blinds at Gala have become a bad joke

[tikay]

I got 7th in the £10 comp at Grimsby a few years back. Does that count?

Guess if I was REALLY mischievous, I could suggest we compared our respective records in the Player Databases on The Hendon Mob, or Poker in Europe.com.........

xx to Ginger.

[Royal Flush]

And dived the results by years we have been playing?? 

[Karabiner]

And dived the results by years we have been playing?? 

You may be surprised to learn that Tikay has only been playing live in casinos for a few years.

[tikay]

On the "circuit" as such, 2 years next month, to be precise, but almost 18 months in reality, since I stopped working. Seems a whole lot longer, but boy, I've packed a lot of fun into that two years! And for the sake of record, I love that Flushy kid. Well, a bit.

"Dived" the results? Who dived?

[Royal Flush]

This thing needs a spell check, i actually noticed an error of yours the other day in a post regarding a badge, i let it slide!! NO MORE MR NICE GUY!!


I also love Tikay....like a grandfather....

I actually know Tikay has not been playing that long, i never actually think how long you have been playing makes a diffrence. I mean you might some of these old grumpy gits in the Vic who go on about how they hate the new kids ruinning thier game, well i would bet my bankroll that the 2 times a week they play a tournament over the last 20 years is less than i have played in 2.

Tikay may win the battle for now, but the war will be mine!!!

[tikay]

There will be no war Flushy. You'll surrender. You can take over when I'm old & grey.....

But it IS an oddity that everyone seems to think I've been playing the game for years, as a result of which I can speak about the game with "authority". Sadly, not true. In either case, before Mr WiseGuy reminds us.....

[Karabiner]

It's called gravitas Tikay, thank goodness they don't waste that on the young too eh ? 

[tikay]

"gravitas" - is that when your he-man chest becomes a pot belly? I'm that man.

[Royal Flush]

I thought you were 21?

[tikay]

No, that was a misrread.

[Nightfly]

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!

It will take me a few days to respond to this post with a full justification of decisions made with regard to the blind stucture. (although why I should have to do this is beyond me!)

Any decisions to alter the competition structure are usually undertaken to allow for more play and to improve the flow of the competition. These decisions are usually made following suggestions from players and from the fact that as competitions attract an ever increasing number of players, and therefore put more chips in play, the competition structure needs to reflect and cater for this trend.

These decisions are not taken lightly and are only implemented after careful consideration of the competition statistics over a number of weeks.

In this instance... the structure being complained about is actually less agressive than the one it replaced.

As such it represents an improvement for all players and NOT what it is represented as here.

Here is a massive dilemma for all card-room supervisors - improve things for the players and face criticism from people who can't work out that they're better off

or leave things as they are forever!

More to follow!

[snoopy1239]

Thx for taking the time to reply, Nightfly.

I'm sure everyone will appreciate your input.

 

[chrisbruce]

Nightfly

I do not have the figures to compare blind structures now with what they were before for a comparison but can only compare with how I remember the competion as I have played it.
I do not agree that the structure is softer now than when it was the old £30 1000 chips set up. True this may be due to the fact that the competition is more popular and perhaps has more rebuys during the rebuy period?

My point is that I can see no reason why the blind structure can not be slowed down or capped when there are 2 tables left. (around 2am in my experience) the blinds are still fairly large at this point but not silly amounts. during the latter stages of Sundays tournament (i.e. 15 or less players) nobody was happy with the 20 minute clock and all agreed it was a crapshoot.

[Ironside]

little tip

is increase the blinds faster just after the rebuy period and slow them down as you aproach the end game

this can be done 2 ways

1) change clock then slow it down
2) remove a blind level or 2 early doors and put in a level or 2 nearer the end of the comp


i find 2 the better way to do this

[Karabiner]

Nightfly

I do not have the figures to compare blind structures now with what they were before for a comparison but can only compare with how I remember the competion as I have played it.
I do not agree that the structure is softer now than when it was the old £30 1000 chips set up. True this may be due to the fact that the competition is more popular and perhaps has more rebuys during the rebuy period?

My point is that I can see no reason why the blind structure can not be slowed down or capped when there are 2 tables left. (around 2am in my experience) the blinds are still fairly large at this point but not silly amounts. during the latter stages of Sundays tournament (i.e. 15 or less players) nobody was happy with the 20 minute clock and all agreed it was a crapshoot.

Chris, I would suggest that any tournament with rebuys for 90 minutes which starts at 9.15pm.

And has to be finished within 7/8 hours cannot be anything other than a "crapshoot" at some stage.

Rebuy tourneys subtract time from the "actual" play but boost the pool, it's the price one pays for a large pot.

Would you rather a £50 freezeout for a smaller pool of prize money ?

If not, I'm missing your point.