TimG, on Mar 27 2008, 11:00 AM, said:
blackshoe, on Mar 27 2008, 09:23 AM, said:
I think something is wrong with your guesstimate. 8550 tables = 34,200 player sessions. If each player at the NABC plays in an average of 4 sessions, that means 8550 individuals. If players average more than 4 sessions, there will be fewer than 8550 individuals; if players average fewer than 4 sessions, there will be more than 8550 individuals. I'm guessing that the average NABC patron plays more than 4 sessions.
Rather than trying to count the total number of attendees, for the purposes of this discussion it's probably more useful to count the number of people at the tournament at any one time. There are roughly 1,000 tables each day (Detroit attendance was significantly lower than most NABCs). The morning, midnight, and I/N games combined probably have about the same entrants as the afternoon and evening regional+ sessions, so I think it would be reasonable to estimate about 300 tables at each regional+ session, or about 1200 players in the main rooms at a time.
If they need to collect cellphones from just 20% of them, that's over 200 phones to store somewhere in a secure manner.