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Originally Posted by 888Rep
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The first Madrid Qualifier in .COM will be on December 15th .
In ES it starts today
Hi,
Thank you for your response.
It does seem a little late, to announce the event on the .com website and then put it up 4 weeks later - 4 weeks before the event starts! This makes it much more expensive to book flights and hotels (and arrange time off work for some) at the last moment. I guess dissuading the non .es players entering!. This increases the chances of a .es player winning the event, which understandably is probably the goal of Laroush events for marketing. But is this also in the best interests of the .com domain? I have played in many 888poker (live) events since its inception and I'm happy to try to support the series but its also important to look at this from the players perspective. The live event lead in times for GG, Stars, WPT, Party and Unibet are all much much longer.
Is this a CNP/Laroush run event? If so why not open up some of the national series events, maybe the finals to the .com players? Would they allow you to do this?
I can understand why you would prioritise to locals on a national series, but on the 888 live.com series (which is suppose to be for the ROW to enter) is strange! Spain (888.es) already has exclusive rights to the multiple Spanish poker series, and now they have priority on the .com events too.
Looking at the live event eco system today I do understand how the closed markets has made things much more difficult with online sats, but there are plenty of other good desirable locations (that can run the event in it's entirety with minimal staff and just marketing banners) that can be considered for the series and included.
Look at your current offering and consider if this fully justifies your marketing claim:
'888poker hosts and sponsors some of the most exciting LIVE poker events every year at prestigious venues in cities across the globe'
There is maybe a little room for improvement, Madrid and Barcelona are OK, Rozverdov is a nightmare to get to and has very little Hotels/facilities around, Coventry !?! and Manchester! are perhaps as locations best described as 'filler events' Bucharest I will try, not been there yet.
BOM this year was a disaster - loads of events cancelled, 3 hr+ waiting in lines to reg (not allowing you to reg the day before) and some event's day 1's finishing at 5.30+ am! MPF side was better, although had some other issues. long alternates lists due to lack of dealers, and then giving you when seated less than the start stack! even if you registered before the start, taking 17,000 worth of chips for missed blinds you would have payed if seated!?! Never ever heard of that nonsense before. Next years events will need careful consideration when planning.
Sorry for the long post, if you are open to location suggestions, I'm happy to PM you a few.
Regards,
Andy
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Sorry... did not see your post of the new tour and dates above.... the exotic mystery final location! could be fun! :-)
Last edited by Mike Haven; 12-01-2024 at 10:16 AM.
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