Deep stack online tourneys?

DavidC · #1 08-15-2005, 10:36 AM

I'm curious as to whether or not there's any deep-stack tourneys online... and how close party comes to the WSOP in terms of the slowness of the tourney.

--Dave.

(hands dealt per hour at the WSOP would come into account for this, not just the stack sizes and blind level times&gt

Shorty35 · #2 08-15-2005, 10:55 AM

Other than rebuys (which sometimes play like deep stack tourneys after the rebuy period), I am not aware of any.

At the WSOP, Full Tilt told me that they were planning a true deep stack tourney (perhaps multi day) for the fall.

HeroInBlack · #3 08-15-2005, 11:00 AM

If Full Tilt does this, somebody post so we'll know. That would be a lot of fun.

jayheaps · #4 08-15-2005, 11:15 AM

I would not view the WSOP as a deep-stack tourney. especially after the first day. Compared to the WPT championship or other WPT events, definitely not. On day 2, a majority of the field is in push or fold mode.

The WPT tourney with 50K starting chips and a good blind structure is in my mind the only deep stack tourney.

#5 08-15-2005, 05:46 PM

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I would not view the WSOP as a deep-stack tourney. especially after the first day. Compared to the WPT championship or other WPT events, definitely not. On day 2, a majority of the field is in push or fold mode.

The WPT tourney with 50K starting chips and a good blind structure is in my mind the only deep stack tourney.

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The WPT starts with 10k and 25/50 blinds. That's not deep stacked?

Isura · #6 08-15-2005, 06:01 PM

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I would not view the WSOP as a deep-stack tourney. especially after the first day. Compared to the WPT championship or other WPT events, definitely not. On day 2, a majority of the field is in push or fold mode.

The WPT tourney with 50K starting chips and a good blind structure is in my mind the only deep stack tourney.

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The WPT starts with 10k and 25/50 blinds. That's not deep stacked?

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I think he's refering to Bellagio WPT, which is 25k chips to start.

Isura · #7 08-15-2005, 06:03 PM

There's no deep stacked tourneys compared to the WPT etc, but Full tilt has the slowest structure on the net, so plenty of time for a good player to assert his advantage. The average stack late itm is usually still around 25-30bb. Online, it's usually preferred to have a fast structure early, but slow later on and especially itm (FT fits this criteria). Also, UB has deep stacks at the start, (100bb), but I don't like the structure as much as FT.

UnderThe Gun · #8 08-15-2005, 10:52 PM

Ultimate Bet and Full Tilt have the 2 best tourney structures on the net, but I believe UB's is better than FT's.

The blinds may go up slightly more slowing on FT, but UB's larger starting chip stack more than off-sets the difference.

Late in UB's bigger buy-in tourneys it's not unusual to still have 35 big blind average stacks.

Jurollo · #9 08-15-2005, 10:53 PM

Keep in mind that UB is only better than FT in the $100+ buyin tournies, otherwise FT is still better.
~Justin

burningyen · #10 08-16-2005, 11:23 AM

I'm putting together a spreadsheet comparing the different online MTT structures. So far the slowest appear to be the bigger buy-ins on UB and Bugsy's Club, but I have yet to look at Full Tilt. Also, I have a question for you Stars and Party players: do the blinds/antes plateau after a certain point?