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Question for the pros or anybody who has an opinion.
Is it worth playing in the new Stars timed tournies that are currently on trial? I saw one in the lobby today and decided to give it a go to see what they're like. The prize pool gets shared according to the stack sizes at the end of a set period, 3 hours in the case of the tournament I entered. See the link below for the lobby with full details.
In this $2 tournament after 3 hours there were 26 players still standing from 468 entrants. The guy in 26th got $6.16, the winner got $92.11, I got $25.20 for my 18,420 stack in 17th.
Q1.The winner is almost certain to win less cash than in a regular tournament, so is it even worth playing in these at all?
Q2. Do you think strategy should vary from that used in a regular freezeout? As we approached the end of the 3 hour period several players were stalling to the max.
October 6, 2010
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if it was me, i would rather just play a turbo or even super turbo tourney that only goes for 3 hours, or go play a 180 man.
and you are are right, assuming you are a decent player, your equity in the tournament when there is 26 players left and you have a non critical stack is going to be MUCH higher than the chip value at that point in time
i also have just tried one earlier – but it was only 60mins long
nearly 1000 player have started and i guess about half of em were gone after 1hr, i got nearly 4x the buy in back
it s a lil like a double or nothing sng. just with a chance to win more than just the double,somehow i like the idea and maybe these tourneys could work as bankrollbuilders. what do you think?
but the longer ones like the one gary has played -180mins- seem weird, there i would also prefer a 180sng
October 6, 2010
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60 mins long and 1000 players sounds interesting.
i havent played one yet, i should play and then ill come back and comment
For me its more like an SNG with an Small Reward.
For any decent MTT Player with an Edge (especially in the Endgame) it can`t be worth to only get 4-5times The buyin or?
Well i haven't played any of these… i play MTT's with an addiction and hunger to FT and look for a big win so i'm not sure ill want to either
I guess they could be bankroll builders but 3 hours seems like a long time for each one
i have only played it once some weeks ago, but i definetly would play more of em (but only the 60min version)
i think its a great alternative if you dont have much time and dont wanna play a turbo
but i dont get it why they still only offer em with a 2$ buy in
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