PS support also said it would be a good idea for us to be able to look up player’s blogs, but they’d have to have asked our permission first – so they’re going to work that into next year’s WBCOOP.

As for splitting the ticket, you never know. I imagine there could be enough whales out there that you could get good value out of the whole ticket in a $215 SCOOP event. Last year Stars promoted the heck out of it. At the tail end of this week’s 2+2 pokercast Mike & Adam interviewed the guy who binked third place in Sunday’s special 2 million guarantee — a guy whose normal stakes were ~$4 180s — suggesting taking a stab outside you’re normal bankroll management limits isn’t always a bad thing!

All your comments are landing in my spam folder – trying to figure out why (I shouldn’t have to approve every comment if you didn’t get chucked there…)

Much better response:

“Hello CKBWoP,

First off, well done in the tournament.

Secondly, we should be able to split down the $215 SCOOP ticket for you, the best thing to do is wait until the SCOOP schedule has been announced and then we can arrange for the tickets that you require.”

I emailed bloggertournament@pokerstars.com (rather than the general support email).

Just have to give it a go I suppose. Who knows, might win big!

“Thank you for your email.

Unfortunately, as per our promotion’s terms and conditions, please note that we are unable to comply with your request:

‘Event tickets are not transferrable. Event tickets awarded via promotional tournaments must be used in that event or forfeited, as they have no value outside of the tournament to which they grant admission.’

(http://www.pokerstars.com/scoop/faq/)

This means that you will be required to use your ticket in a $215 event.”

It’s a bit annoying, but I guess I can’t complain because it’s free . . .

GL to you in your event!