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an idea that would boost the numbers/prizepool/guarantees
A few things sky could look at that would guarantee to beat overlays, decreasing numbers and would also increase prizepools.
Late Reg:
Have a period of time where people can still enter the tournament after the tournament has started. length of time this is open depends on the tournament. An hour for tournaments such as Primo and the SkyRoller as the blinds are like 40/80 by then which is still a decent stack with 2,000 chips in primo and 5,000 in the roller. 30 minutes for the other main events. Give people a chance to get in if they just missed the start or didnt plan on playing but changed their minds.
Re-Buy:
Oh no some people cry, some peopl think that because they are rebuys people play crazy poker as they can just rebuy. you want them to play crazy lol. dont have it in them all, just a couple. Firstly:
Primo - This tournament gets maybe 20-30 players over the guarantee, if i get knocked out of primo early im gutted as its a big tournament with a big prize, and i know hundreds of players will be the same. so why not have the option to rebuy. it will ensure the guarantees are beaten easily week in week out and the big prize will get meatier and meatier. this way primo will expand again and become the main tournament on sky.
Thursday night bounty hunter - This gets a big prizepool anyway but imagine re-buys. oh the fun, the head prizes someone could get for the night would be insane. they are fast and furious tournaments anyway so having rebuys for it would only make it better value.
Sky Roller - i personally wouldnt rebuy but many players would, and it could only be good for this tournament as sky try to kickstart it, and for it to run regular at 5k prizepool, late reg and re-buys would guarantee it would make it.
Re-entries:
Similar to rebuys excpept you get shifted to a different table, or if you take a bad beat you can sit and cool off for half a hour then just reg back in before the alotted period is over.
more food for thought.
Comments
No.... Please do not make the big game Rebuys...No, No, No, No, No
I hate the rebuy's idea
Re-entries i'll probably saw to i dont like it but i havent really played any so wouldn't really know, is it not just a glorified rebuy?
regardless whether the 2 i dont like i think they will all boost the Guranteeds & prizepools which can always be a bonus
FWIW on any other sites are their ME's rebuys?
That would be epic.
late reg. is a must imo
think lol_raises idea is best. a 1 time only reg free re-entry. will not affect smaller BR players at all as the players who use this option won't be able to addon/constanttly get it in light in hope for building up a stack,.
the main reason im not a fan is constantly knocking people out a few times and then they get lucky a few times and they knock you out (bit of an extreme scenario) also as a rule you should have at least 2 rebuys + an add on in these tourneys as tikay says(or something along that lines) which makes it tougher for those without the role to do this
-1 to rebuys
Having rebuys available will deter players with small rolls buying direct into these tournaments, they will soon work out they will be at a big disadvantage if they can afford a single entry but not the re-buys and add-on and stop entering. Also there's no point satelliting into a rebuy tournament if you can't afford the rebuys, so the satellites would dwindle too.
The brief test of daytime re-buy bounty hunters recently was a total flop, I see no reason why they would work better in the evening.
+1 to late reg
re-entries; maybe, certainly worth a try.
I've come across crazy poker while playing them and they just arent bothered and buy back in.
Why would I buy in for say 11 quid with having a small bankroll, say get busted then buy in for another 11 quidand probably be a shortstack to everyone else
I only ever played one and had a knob jockey on my table, got busted, so I wasnt paying anoher 11 quid for the pleasure of being on his table for another half hour or so
i think 1rebuy maximum, no addons would be good (but would have to be no extra rake on the rebuy) late reg. is a must imo
Posted by LOL_RAISE
As someone who doesn't play in The Primo (brag; only played in it once, got 4th) I'm not really qualified to comment, but I think making it a rebuy might be controversial and deter a lot of the current players from entering. Perhaps this is an idea that warrants a one-off trial to see how it goes. Either way, it's about time that Sky fell in line with the industry standard and dropped the rake on rebuys. I'm sure the reason the re-buy Bounty Hunter tournaments were a total disaster is because they charged a 15% rake on both the entry fee and the rebuys, a rebuy Primo would be much more likely to suceed if there was no rake charged on rebuys.