What has been the overall impression of the new structure? It seemed like final table has fairly deep stacks in relation to the blinds but quite a late finish for a 150 runner tourny..11:30ish? Any maths boffins want to take a stab at estimating how late a 200 runner event would finish?
I"m going out to buy some noodles, I want this discussed in depth before I return. Say fifteen minutes. Maybe 20 as I don"t know where my shoes are.
23 20000 / 40000 4000
24 25000 / 50000 4000
25 30000 / 60000 5000
Depending on the level where the finish occurred there was somewhere between 25 and 39 BBs in play. An additional 60 runners (allowing for more alternates) would add 10-15 BBs to the total. Would say this is equivalent to 1-2 levels of play before bringing the total BBs in play to the same kind of figure.
Just because I"m bored - if we assume that we
double the number of runners (or starting stacks FWIW, and then assume the BB would be double also when the final hand is dealt) then this would only add 3 levels before the tournament reaches the same depth level.
So number of players or total chips in play actually has little effect on finish time.
I liked the structure and didn"t feel there were as many choke points as before - generally felt looser. I think Tighty stole it from me though after a post I made on the S5 discussion - can I claim commission?