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The REAL difference between Intermediate and Open

Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer
Date: Monday, 10 September 2012, at 12:04 p.m.

In Response To: The REAL difference between Intermediate and Open (Chuck Bower)

I find this discussion very interesting.

It has two parameters that are very different from eachother, although they have historically been tightly corelated: Entry fees and opposition strenght.

Some beginners/novices don't want to pay high entry fees. Either because they only "play for fun", or simply because they know that they have the worse end of the money proposition a tournament is.

However, other beginners just don't want to play players that are out of their league - a "birds of a feather flock together" kind of thing.

For some both of the above apply.

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If you need this controlled better, you probably need a stronger USBgF sanctioning all tournament play. That will give you the important tools to succeed: Player ratings/rankings, that are useful. Control with (community of) tournament directors. The ability to publish some "guidelines", and to communicate broad in the TD community.

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How many divisions do you typically have in the US tournaments? And how much do the entry fee typically vary between them?

Within the DBgF, we have all sorts of tournaments where divisions are more or less limited. Some tournaments only have a single division, while others completely prohibit strong players (eg. "Shark-Free-Cup"). Again, some with non-differentiated entry fees, other with big entry fee differences.

The biggest problem occurs, if you have none or just a little difference in entry fees, and no good control mechanisms for dividing players into the proper divisions.

We've had success with tournaments where we have more than two divisions, because then you can differentiate the entry fee in the top-two divisions, but still keep a relaxed control (as Daniel Murphy advocates), allowing the majority of players to choose which of the two entry feed they would like to pay, while you still have a 3rd or even 4th division strictly for the novice/beginners. This is also the practice you see at the Nordic Open, which have 4 or 5 divisions. Top-two are both "open", allowing everyone to play (while I think the director, at his discression, would tell known professionals to play only in the top division).

Best regards, Henrik Bukkjaer

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