[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'173331\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 04:53 PM\']
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'173330\' date=\'Dec 28 2007, 01:47 PM\']
Even $500 chips would probably be more than a GSN budget would allow. The ABC show gave away two million dollars over the course of essentially six one-hour shows Figure a GSN version might be five half-hour shows for each tournament, and you'd still be looking at a little less than $100,000 a week, way more than GSN typically gives away.
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Does it work if you yank out the "tournament" nonsense? Players start with $5K in chips, you win whatever you keep, you keep playing as long as you win, $500 house minimum if it goes to a shootout?
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Do it sorta like the Brits (according to BothersBar)...
Dump the Tourney, but keep the growing pot. Win a game...take your winnings home or risk em for another Duel. Win 5 dues, take the pot home. Lose a game, lose your money, which gets dumped into the pot.