Re: Aussie Millions Online Sats
Tim,
Don't get all personal mate - I have the utmost respect for you - and what you do for poker in this country, and alot of your efforts go unnoticed, and I have always felt that you do not get the recognition you deserve. In response to you....
(I am too dumb to the quote thing so work with me here)
1. - Along with the FTP pros, there were obviously a number of Internet Qualifiers who qualified on FTP. Some will be replaced by this years satellite winners, however there were sats on the other sites last year also, so we could expect a significant drop in online qualifiers. My estimate was 100 non pro FTP qualifiers.
2. - It seems like a joke on numbers - meaning that I would expect a considerable drop from the 780 we had in 2008. Some have set the over/under line at 500. In all walks of life, people like to improve on previous years, and it is widely thought that this years numbers will drop from last year. I dont feel we will gain all the numbers we lose from FTP.
3. - FTP, Stars - who would I choose - fair point, however iPoker is not running any as yet, only 888 and Ongame (as far as I know) - the lucrative US market is being left out. My point was more to the case why did we let FTP pull out. On hearsay, and I do not know the full story, but I have been told that Crown gave FTP the flick? - I doubt this is true - but as I said, this is what I have heard and read on this very message board.
4. - Not Jonno's fault at all - and I did specify that. Its just that 888 do not get the numbers to run the qualifiers on a consistent basis. The fact that their software gives alot of people issues is a well known fact. My only reference to Jonno was that he could look at who was marketing the AM as a significant drop in numbers would be a perceived failure on Crown's part.
5. - Not everyone has the time to spend day in/day out at Crown. All I am saying is that if anything there should be more choice...not much less choice.
It is Thursday afternnon - there is a $500 qualifier on 888 on Sunday morning, and nobody has registered as yet, which tells me that that the 4+ direct feeders into Sunday's event every day, have ALL been cancelled as they can't get 4 runners.....
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