Party SNG's

[tipperdog]

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However, even though Party SNGs may be more of a crap shoot based on the smaller stack size, that is more than compensated by the added # of tournies you can play per hour (not to mention the horrendous level of the competition).

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I do not believe this is [entirely] correct. In fact, I get all bent when people describe Party SnGs as "crapshoots" (implying the near total-dominance of luck). If it were really a crapshoot, how could there be any long-term winners?

Playing high-blind short-stack events requires major strategic adjustments. For the most part, your opponents don't know how to make them. If you do, you have a significant edge over the competition--a skill edge.

An analogous (hypothetical) situation:

Let's say that instead of poker, we decided to play heads up "tournament craps." We each start with T1,000 and must have $10 in action every roll of the dice. Whoever goes broke first loses. This game is a "crapshoot," right? Not really. What if my opponent takes the "any seven" bet every roll. He will almost certainly lose if I play the pass line. I will win because I have the superior strategy. It ain't luck!

[revots33]

Understood, but I said "more of a crapshoot" - I didn't say total crapshoot. While skilled players still have an edge in Party's SNGs, they have a bigger edge in a bigger stack tournament with a slower blind structure.

I think most winning Party SNGers would agree that, if Party suddenly started using Stars' SNG structure, their ROI% would likely go up. Although their total earnings would go down due to the longer time spent on each tourney, and total earnings is the name of the game.

Taking your "craps tournament" analogy... say you play 2 tournaments, and in both you still bet pass line only, and your opponent still bets any seven. But lets say one tournament lasts 5 rolls, and the other 500. Which one are you most likely to win?