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CHIP LEADER CHANGES

I have had a good look at this Chip Leader stuff this morning and I am going to make some tweaks to the format:

Here are some stats;

1. The Average MTT re-entry factor is 2.4 (and rising suspiciously rapidly), so MTT average player spend is €6- - a contribution of 1200 chips per player

2. The 5 handed STT win 2,500 chips - a contribution of 500 chips each (42% of an MTT), players only spend €2.5, but they are not an even playing field due to there being no re-entry option. So a 10 handed STT - 5,000 chips to the winner, is equivalent to only beating 4 players in an MTT, due to the MTT 2.4 re-entry factor.

3. The maximum chips won in an MTT by any 1 player thus far is 38,000, 32 runners, 44 entries, a total of 76 entries

Here are the changes (Boss will take a few days to change their software)

1. The MTT's will change to €5 with 1,000 chips per player, 40 player cap - NO RE-ENTRY (17% less chips to the winner)

2. The STT's will change to €5 with 1,000 chips per player (double the total chips to the winner)

IMO I think this will;

1. Stop the MTT "chip building all-in plays", without changing the ROI, therefore make the tourneys a better experience

2. Make the STT's more popular, a player can qualify 15K chips by either winning 3 x 5 handed STT's, or winning a 15 runner MTT, this is much more fair and equal

3. The reduction of €1 average spend in MTT's will hopefully be offset by the STT's being more popular

3. Control the maximum chips won by capping the MTT's at 40 players/stopping re-entry

I don't believe these changes will disadvantage any player or make any difference to DTD making the GTE, but the MTT's are pretty awful to play due to the all-ins and chip building during the re-entry period (structure fine IMO). I have been at the table when players agreed to all go all-in to get a decent stack of chips available but I don't blame the players, it's an experimental format for something bigger that I have planned for the future, and I want the players to exploit weaknesses in the format before we put a more serious prize pool/higher risk in the future.

Cheers Rob