quick POLL: Ideal field size for a multi-table tournament

[flopdanutz]

Assume that there is about 5% great player, 15% good players, 30% decent players, 40% not so good 10% newbies



Also, what is the ideal tournament length (in terms of hours or days).

Please state why.

[flopdanutz]

I have trouble playing my best after that

[Al_Capone_Junior]

for me it's 101-150, based on your choices. I make the money more often, but 1st is still pretty nice for a payoff. I can outplay most of the field almost every time, as I am not likely to have a ton of great players entering the tournament, and all being around come bubble time. They don't take too long, 3-5 hours usually. That's my preference. Others will have different feelings on the matter.

al

[Greg (FossilMan)]

The more the merrier, and the longer the better. Unless the buyin isn't big enough to justify the time spent.

I like bigger payoff coming with the bigger field, and I like having LOTS of time to play, because that means the stacks are deeper compared to the blinds, which is where I tend to do best.

Thus, the WSOP championship is the the best tourney out there for me.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

[ajizzle]

don't know why i like the 200-300 bracket the most, because as Greg said, the more the merrier. I also like the bigger payoffs and more entrants.

However, i don't usually have 6 to 8 hours to sit and play a tourney, so 200-300 allows me to play about 5 hours at most, and that's if i get down to the final four or around there.

If I had unlimited free time though, I agree that longer and more entrants is better. I haven't played any Stars tourneys, but I really like the big Party Tourneys.