Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkpoker10
I don’t see the point of complaining about 600bbs to start. You can always late reg if you find early stages boring. I mean i can see how you would maybe wanna start with less bbs and have more levels but I feel the structures tstone throw out are solid for the mtt buy in.
Why are people bitching about lack of 500 buy ins. It’s upstate ny. The demand to play those mtts really isn’t there. Go to Atlantic City, part, etc if you wanna play those price point mtts. I’m just happy turning stone has a solid guarantee mtt that draws monthly with a solid structure.
I think you guys have to realize what upstate ny is. Not to be negative but it’s not some place dominating economically. Businesses have to offer what is valued by their main clientele.
Thank you JK, its good to see there are those out there who get it. We base our business on what are guests are looking/asking for. That doesn't mean we won't do larger buy ins again in the future, its just that at this point in time, there is not a huge demand or request for higher price point tournaments other than from a few of our friends here on 2+2 .
Just look at some other properties in THIS area that started out holding lower price point events. Once they held a higher price point tournament than their norm, attendance dropped off dramatically from their lower price point events. We saw the same thing here at Turning Stone.
Forum Posters (especially like those who have not played here in over 2 years) can bring up other venues and events for comparison all they want but it is not an apples to apples comparison. It's a different time, a different market and a different environment from a competitive standpoint. Check the proximity of major cities to mentioned venues compared to Central NY.... Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Rochester, Cleveland and a population of about 6 million folks in the Toronto area alone all have less travel time to other mentioned venues. Yes, it is 2018, and there are now 6 poker rooms and 6 tournament venues in this area compared to 2 poker rooms/tournament venues just 14 months ago. Guests have learned very quickly the less time they have to travel to play the more convenient for them. They have also realized that there are now more frequent and sometimes overlapping Tournament choices available and proximity plays a major role in determining those choices as well.
All that said, I'll take a moment to reinforce and clarify this point one more/last time. There are no underlying conspiracies, no trying to make the poker room cash only and no devaluing our tournament guests or play(we hold more tournament events on a yearly basis than anyone in the area). At this point in time, the majority of our guests ask for and prefer the events that we hold. As time passes, we will address and revisit any new demands and/or preferences that the majority of our guests prefer to see here at our property and in our poker room. That will always be our #1 priority!
JK, thanks again for bringing this up and for your reinforcing words of explanation and opinion, stop by and say hello next time in!!!.....Frankie!
Last edited by Frankie518; 04-21-2018 at 05:29 PM.