any interest and of which, infact, everyone has expressed ZERO interest.
Back to rolling fags in the village for you.
Please tell how that is not a rake.
+1..wait you're right how could we possibly think there was a rake.
Have you ever played on-line? There are a lot of goofs that do that regardless.
Think about what you are asking. Transferring money, no matter what amount, to someone I don't know and have no idea where they even are. Not too mention what the integrity of the tournament would be.
Lastly, I find it hard to trust someone who quickly turns to name calling when someone makes some vaild points about their idea.
Drop the idea, I am pretty sure I speal for most of the forum when I say that your idea won't fly here.
It also goes back to only certain players, most likely the people that play the most, like for example, say.uh the guy running the tournaments.
And any + to any tournament is a rake in terms of the law. He would sit on this money in some form or another for long periods of time.
With the 'league' concept, most players commit to playing on a regular basis. From that you cannot assume the guy running the tourney is necessarily the points leader at the end of the season. In fact, this guy has to do a hell of a lot of work to organize things and this is really a labour of love.
These leagues with season ending prizes all collect some money as things go along. I don't think they care if they are somewhat outside of the law.
Like I said before, I think this guy's biggest challenge here is he has not established any credibility so the naysayers are happily piling on. Too bad since I'd really like to see something along these lines get going. CNPL was an interesting idea but it never really got going.
If there is a "+1", is it strictly for an "end-of-season" prize, or are there other fees to take care of (like the Neteller charges I mentioned, for example). Maybe the fees are minuscule (like $0.50 on $100) and players will happily pay since it's lower than anything else around. The problem is that the organizer has not CLEARLY detailed how this would work. Further, his comments have indicated that he isn't fully aware of all of these issues, and has not done the required up-front research in order to be a competent host.
As a constructive suggestion, figure out the details of how this would work and post them - than we can make an honest evaluation. Posting a "pie-in-the-sky" idea with no plan is only going to generate a lot of "what about" questions, not interest.
Guys, stop being so wishy-washy, it's a half-baked idea from someone with zero credibility. Zing away!
SpankMyA$$: Post here for a year or two and then attempt to steal our money, you may have a better shot at it.
In a slightly off-topic response, I feel a bit strange in that BBC and I have been agreeing in almost every thread in the past couple of days, I almost like the little bitch
Your concept sounds well thought out and concrete is every aspect.
Can someone ban this fool already?
/g2
Well, this certainly sounds like someone whom I'd like to give money to for his game with his...ahem...uncheatable software.
Kid, your mom is calling, she needs the computer now.
I think we settled on BBC's place, date and time pending
Youre not going to get anyone to agree to this by trying ot preach the benefits of your software over the 'cheat-ridden' big boys.
No one here knows who you are. You have like 8 posts. Youre asking people to essentially give you their money, and hope that if they win it will eventually be given back to them.
Basically, what you are offering is nothing more than a guy walking up to you on the street and saying "hey buddy, can I hold some of your money and give it back to you at a later date?"
People have no reason to trust you with their money, and with good reason since:
1) You are unwilling to hold a freeroll to get people using the software and help establish yourself.
2) You are unwilling to hold the tournament as a private tourney on Poker Stars, which is apparently a cheat-infested hut in the Caribbean. (p.s., as far as anyone here is concerned, you may very well be posting from a hut in the caribbean)
Honestly man, if you actually ARE legitemate, and you actually want to get a league started with real money tourneys, then the way youre going about it is ridiculous.
Youre asking people to trust their money to a complete stranger with internet annonymity and the ability to disappear at any time. But hey, if you think that sounds legit, then I wouldnt be surprised if you were doing all this to try and raise money to buy one of those bargain patches of land in Florida.
You need to seriously rethink your whole concept here
Im doing the same thing. It's a $25 entry with a small tourney fee ($10). I have TONS of people allready signed up (me, buddy, my other account, allaces). Payout: 1st 10%, 2nd 7%, 3rd you pay an extra 5% of total prize pool. PM me and I will take your moola......I mean sign you up.