College Campus Poker

BCPoker · #1 09-23-2005, 08:06 PM

Hey guys, so I decided I'm gonna launch a site dedicated to poker at my campus (i.e. ohiostatepoker.com) and for the launch I wanted to have a Freeroll Tourney. Now what would be the best site for this? I was thinking of Paradise because Stephen is a pretty good manager, have dealt with him before, so I know everything would be smooth on that side. You guy got any other suggestions? And the second thing, should do CPA or RevShare? I'm kinda split because i'd be getting a large number of signs up because i'm gonna have a $1000 Prize Pool for the tourney, so that should get the attention of a few kids on campus. I also think I might eventually do a league kind of thing too. In the near future if this is a success I might do the same thing with our rival school which is just down the street and then host a online tourney between the two schools to crown a winner, we should be pretty successful in my opinion if it's all free. Anyway, any help from you guys would be much appreciated. Can't wait to hear what you guys have to say.

CAZ · #2 09-24-2005, 12:43 AM

My first reaction is that 1K is a lot ...you would probably get the same response from a $500 freeroll. Split it and do two...
Have the first one and then market...
"Due to the response from the first BCPoker $500 freeroll, we have decided to do another..." Even if the first one is not so successful, you might get more of an emotional response to the second...if they THINK it was a huge success.
Limit the entries, but dont tell them how many it limited to, or at least how many have signed up.

Just a thought.

BCPoker · #3 09-24-2005, 06:15 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, i'll definately thing hard about the stuff you brought up, i think 2 $500 tourneys is a smarter idea. Any ideas about whether to do CPA or RevShare? I'm leaning towards CPA, but i'm not sure. Maybe Stephen could reply and let me know if something can be worked out so the tournies get held at Paradise. Any other comments or suggestions would be great.

BCPoker · #4 09-27-2005, 08:17 AM

bump

SunPoker.com · #5 09-27-2005, 10:30 AM

BCPoker,

I would definitely split the freerolls up into smaller tournaments and have more of them. Also, freerolls are great for your players, but don't forget, you want your players to deposit and play for real. That is the only way you will earn. Do not forget about private buy-ins as another alternative.

Do you have an establised base of players already? We may be able to set something up for you at Caribbean Sun Poker. Let me know.

Best Regards,

Mark

BCPoker · #6 09-27-2005, 04:20 PM

I have about 15 or more players already that I know will be part of it, and i'm sure I can get a lot more if I advertise, I just want to have the best launch promotion that will get the most players, and most deposits. CarribeanSun Please email or PM me any details you had in mind, thanks!

J S · #7 09-27-2005, 04:56 PM

Have any of the college promoters had any success with the "College Poker Championship" promotion done by Fortune Affiliates (ie, royal vegas).

We've had a small banner on one of our college poker sites that gets decent type in traffic and we get a handful of clicks every month, but not one in the past year that we've had the banner up has ever converted for us.

I was just wondering if you guys are utilizing this with any success on yoru college based sites. www.collegepokerchampionship is the promotion i'm talking about.

thx