ive voted no
the money will come poonz - i dont want members to think that im concerned about the site not making money - it will in time.
It will in time - just now it isnt. However, some members are just not realistic - i mean a day after 2 $50 freerolls and an announcement of a $500 tournament ive since read several other threads about more tournaments and other freerolls we should set up.
back to the original question, its a good idea but considering we couldnt get a 10+1 tourney sorted last week id say we arent ready for this. Plus i dont think this is the best way to contribute to the site anyways - the site would make way more with people signing up via sponsors etc
but this will happen in time with more members and in particular more members who actually play for real money. Now im not keen on giving out stats in general with regards to site revenue etc but what i said a long time ago was that any money made via the pokerstars affiliation will go directly to more freerolls there. And even though a lot of new members have come from there weve still managed to get pokerstars 42 new members - eg 42 sign ups. However not one has made a deposit which means we havent made a penny as yet.
i dont members to think we need to start using ideas like this for us to survive - infact, i really dont like talking about this kind of thing on the open forum im in honest - but some members continue to request freeroll after freeroll, and some of these guys eventually dont even turn up.
For example last weekend we had 3 $100 tournaments in a row and a $50 freeroll on the monday not to mention the freeroll at jetset for $150. So after spending $500 on freerolls i had the pleasure to read about 50 posts through the site which went something like
'hey fonz - im off at work today. could you make a $50 freeroll at 2.30pm today'
or
'couldnt make last nights tournament - could you make one tonight about 6.30, i dont get in from work til 6'
The majority of these posts were in the middle of totally unrelated topics
Im not moaning about the site not making money yet - this doesnt bother me in the slightest and the site will make money in the long run with site sponsors etc and i cannot stress enough how much i appreciate you guys even thinking of this in the first place - it shows how much you want to be a part of this communtity
All i want is for some members to realise that requesting tournaments isnt gonna make me set them up (look at
http://www.texasholdemforums.com/tournaments/index.php, members should realise that im gonna do my best to give back to members) - as im doing everything i can to make this site a success - ie. i dont just come on here and post
none of this was directed at you poonz - ive just been swamped this week and have had the pleasure of being hounded with all these requests for freerolls
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....so in conclusion if people want to support the site all they need to do is sign up...and eventually deposit
Also - one thing i forgot to say. The $50 noble poker freeroll on saturday was fully funded by noble poker - betty from NP has agreed to do another one
. I was very impressed with noble poker actually, good software etc, but theres no getting round the fact they aint a major player like party of pokerstars. Not that this is a bad thing.
What i mean is that if we can arrange tournaments through smaller poker companies -they might agree to host tournaments for us, so im gonna contact as many companies like this as i can to get this sorted. And any money from the site can be retained for larger tournaments at pokerstars.
(thank you...think the ink in my pen is ready to run out now....
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