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Originally Posted by Schmendr1ck
To get a little nitty (since it's my job around here):
According to your website, you collect $1 per player per tournament. It looks like some of that is used for "league expenses" and some goes back to the players via freeroll and POY prize. Can you clarify this a bit?
Yes it's only a buck, and nowhere close to the pot-raping that goes on in most NYC club games. But people like to know how these things work before they play in a game, so it's to your benefit to explain it upfront. Thanks.
Sure no problem. The league takes $1 from every player who plays in a league tournament. The quarterly freerolls are funded by these dollars. The league takes out money for the web hosting site and $25 a quarter for the player of the year who gets $100 for having the highest average average per game (minimum of 50 games per year to qualify). The Player of the Year also gets a 1 ounce silver coin to celebrate the Achievement (subject to market price of silver). The quarterly freeroll prize pool usually is around $700 after the above expenses. Lastly, the player who has the highest average per quarter get back their $1 donation as a side prize. So if you are the top player for this quarter and you played 12 games, you will get back the $12 (the amount you contributed to the league in fees).
After 3 months or each quarter the top 8 players are entered into the quarterly freeroll. The other two spots to the freeroll will be determined in a satellite from those who play at least 10 games in a quarter (or 3 months). The satellite is free for those who play a minimum of 10 games a quarter.
Hope this explains it more clearly.