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Originally Posted by Yanksman2009
So i was going to send a message to the KC rep on here to talk about this issue I have without making a big deal about it, but seeing how he has not posted here in quite a long time. I will post it here.
So at the table tonight talk started to come up about the badbeat jackpot,and someone mentions how its barely going up. Many of us just assume its because of the high hand promo going on all the time now, which is fine. But then the dealer starts telling us that a good amount of the bad beat drop is going towards the tournaments as well, I have a problem with this.
She says that a good amount of the money that is collected from the $2 jackpot drop from each hand is going towards offsetting tournament overlays as well as the freeroll tournaments. This should be a serious concern for cash players.
Now i do not know the exact figures of the overlays for the tournaments that the jackpot would be covering, so I wont even begin to make assumptions about the numbers. But the player of the month promos, add up to some serious money being taken away from the cash players promotions.
Top 5 players get 8k in cash, and then there is the 25k freeroll tournament. Adding up to 33k essentially taken out of the pockets of the cash players who are the life blood of the poker room.
I may be making a big deal out of this, I know. But with the tournament players not contributing at all to the "promo money", the cash players are subsidizing all of the tournament promotions. And who knows what else that "bad beat jackpot" drop is being used for...
I think if they tournament players want promotions, they need to up the fees for the tournaments, because as someone who players 99% cash. I do not want my 2$ from every hand going to tournament players who put nothing in. Especially when PBKC has zero rewards program for poker. How about putting the money towards that. At least then everyone gets a reward.
I would love an explanation from someone in charge
1. Promotional money is not used to cover tournament guarantee overlays.
2. Tournament players contribute to the promotional fund with every tournament ticket they buy.
Hope that helps.