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Originally Posted by ythelongface
They, gave away quite a few seats too, around 320 or so seats I think? I would definitely take the over on 600 entries. Can't miss.
? Where is that 320 number coming from?
They didn't start giving away seats until like the 17th or something for the high card. Aug 17th - Sept 3rd = 18 days x 6 drawings = 108
Then there are 8 tournaments per week plus one Saturday per month. August tournaments = 36 giveaways (assuming they were all won by different people, which is unlikely).
108 + 36 = 144 free seats.
500k guarantee means they need 371 entrants to break the guarantee (500,000/ 1350).
Last year had 485 so they should definitely hit the guarantee, but there's not 300+ seats free rolling. Even if they don't hit the guarantee though, the difference comes out of the promotion pot, so it's no skin off horseshoes nose. If you then remember that the 144 guaranteed seats also include $150 rake going straight from the promo fund to the rake, you can see how it allows them to set such high guarantees and still be profitable.