New party "Speed" sngs

psyduck · #1 12-18-2005, 01:54 AM

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My average SnG lasts around 45 minutes and ends in level 8 or 9, so I'm assuming the total time per SnG won't be much different. Unlike on pokerstars where the speed SnGs are at least 2x faster than normal ones.

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my impression as well, except the ones I played lasted an average of 30 minutes. seems as if everyone gets eliminated early quickly, and then suddenly the bubble lasts 10 minutes.

I think that these should end up being about 1.5x quicker than normal sngs. I hope the higher buy-in ones come out soon so that people can find out the profitability of these compared to regular sngs.

#2 12-18-2005, 02:23 AM

The average length is about the same. The early rounds go quicker and the late rounds take longer. This is to our advantage because we have such a bigger edge late with all of our ICM knowledge.

bones · #3 12-18-2005, 03:12 AM

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The average length is about the same. The early rounds go quicker and the late rounds take longer. This is to our advantage because we have such a bigger edge late with all of our ICM knowledge.

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This made me laugh.

#4 12-18-2005, 05:44 AM

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The average length is about the same. The early rounds go quicker and the late rounds take longer. This is to our advantage because we have such a bigger edge late with all of our ICM knowledge.

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This made me laugh.

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Isn't it kind of true?

tigerite · #5 12-18-2005, 06:19 AM

It is true but ROI will still be lower. It's whether the $/hr would make up for it. Expect much increase in variance however.

psyduck · #6 12-18-2005, 06:37 AM

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It is true but ROI will still be lower. It's whether the $/hr would make up for it. Expect much increase in variance however.

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why will ROI be lower? why will variance be increased a lot?

I feel under-edumacated [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

tigerite · #7 12-18-2005, 06:59 AM

Well it's quite obvious really, even though we don't play much in the first few levels we still accumulate chips there overall (which is obvious really), by outplaying people post flop and generally picking up pots. In a speed tournament your chances for doing this will be lessened because you'll see less hands in the first few levels, therefore these chips won't be as easily accessible, and therefore you'll be going into the pushbot mode with overall fewer chips than the normal SNGs. This of course will add to variance and lower ROI by design.