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ABT Tourney Schedule

Posted By: Bill Riles
Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2009, at 10:58 p.m.

In Response To: ABT Tourney Schedule (Jason Lee)

Granted.

However, it takes local promotion to have those tourneys. Now there are two in LA, two in Las Vegas, and one in Denver. The Seattle tourney was successful, I think, but, to my understanding, was ended with concerns about gambling laws (at least in part). Other large cities in the West or Southwest seemingly could/should have tournaments -- Bay Area, San Diego, Tucson/Phoenix, Seattle (once more) and one or more in Texas. I know there are a lot of players in the Bay Area and a lot in Texas. I've had discussions with several about trying to promote a Texas based tourney but we've been too lazy to progress to this point -- maybe individual tourneys in Dallas and Houston, or a single tourney that perhaps rotated between Dallas, Houston, and Austin/San Antonio.

That withstanding, it is easier, IMHO, for someone to travel east for a weekend tourney than to travel west -- due to the time zone differentials. Someone with a normal job schedule can typically get home Sunday evening when going from the East Coast to the West Coast -- and cannot when going the other direction. Conversely, the West Coast players are at a disadvantage going east when considering events beginning Friday night (jackpots, masters, doubles) -- but not the main ABT events.

By my analysis, there are 9 ABT tourneys in Eastern Time Zone, 5 in Central, 1 in Mountain, and 4 in Western. Is a more equitable distribution desirable? Probably. However, I don't know that the distribution does not fairly represent player distribution, and the population as a whole.

I don't know the answers. Just trying to stir some conversation/discussion.

Messages In This Thread

• ABT Tourney Schedule
  Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 17 March 2009, at 8:55 p.m.
  • ABT Tourney Schedule
    Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 17 March 2009, at 10:30 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 17 March 2009, at 10:51 p.m.
    • ABT Tourney Schedule
      Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 17 March 2009, at 10:58 p.m.
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        Dan Pelton -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 3:34 a.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 17 March 2009, at 10:40 p.m.
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      garyo -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 7:03 a.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 17 March 2009, at 10:47 p.m.
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    Sam Pottle -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 1:32 a.m.
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      garyo -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 6:46 a.m.
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    Dale Kerr -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 7:29 a.m.
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      KenB -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 4:05 p.m.
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        Dale Kerr -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 8:25 p.m.
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      Dan Pelton -- Wednesday, 18 March 2009, at 5:20 p.m.