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Only 33 Runners Reg'd for tonight's Main Event thus far, it's got 2,000 chips, 10 minute Blinds, & the £4,000 Guarantee has been upped to £5,000. So a huge OVERLAY is in prospect at this rate.
Plus, lots of peeps will think it starts at 9pm. It does not.
What time does it start?
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Did you know that the Guaranteed Prize pools on this week's seven Main Events totals......£68,750 - that's POUNDS.
Amazing how the Site has grown.
The main differences are......
COST - Tonight's 7pm costs £5.50, the 7.30 costs £22.
FIELD SIZE - The 7pm will get 70 or 80, the 7.30 will get about 20.
HOW MANY PAID - 8 or 10 in the 7pm, 6 (the Final Table) in the 7.30.
FIRST PRIZE - About the same in both.
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? The 7pm generally finishes at about 10.45pm or 11pm, the 7.30 will go on until close to Midnight.
STARTING CHIPS - Both have 5,000
CLOCK - The 7pm has a 12 minute clock, the 7.30 has a 15 minute Clock
STRUCTURE - The 7pm is quite a bit "faster", & the point of inflection arrives 2 or 3 Tables out. Both Tourneys have plenty of play in the Final. The Blind Increases are steeper in the 7pm, considerably so.
PLAYABILITY - The 7pm is inhabited by different types of Players than the 7.30. In the 7pm, players tend to Call more, & lighter, in the 7.30, those who Call a lot & play too many hands rarely survive very long.
SEATS - Tonight's 7pm is a 10 Seater, the 7.30 is a 6 Seater.
WINNABILITY - Orford might one day win the 7pm, but he'll never win the 7.30 - it's much tougher.
Good Luck!
9pm dont be late
now that the open starts at 8pm ,1 hour earlier, i noticed the max players for this mtt is 2000 ? were u hoping for more players than the normal 700 tk?
I came up with 2 possible answers - neither of which you should take as read, they are just my musings.
1) With the earlier start, maybe they felt it would not be a problem if more than 700 runners entered. (When we began in early 2007, I think the Cap was set at 300!)
2) Perhaps it's just a mistake.
But it does often hit the 700 "max", & personlly, I'd love to see it push up beyond 700 to 750, 800, & who knows, maybe 1,000 eventually.
On another note. I can't make tonight unfortunatly as i have a pool match, but i will not miss tomorrows doublestack.. really looking forward to it infact, same as fridays (made a big sacrafice for tomorrows game)
The Saturday Night Open is £10 + £1 to enter. It used to have a Cap of 700. The Guarantee, oddly it may seem, was always £7,000. So unless it maxed out, the Guarantee meant that there would always be an overlay, but there could never be an "underlay" so to speak. In other words, Sky Poker could lose, but not win.
I enquired some time ago as to this oddity, & they gve me a perfectly reasonable reply. With Friday & Sunday both having £9,000 Guarantees at the time, they wanted a nice headline figure of £25,000 of Guarantees every weekend. (9 + 7 + 9 = 25).
But THIS week, all the Guarantees have been upped by 25%. So Saturday's Guarantee is now £7,000 + 25% = £8,750.
So, to cap Saturday at 700 runners would mean a guaranteed loss. And that would make no sense at all. so I guess they hope that Saturday's Open will attract more than 700, to help offset the increased Guarantee.
Overlays are all very nice, all poker players rave about them, but nothing in life is free. Guarantees come out of the Promotional Budget, so every time there is an Overlay, that means less money to spend, or give away, elsewhere on the Site.
So, now it all makes sense!
I doubt i will play many tournys if they have over 700 players in them, Although the blind levels going up to 10 minutes is really positive, the amount of luck in the open's are still massive.
How many players does everyone reckon would play, if the sunday open was structured to last around 7 hours?
That would be heaven to me, But am i own my own? lol
When i register for a tournament i like to know im in for the long haul not just 5 mins here and there, or survive the first hour with a reasonable stack your garenteed to get paid, i like to have long entertainment with a challenge
You would have the challenge and fun of the deepstack's and the buzz and excitement of the opens.
I reckon a good (probably the only) way to get huge fields would be to have the tournament at a reasonable price (eg £10), 3 hour highlights on sky tv and make it a monthly tourny only with the champion getting the tourny named after them for the next one. (like the monday deepstack)
Maybe one day ..............
Been sat under this table since 9 o'clock where are you all?