Private Draw Tournament

[Tom Bayes]

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Make it a limit tournament. PL has too much luck to it, (it basicly boils down to who has the best hand preflop).

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I'm curious to why you think limit is better than pot-limit (in terms of the luck element). My personal results (not representative of all players, obviously) shows that my ROI is much higher in pot-limit tourneys than in limit tourneys. I believe it is because the bad players making typical draw donkey plays get knocked out quicker in PL than limit. Of course, another possibility could be that maybe I suck at limit draw [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

I think there is plenty of room for "poker skill" in pot-limit draw-knowing when to play draws (i.e. when the implied odds are in your favor), how and when to bluff, knowing how to manipulate the pot size, knowing when to change gears and steal blinds late in tourneys (many tight draw players don't adjust and get blinded off at this point). I feel pot limit emphasizes these skills more than limit.

Also, do you have any view about the number of players per table? I personally prefer the 6 player tables at 24h as opposed to the 5 player tables at Paradise/PokerRoom or the 8 at Planet.