DTD New Year Special £150,000 GTD Deepstack: Day 2

[rfgqqabc]

while we are waiting for final - anyone have any suggestions on how we avoid late finishes like this in future, options are;

1. cap runners at the GTE ie. 500 max for £150K, turn people away above the 500
2. 12pm starts day 1 and day 2
3. take out 4-5 levels
4. reduce 40 min clock to 35 mins
5. reduce chips to 20k

etc etc

Cheers Rob

I would say leave day 1's maybe play an extra level and then start at 12 on the Sunday. Shorter breaks would also work. 20 min breaks are too long in my opinion have 5-10 min breaks and that is more than sufficient. I believe the breaks are 20 mins now and there are 4 on day 1? so making these 10 mins long would save 40 mins and would allow for an extra level? Starting at 12 on the Sunday and having shorter breaks mean that even with 700 odd runners it could be finished by 2-3 which in my opinion is not to late

Personally I hate the 20 minute breaks but I understand completely why they have them.

There's a bunch of dealers working at the place who all need a break as well. No way this can change much at all unless they risk bringing in loads of extras so they can be rotated.

Breaks were 15 minutes this time, think they have already dropped from 20.  Am I going mad?

20-20-15-20 right? Or something like that 1A, 1B it certainly had 20 min one first...

[c4ught]

What kind of time do you "expect" a deepstack to be finishing Tighty?

3am latest? Reasonable enough. Most players will have work on a Monday at a £300 buy in level, and yes those who final will have a great payday but they've still got to go to work tomorrow!

Yes its an exceptional month in terms of runners and therefore extremely difficult to fine tune a structure and times in advance

Matt's idea about day 2 above is a good one

3am definitely reasonable. Starting day 2 early seems like the easiest option for next month. Offers a chance to see what the numbers are.

[kinboshi]

while we are waiting for final - anyone have any suggestions on how we avoid late finishes like this in future, options are;

1. cap runners at the GTE ie. 500 max for £150K, turn people away above the 500
2. 12pm starts day 1 and day 2
3. take out 4-5 levels
4. reduce 40 min clock to 35 mins
5. reduce chips to 20k

etc etc

Cheers Rob

Simplest tweak is keep Day 1a as is, but move Day 1b and Day 2 to 12 o'clock start.

Obviously logistical issues for the club, but that helps the players.

[BorntoBubble]

Early starts are best idea. This would mean a midnightish finish Saturday and a midday start Sunday. Then a 3ish finish Monday morning. Seems fine to me.

I'd advocate shortening the stock break to 15mins (leg stretch, phone home, spend a penny) and having an hour dinner break. You only have two roulette tables and a couple of blackjack tables. There are only so many people out of 500 who can get to them to do their brains, no matter how long a break you have

no dinner break please! not needed! If your hungry and dont want to eat in the club pack some sandwiches! hour dinner breaks are also not good for the club as i bet more people will go elsewhere for food.


Im not a fan of the early start on a friday back to the days of work fact. Most people can slope of early on a friday so a 2pm start is not that bad as people can get there by 4-5 if you make it 12 people will therefore need a day of work to play

[c4ught]

Early starts are best idea. This would mean a midnightish finish Saturday and a midday start Sunday. Then a 3ish finish Monday morning. Seems fine to me.

I'd advocate shortening the stock break to 15mins (leg stretch, phone home, spend a penny) and having an hour dinner break. You only have two roulette tables and a couple of blackjack tables. There are only so many people out of 500 who can get to them to do their brains, no matter how long a break you have

no dinner break please! not needed! If your hungry and dont want to eat in the club pack some sandwiches! hour dinner breaks are also not good for the club as i bet more people will go elsewhere for food.

+1

[jakally]

while we are waiting for final - anyone have any suggestions on how we avoid late finishes like this in future, options are;

1. cap runners at the GTE ie. 500 max for £150K, turn people away above the 500
2. 12pm starts day 1 and day 2
3. take out 4-5 levels
4. reduce 40 min clock to 35 mins
5. reduce chips to 20k

etc etc

Cheers Rob

I think an early start on Fridays would be bad. It worked out ok this month, as a chunk of people were still off work, but normally it wouldn't work so well.
35 minute levels is fine by me. Not ideal, but better than taking levels out.

12 pm start on Saturday, so that you can start earlier Sunday, would probably help.

Rather than change too much though, it's likely that next month (and thereafter) won't be quite as busy as this one - January is a funny month with people off work, desperate to get out the house after 2 weeks of food & drink etc....

[StuartHopkin]

12pm starts defo best option

Oh and please ban those pathetic electric cigarettes!

[T8MML]

while we are waiting for final - anyone have any suggestions on how we avoid late finishes like this in future, options are;

1. cap runners at the GTE ie. 500 max for £150K, turn people away above the 500
2. 12pm starts day 1 and day 2
3. take out 4-5 levels
4. reduce 40 min clock to 35 mins
5. reduce chips to 20k

etc etc

Cheers Rob

12 - 12.30 start would be cool but might crush the Internet "don't surface till 4pm" brigade

I'd be interested in what five minutes could do to the dynamic but don't think that could harm.

Everything else mate is spot on!


Tim

[kinboshi]

12pm starts defo best option

Oh and please ban those pathetic electric cigarettes!

Agree, except for the Friday start. As others have said, people can get away from work for the 2pm start, but might struggle for a 12:00 start on the Friday.  Saturday and Sunday can start at 12 o'clock though.

[FUN4FRASER]

12pm start would work .....

With the blind structure been so good people can have the option to late reg  4 or 5 hours after the start and still have a playable stack (as the 70/80 waiting to be seated found out on Saturday )

[George2Loose]

Please don't change the structure.

20k stack seems a good solution

[BorntoBubble]

12pm starts defo best option

Oh and please ban those pathetic electric cigarettes!

+1 these tilt me not sure why i think its every 2 seconds seeing a puff of smoke in the air and being 21 i don't remember the days of smoking indoors!

[FUN4FRASER]

Please don't change the structure.

20k stack seems a good solution

....and keep the structure

[Czyz29]

while we are waiting for final - anyone have any suggestions on how we avoid late finishes like this in future, options are;

1. cap runners at the GTE ie. 500 max for £150K, turn people away above the 500
2. 12pm starts day 1 and day 2
3. take out 4-5 levels
4. reduce 40 min clock to 35 mins
5. reduce chips to 20k

etc etc

Cheers Rob

Simplest tweak is keep Day 1a as is, but move Day 1b and Day 2 to 12 o'clock start.

Obviously logistical issues for the club, but that helps the players.

Yeah I would just say start day 2 at 12pm, and eliminate one level. Job done

[MLHMLH]

while we are waiting for final - anyone have any suggestions on how we avoid late finishes like this in future, options are;

1. cap runners at the GTE ie. 500 max for £150K, turn people away above the 500
2. 12pm starts day 1 and day 2
3. take out 4-5 levels
4. reduce 40 min clock to 35 mins
5. reduce chips to 20k

etc etc

Cheers Rob

please don't change anything but the start times