Barona TOC

[Barney Stone]

Well I guess its official a check of the www.barona.com web page this morning shows no Sept. circuit event. Im curious if the big Tournament of Champions event will go off. At 10 k per entry it will require 100 players to pay the top prize alone. I think I have read the total prize pool will be 3 million. That seems like a lot for Barona to pony up on its own. Barona is giving away 2 million in Mercedes as a promo now tho, so maybe they do have deep enough pockets.

 

[Barney Stone]

I found a little bit of an answer concerning the 3 million Barona is risking for TOC. This a question by FGK and answer by joep taken from lav.com

<<On the playubt.com website it states that the prize pool is “estimated” at 3,000,000. What is the actual GUARENTEE? >>

<<Fred the first prize is guaranteed at 1 Million dollars.The rest of the prize pool is based upon the number of players.>>>


So, at 103 players the 1 million gauranteed prize is funded. If they dont get 103 does only first place get paid?