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NO SNOW - 2 a.m. finishes ... Structure!?

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Honeybadg:
... it seems like a crazy time to be finishing on a Sunday night ...

Structure to be tweaked ... if there are 200 runners needs more of a twist I think.

I would be keen to kick antes in quicker ... only way to induce early action with "rocks" getting eaten away.

Various other threads have eluded to the fact this was a one off ... but it looked like a late late finish from very early on.

It must have affected some players needing to get home etc ...

I look forward to thoughts.

Louis

rubertoe:
never made it past the dinner break - so no comment!!! ;D ;D

Honeybadg:
... I should have also said that the structure on paper looks excellent ... but with so many "rocks" ... I would expect the same to happen again ... if you clip a level out ... you might finish an hour earlier ... still very late if you need to be at work the next day in some other city!

L

DrMarbles:
After chatting to various players over the weekend, ideas to get to the final table quicker include dropping the 500/1000 level, having a split dinner break, making the antes increase more quickly and breathalysing players.

WASP:
The structure was spot on and no need to be tweaked IMO.  Maybe rulings need to tweaked like "calling clock is not in the APAT spirit" as we had no play in the last level and we wasn"t allowed to call clock when players were tank folding for 5 mins a round.

Also there was a loooooong delay before the final table, for probably over 2 hours, not APAT's fault but people were waiting for food etc.  If we had just had a quick break and started again we"d have been done well before midnight.

You cannot judge a structure on one tourney it needs to be run a few times before you get a fuller picture.

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