CrashPat
06-29-2005, 05:50 AM
My favorite cardroom is changing from a $25 + $10 unlimited rebuys tourney to a 35 + 3 rake tourney that pays out $5 bounties and is winner take all. It does not go in effect for 2 weeks and I think the structure is horrible. I've talked to 5 or 6 people that said they will find another place to play instead, and I was wondering what the consensus here would be.
The tournament is 35+3, 5 dollar bounty, 20 minute rounds.
I think the rounds go 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 200/400, 400/800, 500/1000, 1000/2000, 2000/4000, 4000/8000... etc. It is 30 players, winner takes all, deals are allowed. If a player plays in 2 or more weeks in a row he gets an extra 50 chips per extra week with a 5 week max of 1200.
Deadwood is not a big place and there is already a Monday winner takes all tourney that is 40+4 buyin (I think), in a no smoking room, etc. Will this kill the action? As far as I can tell the structure will require an all in fest very quickly. Would flattening the blind structure fix it, or would more starting chips be required? I personally have ran a couple of home tournaments for a couple of years and we run a 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 200/400, 300/600, 400/800... tournament for a long time that is 15 to 20 players strong but we start with 3000 chips or 5000 chips depending on the tourney.
If I talk to management will they fix it? I don't know. If it is truly as bad as I think it is I think that it is worth letting them know, and I will be sure to get others to tell them they will not play anymore either. But first I was wondering for a winner take all what should be changed with the structure? I'll refer them to this thread.
Thanks in advance
The tournament is 35+3, 5 dollar bounty, 20 minute rounds.
I think the rounds go 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 200/400, 400/800, 500/1000, 1000/2000, 2000/4000, 4000/8000... etc. It is 30 players, winner takes all, deals are allowed. If a player plays in 2 or more weeks in a row he gets an extra 50 chips per extra week with a 5 week max of 1200.
Deadwood is not a big place and there is already a Monday winner takes all tourney that is 40+4 buyin (I think), in a no smoking room, etc. Will this kill the action? As far as I can tell the structure will require an all in fest very quickly. Would flattening the blind structure fix it, or would more starting chips be required? I personally have ran a couple of home tournaments for a couple of years and we run a 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 200/400, 300/600, 400/800... tournament for a long time that is 15 to 20 players strong but we start with 3000 chips or 5000 chips depending on the tourney.
If I talk to management will they fix it? I don't know. If it is truly as bad as I think it is I think that it is worth letting them know, and I will be sure to get others to tell them they will not play anymore either. But first I was wondering for a winner take all what should be changed with the structure? I'll refer them to this thread.
Thanks in advance