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Originally Posted by DrChesspain
Agree with the other that this "points for attendance" seems like a bad way to try to insure that each monthly game has enough players.
We have a league that uses a points for attendance system to ensure enough players in our monthly tournaments. However your points are used to generate a number of starting chips for a season-ending final tournament. If someone doesn’t reach the starting stack cap through attendance, then they can cap-off at a higher price.
It’s completely voluntary that any participant pays the league price alongside any regular-season buy-in, but if they don’t pay, they receive no attendance or performance points for that event.
We also tie being a league member to when you receive an invite to our game. League members get an extra 24 hour advance notice/RSVP period. That was huge for us filling up the league. Now we regularly have more interest than seats available for our tournaments. (Of course, I am still always recruiting, nonetheless, as your poker group will naturally atrophy over time).