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Finalists not a surprise

Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Tuesday, 28 May 2013, at 11:02 p.m.

In Response To: Finalists not a surprise (Phil Simborg)

The argument made above is that lower entry fees would generate higher participation and larger prize pools.

Someone else might want to actually find out, but my guess would be that the correlation (if any) of the cost of entry with both attendance and total prize pool at ABT tournaments in recent years, is positive, not negative. And further, I would imagine that whether or not lowering or increasing entry fees at any particular tournament would lower or raise entries has a great deal to do with tournament reputation and longevity, location, time of year, etc., that is, many more factors than a simple cost:attendance relationship might suggest.

Below, attendance and (for some tournaments) entry fees at the most recent or next holding of:

Tournament	Open	Masters	Most recent attendance
Las Vegas Open	$400	Masters $1000/$2000	75+21	16 and 16
Flint	$230	$500	75	32
LA Open	$300	$450	62	40
Texas	$400	$600	62	24+3
New York Metro			59+23	27+5
Pittsburgh			58	32
Chicago Open			58	16
California State			48	31
CSI			47	10
Beltway			41	12
Illinois State			39	8
Nevada State			37+5	8 and 8
Atlanta			32	11
Wisconsin			29	8
Ohio State			28	12
Golden State			24	14+2
Sunshine State			18	8
Minnesota	$250	$400	16	4
Florida State	$300	$400	16	6+2

$ amounts shown are not selective; I just don't feel like looking any more of them up.

Messages In This Thread

• Finalists not a surprise
  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 27 May 2013, at 1:55 p.m.
  • Finalists not a surprise
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 27 May 2013, at 2:59 p.m.
    • Finalists not a surprise
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 27 May 2013, at 4:32 p.m.
      • Finalists not a surprise
        Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 28 May 2013, at 9:31 p.m.
        • Finalists not a surprise
          Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 28 May 2013, at 11:02 p.m.
          • Finalists not a surprise
            Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 29 May 2013, at 2:49 a.m.
    • Finalists not a surprise
      Phil Simborg -- Monday, 27 May 2013, at 10:18 p.m.
  • Finalists not a surprise
    Coolrey -- Monday, 27 May 2013, at 3:47 p.m.
    • Finalists not a surprise
      Phil Simborg -- Monday, 27 May 2013, at 10:14 p.m.
      • Finalists not a surprise
        svilo -- Monday, 27 May 2013, at 10:22 p.m.
      • Finalists not a surprise
        Mochy -- Tuesday, 28 May 2013, at 4:45 p.m.
        • Finalists not a surprise
          Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 28 May 2013, at 5:38 p.m.
          • Finalists not a surprise
            Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 30 May 2013, at 9:34 p.m.