moving tables in a no limit re-buy

[bolt pp]

A freind has asked me how it's decided in a no limit re-buy tourney who moves tables and when?
I dont know the critearia for this, does anyone?

(This is a rare sober post from me so excuse the correct spelling)

[thetank]

When there are 23 runners on 3 tables. 8 players on 2 tables, 7 on the other.

A player on the 7 handed table lose his chips and decides not to re-buy.

A player must be taken from one of the 8 handed tables to keep the numbers even. The big blind usually, who is put into the worst position available at the new table.

As for which of the 8 handed tables the player is taken from, I believe it's just picked randomly by the tournament director. I'd be interested to hear if there actually is criterea for choosing which table to steal a player from in this situation.

[Graham C]

the guy in charge of the game I went to moved the person (me) on the BB to a table that had a slot just after the BB.

Don't they move the person in a similar position to the space available?

[PointsUp]

No, they always move the BB in a no limit re-buy game

[matt674]

It all depends on where you play - and whether we are talking live or online.

Most of the live casino's take the big blind off the table with most players and move them to the table with fewer players and position them as close to the upcoming big blind as possible. But then some casino's will have different rules and its one of the things you should always ask the card room manager of before the tournament begins.

I play online on pokerstars and they do not have any set method of who is removed from the table with more players, they just take one player at random and move them to any available seat on the table with fewer players. (always handy when getting deep into a tourney and they move you just as its coming up to your turn and then position you miles away from the big blind on your new table!!)

[I KNOW IT]

The fairest way I have come across is when I was playing at the Orleans in Vegas. They use this method.
Player is moved from the top heavy table from exactly the same position the person has just busted from the short handed table.
i.e
Player busts from 4 positions after the button, then player in same position on top heavy table replaces him.
This can even work with the player in the small blind and in my opinion is the fairest and easiest way to do it.

Wish our casinos would adopt this method

[londonpokergirl]

I use the moving the big blind off the top heavy table to balance things out as its fairer

[matt674]

I use the moving the big blind off the top heavy table to balance things out as its fairer

and do you have a set proceedure as to where they sit at their new table?

[thetank]

If there's more than one top heavy table how do you pick which you move the player from?

Is it just random, the first one to finish the hand they're on?

[AdamM]

Notts Gala its shortest chips that moves. we moan and complain and plead but still it's shortest chips.

[thetank]

Notts Gala its shortest chips that moves. we moan and complain and plead but still it's shortest chips.

The more I hear about that place, the less keen I am on visiting.

[AdamM]

on the whole I still recommend the place but there are some things that just dont seem to get changed, who ever is in charge.

[tripaces]

Notts Gala its shortest chips that moves. we moan and complain and plead but still it's shortest chips.

This actually makes a little sense. As an example, say every starts with 5,000 chips and at time of needing to move someone and 7 of the 8 players are down to 500 chips each and 1 guy is sitting with 36,500 chips and he is on the BB, he gets moved leaving only a possible 3,500 chips on the table in total.

The guys left on the table don't have much chance winning the tournament do they?

But if it's one of the shortest stacks which moves then there are still plenty of chips on every table.

I know I have taken an example to the extreme above.

[AdamM]

baring in mind we have up to 11  tables going what tends to happen is a 'seat of death will sometimes develop. a chipped up table will lose a player and lowest chips from another table gets moved in. they have well below the average and lack information on the deep stacks at their new table. consequently they may get knocked out quite quickly. once this has happened a couple of time it becomes a seat of death until the taqble gets broken or another one is broken and a big stack gets put in by chance.

[Bongo]

Actually I don't find the shortest chips thing that bad:

1) If i'm shortest chips i'm obviously not doing to well so a new table could be just what i need.
2) If a short player is moved to my table then I don't have to worry too much about them - if a huge stack was placed there it could be very worrying, especially as you are feeling out how they are playing at that point.