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NO SNOW - 2 a.m. finishes ... Structure!?
Honeybadg:
... yes pump the antes ... give an expectation to people what is a reasonable time to act within ... great format ...
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linziwan:
--- Quote from: SirPerceval on February 09, 2009, 17:21:32 PM ---
Is an earlier start on the Sunday possible?
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I too love the structure as it is but if the Casino can accommodate it Stuart"s idea of an earlier start on the Sunday would be great. For those people that have stayed overnight in a hotel the check out time is normally 11am (even if they give you a late check out it will normally only be to 12 or 1) so its a long time from checking out of the hotel to restarting the tournament.
My vote an earlier start.
Personnaly I think day 1 could have gone quicker.
* For political correctness, lets just say there was some slow play for various reasons and
* late on day 1 it seemed a small stack just would not die gracefully (myself included), we just kepted doubling back up. I think the record was Brendon (sorry if I got your name wrong) who came back from 100 chips when the blinds were 800/1600 and eventually went out about 50th place
Please please don"t change the structure toooo much :)
Jon MW:
--- Quote from: WASP on February 09, 2009, 17:06:02 PM ---
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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I pretty much agree with this.
It is possible that a slight tweak to the size of the antes could improve matters, and if we could start on Sunday at 1pm it certainly shouldn"t cause any harm.
Apart from that though I think a "wait and see" approach would be more appropriate for the time being.
Robbiebox:
[X] Sunday night 2am finish is too late for the majority with Monday morning work looming.
Q. Can we keep the same excellent structure and finish at a reasonable time Sunday?
A. (my answer anyway) Play is stopped so early on the Saturday night (just after 1am)?
Many players have to come back the next day with maybe little play and no g"tee of cashing. Not too bad for those who stay over, but quite a few travel home for the Sat night.
I beleive it took 1:45hours to reach the money stages on the Sunday, If possible I beleive playing down to the money should be done on the Saturday night, this would have meant a 3am finish this Saturday.Another time saver as already suggested restart the tourney earlier on the Sunday.
Don"t alter the structure it was great ! and almost mirrors the GUKPT, lets just use the time better.
AceOnTheRiver:
--- Quote from: linziwan on February 09, 2009, 17:54:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: SirPerceval on February 09, 2009, 17:21:32 PM ---
Is an earlier start on the Sunday possible?
--- End quote ---
I too love the structure as it is but if the Casino can accommodate it Stuart"s idea of an earlier start on the Sunday would be great. For those people that have stayed overnight in a hotel the check out time is normally 11am (even if they give you a late check out it will normally only be to 12 or 1) so its a long time from checking out of the hotel to restarting the tournament.
My vote an earlier start.
Personnaly I think day 1 could have gone quicker.
* For political correctness, lets just say there was some slow play for various reasons and
* late on day 1 it seemed a small stack just would not die gracefully (myself included), we just kepted doubling back up. I think the record was Brendon (sorry if I got your name wrong) who came back from 100 chips when the blinds were 800/1600 and eventually went out about 50th place
Please please don"t change the structure toooo much :)
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+1
I read this thread at work and loged on at home with a view to posting a very similar point, lots of time to kill between 11am check out at 2.30pm start. Also agree with Robbiebox that more play possible on Saturday.
Keep the structure, I love it and I doubt I"ll be playing in a GUKPT main event any day soon :(
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