Which promotion is better

Has to be Option 2 right? If everyone at the table gets $100 no matter what, that means there is well over $900 in EV being given away every hour. On top of that, it is much easier to actually win since 8-9 people per hour are getting a prize.

envelopes... 1/5 to 1/7 chance at 100-1k (nonlinear) hourly. other one is 1/45 - 1/63 at 400$ hourly assuming full tables

Assuming 6 tables and 9 handed, if I've mathed the EV right, option 1 is $7.41/hr from 1 - 7 and $18.52/hr from 7 - 11. Option 2 is $16.66/hr without even hitting the envelope, and assuming a worst case scenario of only a single $1K prize with others being $0, this would add $1.85, so $18.51. So looks like option 2 to me.

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Yeah, as Dan said, 2 is clearly better. For promos you want to know how much money is being given away total, and how likely you are to be getting a piece of it (and of course how big that piece is). 2 is actually better for both.

If I mathed right, and assuming the hot seat only gets the envelope and not the $100 table seat money (is this a correct assumption, noting I did not assume that on my first maths?), I believe the other 9 envelopes would have to add up to $1000 in order for it to be an equivalent promotion of the $1K high hand (all assuming 6 tables @ 9 handed).

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I also assumed that the hot seat only gets the envelope and not the additional $100. But, at the same time, it feels safe to assume that the envelope will contain at least $100. It would be absurd to be the hot seat winner and win less than your table mates. Even winning the same amount ($100) would be weird.

High hand is a limit hold em heavy promotion. Hot seat is more fair.

That would be a bad assumption. I was playing Friday at "room 2" and can confirm that the hot seat got $100 in promotional chips that had to be used at table games (not poker) while the table got $100 in real money. Several of us mentioned how bad this was to management. I expect if it hasn't change already, it will so soon.

Wow that sucks. Thanks for the clarification. Hopefully they get that fixed.

I went to room 2 on Friday.

After about 4 hours of play, and about 6 tables going, my table was never called :(

I also noticed that some of the envelope's prize was 'dining credit' which was a little disapointing.

On Monday room 2 had '2 hot seat winners' every 15 minutes and the winner had to spin a wheel to win one of the following prizes - 50 dollar in food, x4 100 in promo chip x3 , 200 cash x2, 500 cash x1, 1000 cash x1.

Leaving aside the EV's in this particular case, the best promotions from a winning player's point of view will always come in the form of chips that must stay on the table.