For honest, i don't understand this idea with tickets to another tournaments. I mean this is not money, you can't withdraw them, and there is not too much sense to win them, because you need at first to win ticket and then to win this BIG tournament. It's doubled prob to lose.
Depending on where you play, you can actually sell your stakes in some sites such as ggpoker. I've been doing satellites for atleast twice a week into a $25 buy in tournament for $2.5 satellites.
If I manage to get the tickets then I'll sell my 20% stakes which is $5. This means I locked up my buy in for the satellites and another $2.5 despite that I might not finish ITM on the tournament. Even If I dont sell any of my stakes, atleast I save up some money to buy into a $25 tournament
And on average, how many people playing at first (for the ticket itself) and at second (with pool of 9500 dollars) tournaments? 10, 20, 30? Will be glad for response.
It depends on the prizepool. Most of the time its around 5 guaranteed tickets max but if alot actually join the satellites then the prizepool might be enough for another tickets
P.S: Because i've played myself a lot of free and paid tournaments on SwC and i never saw a reason to fight for a ticket.
There is no. Its just preference