I just don’t want things to get „complicated“ and I am afraid this could happen.
This is happening already
Gotta keep in mind, these series are lasting 5 weeks in total with the way it has been set up. I'd like to see them go 4 weeks, but it is what it is. The last games prize pool was .09 range including SwC's .05 contribution. The winner got less than .05 for his effort. Let's say .05 for maths sake. That's $450 for a whole month of playing. Not very much.
The buyin is already reaching nearly $10 per game. Not that that is much, but if we keep increasing the buyin amount by adding more for charity or doubling the buyin for charity to take half, you're gonna take the ability to play away from some of the players. You're also going to decrease the final prize and lose interest as well.
I don't like your idea very much because it basically forces people to pay up for the charity if they want to be part of the tournament. Charity is something you should choose to do and not be forced to do.
This is probably the best statement made about the whole idea, which is why the separate game should be the main focus. You guys are free to do as you please, but taking away from the series might cost you some players.
I'd like to see this series get to 50-60 players playing each week, and a prize pool of .150 or bigger in the final game. We will see how that goes.
I agree with both of you! Yahoo made a good point, if you add more for charity or interfere with prize pool some players will lose interest! Trofo you are quite right, who wishes to donate will donate, from winnings or from his own pocket.
we should really keep them separate. otherwise it messes with all the incentives and less people will wanna play in the series.
We should keep them separate! We know about initiative, we can make others aware if Efi put something in opening post about it so new people can see it too, and that should be enough! In that case we will have what Trofo said, charity will be something anyone can choose to do or not, end of story!
If Efi and Royce make some charity tournament you can call us to play for that, and probably many of us will join! But let's not mix charity and our series!
Efi thanks for passwords, you are fast!
See you at the tables!
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I'm going to have to do something unexpectedly today. But tomorrow it should work and I'm in. Have a lot of fun at today's game. See us tomorrow at the table. 
