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Originally Posted by plog
Single day has nothing to do with it. I counted each flight of a multi-flighted tournament as 1 tournament (A, B, C = 3). I also excluded tournaments that ran on a set schedule every day (WSOP dailies). An actual series event wasn't excluded unless it had a specific keyword (Turbo, Satellite, Online) or occured after 5pm.
I think there's still something wrong with your filter. The Venetian did not have 21 NLH "flights" in the 1000-1900 range last year, even if you count the single-day tourneys. It had 17. It had some evening flights in this range, but I believe these were all turbos. In any case, these tourneys were not their featured daily events, so I think they should have been eliminated by your after 5:00 filter.
Otherwise, I think there are some tweaks you can make to improve the comparison...
1) I don't think its fair to PH to compare their 2K ME to the Venetian 5K ME or the Venetian 10K High roller, or the other big-buy-in events at the WSOP. To that end, you might consider adding another buy-in range and doing something like...
0-299, 300-499, 500-999, 1000-1999, 2000-4999, 5000-10001
2) I think you should reconsider your inclusion of single-day events, or maybe separate them out as a separate category, like you did Omaha. The single day tourneys skew the comparison, because the Venetian/Wynn are pretty much the only venues which offer them in the $500+ range. And not only do they offer them, but they constitute the majority of their offerings in this range. Obviously a tourney which is designed to complete in one day is going to have a different structure than one which is scheduled for three days. So comparing the Venetian single day $600 or Wynn single day $550 to the PH Ultimate Goliath stack $600 or GN Main Event $570, is not a fair evaluation.
Including singe-day events in the price-points below $500 is not as unfair, since pretty much all the venues have these types of events.