Need options for alternative to a calcutta or player auction to add to winnings

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super195v

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There is a tournament in two weeks locally that is a benefit tournament so its 40 dollar entry but only 25$ of that goes to the prize fund. 96 players and probably 15-20 of them are very strong and would make for a good auction. Only issue is the venue will not allow it because they don't want to have any problems with their gaming license.

Anyone have any idea as to another unique way to maybe run an auction/side pot, something to add some cash ??

Thanks for any help everyone...
 
Are you saying that $25 of $40 is going to the payout for the winners and only $15 to the benefit?

For a benefit, $10 should be plenty to put to the prize fund and $30 to whatever is being raised. Maybe a 50/50 split at best.

I'd get some local businesses to add some prizes to the fund in return for advertisement.

I never liked benefit tournaments that need to give out prizes to draw in players.

The ones I played in at my pool room gave out a couple of trophies as prizes as well as doing raffle tickets (you get one when you enter and can buy more) for prizes. The room got a bunch of food/liquor sales and the players had fun for a day helping someone/something out.

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It's 25$ to tournament prize fund, 10$ to charity, 5$ to greens fees for tables. There are sponsors but all that goes to charity as does the raffles and 50/50 type things. They end up donating like 10-12 thousand each year from the tournament and tv raffles and things like that at the tournament it's incredible. Tournament still paid like 600+ last year for first with 90 something players I'm just trying to think of a way to get more money involved for the shooters.
 
super195v said:
There is a tournament in two weeks locally that is a benefit tournament so its 40 dollar entry but only 25$ of that goes to the prize fund. 96 players and probably 15-20 of them are very strong and would make for a good auction. Only issue is the venue will not allow it because they don't want to have any problems with their gaming license.

Anyone have any idea as to another unique way to maybe run an auction/side pot, something to add some cash ??

Thanks for any help everyone...
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You could create a secondary prize fund or side pot on a voluntary basis. Any player who wants to contribute another $x can do so. Only those players contributing to this side fund are eligible to win money from it. The side fund could be allocated much like the basic tournament prize fund (with, say, 25% of the people who contribute to it getting prizes), or it could be allocated among a smaller number of players.
 
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