08 WPT Niagara Satellites Announced

WPT NAPC Satellites 2008

Step 1:
- $70 ($53 + $17), 24% fees/rake.
[Last year's Step 1 had 19% fees ($73 + $17).]
- 1st place wins seat to $460 satellite.
- 2nd place gets replay in $70 satellite.
- 1000 chips, 10 minutes.
- Casino Niagara only, Thursday-Sunday.
- Patience Factor: 1 Skill Level: 0

Step 2:
- $460 ($418 + $42), 9% fees.
[2007's Step 2 two-table format had 5% fees ($607 + $33).]
- Top 3 gets seat to $1,240 Step Q satellite.
- 4th gets $460 replay.
- 2000 chips.
[Last year's Step 2 had 25% more chips at 2,500.]
- 20-minute levels.
- Saturday at Casino Niagara, Sunday-Friday at Fallsview.
- Patience Factor = 2.7, Skill Level = 1

Step A:
- $170 ($141 + $29), 17% fees.
[$290 in fees will be taken away from the players
for every Step A satellite, or over 20% more than
the $240 last year ($136 + $24).]
- 1st place gets seat to $1,240 Step Q satellite.
- 2nd gets $170 replay.
- 1200 chips.
- 15-minute levels.
- Daily.
- Patience Factor = 1.3, Skill Level = 1

Step Q:
- $1,240 ($1,154 + $86), 7% fees.
[$860 in fees will be taken away from the players for
every Step Q satellite, which is a whopping 72% more
than the $500 last year ($1150 + $50)!]
- 1st place gets NAPC entry. 2nd place gets $1,240 replay.
- 3,000chips.
- 30-minute levels.- Saturday (daily starting on Oct 1).
- Patience Factor = 6.2, Skill Level = 4.


I think we'll see a lot more rake free satellites
being organized amongst players who think these
rake fees are getting too high.
(I will be running one at some point)

*Thanks to my friend BlondeFish for the comparisons
& patience factor / skill level calculations.