10 dollar buy in,s encourage more loose play.I know points are at stake ,but for yopur new apat member it is basically ,just a crap shoot.Sorry a 10 dolar get them in and hope for the best.(like my normal game plan)
First time I have heard a 5000 chip 15 minute online tourney called a crapshoot!!!
Yes plenty of loose players early doors but you have loads of chips to make your moves on them or recover from being sucked out on
Reiterating the point I made elsewhere - we can"t tell much so early in the season.
But I distinctly remember some very loose, fishy play with the first seasons $20 buy in tournaments.
And I"m pretty sure they weren"t even all down to Kinboshi either
Nope, many were down to you.
But anyway, back on track. There are arguments for both keeping it at $10 and for increasing it to $20. I happened to cash in the Thursday one (was at the blonde bash for the Saturday one, so I missed that unfortunately), and playing for 5 hours to win $12 or whatever it was certainly isn"t any motivation for me.
Tournaments are about variance, about the chance to win big from a relatively small buy-in. However, if the money means nothing, then the play will reflect this. I was only interested in the prize money that the top spot offered, other than that it was the points I was playing for.
It"s interesting that the satellites are $20 buy-ins, but the ranking events are $10. I would have thought it"d be the other way round. Maybe double the number of sats, half the price for each one, and spread the seat allocation across the increased number of sats.
As for the ranking events, why not one $10 and one $20? That would suit everyone, possibly? Both with the same ranking points, but one having a larger prize pool.
Just an idea.
The idea of one $50 ranking (or non-ranking if it had to be) online event a month would be a good one. It could even be a $100 with 18 ranking points on offer? The 6 hours of playing and good structure would be much appreciated by all in this sort of event.
Not for this season, but maybe food for thought for the future?