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Poker Forums / Diaries and Blogs / Re: Prose from a Poshboy
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on: September 03, 2015, 02:07:25 PM
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Used the cash plus £200 to buy into the 1k in level 9 (9? Yes level 9 reg was still open can you believe it?) And used my seating script to get a soft table and HUD to work out that Guy Taylor had AJ when I had QQ. Could always re-enter if I lost...
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Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: Re-Entry and Late Reg - Your Views please?
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on: September 02, 2015, 05:53:35 PM
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In the wsop ME there are no re-buys, no late entries and knife-edge tension from hand one. This is a popular comp and a format most casual players relate too.
I don't think you can use the WSOP Main event as a comparison. That is an entirely different, and very special tournament!
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Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: Re-Entry and Late Reg - Your Views please?
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on: September 02, 2015, 05:50:11 PM
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When I started reading the thread, my first thoughts were very much what Dave and Alex ended up posting. The re-entry option will give a small advantage to the Pro's, sure, but so small as to be largely insignificant to the recreational players in that tournament. It's more of a perception problem. In reality, the positives FAR outway the negatives by providing huge guarantees and the club absolutely packed on Deepstack weekends and festivals.
Late Reg (as it is now) is all about giving both local and travelling players more options. That is what DTD is all about. We all have commitments outside of poker and it allows more people to play depending on their circumstances. It is most definitely not an advantage to late reg a tournament and have less big blinds relative to the average.
As I think Rob said, he had tried to revert to the old way of short late reg and true freezeouts and it flopped. Rob and Simon must have all the data necessary to see how overall numbers were affected. Players just will not travel if traffic means they might get to DTD and then not be able to play. Players also won't travel if there is a risk they turn up to a main event, have their AA cracked, and then have to drive home. Recently the deepstacks and festivals are the busiest they've been with massive guarantees largely being met. There's the proof that the current late reg and re-entry policy is spot on imo.
As with many of these opinion polls, those that make the effort to post are often the ones that feel strongly against and want some change. Those that are happy with the status quo are far more likely to not make the effort to post and therefore we don't see a representative sample.
As mentioned above, I also thought Rob and Simon should test the idea again with an "Old Skool" festival with short late reg/true freezouts and see how popular it is. I'm pretty certain that the numbers will give a definitive answer.
IMHO it would be a huge mistake for the future of the club to change what is clearly working very well at the moment.
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