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Full Tilt Matrix Games
Roscopiko:
These could potentially be a good money spinner if you can suss the tactics for them quickly.
What is the point scoring for placing/knockouts?
Will try a few of these tonight I think. Defo play full ring to start but 6 seaters could be the place to make money if you can play quick enough vs those who can"t.
What levels have people played at? i.e. if you normally play $10 would you play a $40 matrix?
Swinebag:
--- Quote from: johns41 on October 16, 2008, 11:59:13 AM ---
What levels have people played at? i.e. if you normally play $10 would you play a $40 matrix?
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I dont really know the answer to this. BUT, If I normally play 3 tables at $10 then I"ll be trying $30 matrix.
I"m thinking, given that the prize is split in 5ths then maybe $50 matrix, but that just seems a lot at one time so $30 it is. Gonna try this next week. I"m getting a bit of a backlog for my blog......must update!
Roscopiko:
Ok, played 2 of these matrix games last night and they will be my last 2.
I initially went the route of playing for as many matrix points as possible.
First was a full ring turbo and playing for knockouts only placed in 1 of 4 but had so many knockouts I was 1st in the matrix and made a small loss.
Why did i go for the matrix points when the prize is only 1/5 of the total? God knows so a change of strategy.
2nd was full ring non turbo and played for cashes and highest possible finishes, cashed in 3 with no wins or knockouts and no matrix bonus and made a small loss.
In summary, can"t really see any upside to these as you are basically dilluting the prizepool on your 4 stts with the matrix part and the (too high) knockout points skew the rewards of solid play.
IMO might help v good STT players as people make more mistakes than a standard STT going for knockouts but can"t be arsed to find a winning strategy on these whilst gaining/losing $1 on each game.
GiMac:
I just cant see where the +EV is in playing these. For starters some of the prize fund gets siphoned off for the overall winner -EV. Say you get bad beats in 2 of the STT"s, and get donked out early, that affects the overall result for all 4, again -EV.
Am I missing something here, or is there really no value and it"s just a flash in the pan marketing gig which once the intial curiosity factor dies down will die along with it? :-\
Swinebag:
--- Quote from: GiMac on October 17, 2008, 12:09:28 PM ---
Am I missing something here, or is there really no value and it"s just a flash in the pan marketing gig which once the intial curiosity factor dies down will die along with it? :-\
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Its certainly looking that way, from the comments on here. I think it would be better if there was no "overall winner" and the prize pool was split 4 ways.
Whilst this is clearly just the same as just playing 4 STTs, the concept of being up against the same players in 4 concurrent games is surely something that could be used to your advantage
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