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Yes there is always that risk but the priority will always lie with CDPL players . . The only reason the number of entires is being restricted is because we don't have 15 tables like we did for the 1st Open when over 100 people turned up . . Otherwise we'd have 128 there this time round . .

Long term there is potential to have this as an 'open' in it's literal sense and have a CDPL player only competition later in the year but what with the site move and other things it was left quite late and thought better to have an event of some description rather than not have one at all . .

One thing to think about . . How often has Steve Petty and Andy Breen come over to play in Croydon other than the Opens? Some may see it as them being bandits and stealing their money and have the exact opposite effect in detering CDPL players from entering 'their' competition? Just a thought . .

I'd be surprised if the interest waned to the extent where we couldn't get 64 players . .