There's a lot of logical fallacies ITT. Here are some of them:
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People calling off with bottom pair because its re-entry is bad. No. No, no, no. This is good. We want this to happen. Everytime you bust a tournament this way you should be happy that someone put their money in so bad and realise that that is a good thing for you in the long-run. And then re-enter
It's funny that these are the same people complaining about HUDs making online unbeatable - "everyone's too good"?! Which way do you want it?!
Agree.
- People will unlimited re-entries have an advantage. They don't at all. If their larger bankrolls mean they make poor decisions on their first or second bullets then great, let them continue to play poorly please.
Disagree. They don't have an advantage per se, what they are doing though is massively increasing the variance for themselves and the rec punter who wishes to have one bullet. For you, this is good because you are a pro player and can handle the variance. For me as a rec, this is likely to put me off and go back to my mates down the local casino in Liverpool and say "No point travelling to DTD, might as well play bingo because of the variance", and not only is the rec disillusioned from playing again, he's telling all his mates not to bother.
- People turning up late have an advantage. They don't at all. How could they? Your stacking stack is worth the most in hand 1, level 1. Then gradually decreases in value as the registration period goes on. There's just no argument here.
Again, agree.
- People staked have an advantage Why? Again, if people "playing for free" means they make poor decisions, then great, please continue. Also this whole "playing for free" notion is generally not true - most staking deals have makeup, so a player needs to makeup all the tournaments he's not cashed before he can see $ for himself.
Don't have a view on this as not a staked player but it would make sense. The BRS info put up earlier was kinda confusing tbh!
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DTD are losing customers because of these tournaments. Please, tell me more about how DTD is losing customers because of their hugely popular and successful tournaments...
Yes, it may have lost you specifically, and most of the people in this thread will be posting because they aren't happy with the status quo (selection bias), but just look at the numbers. Rob tried to stop re-entry once and got it in the neck, he tried to limit late reg, and again, got it in the neck. The masses clearly like the huge guarantees and structures the way they are. People will always complain. Poker players especially
There are a lot of former players from DTD ITT and in the Facebook thread asking for freezeouts. I'm under the impression (but I may be wrong) that whilst the number of entries for comps are up, the number of unique entries for comps is down. This is good for you, as a pro, and me, as the rec, because prizepools are better. However, for Rob's business, this is not good. Although people who re-enter pay numerous amounts of rake, half of that goes to the government in tax. He sells less food and beverages because there are less people in the club. There are less people on his slot machines/roulette/blackjack tables.
Now, as for my personal opinions I like the following:
-Long late reg, 8/9 levels, why not? Again there's no logical reason why people shouldn't be allowed to register really late. Can't agree that tournaments these day lack the buzz of days gone by, quite the opposite. Try being at DTD around a Grand Prix or UKPC week and tell me the atmosphere isn't phenomenal. You never get knife edge tension in day 1 anyway - in freeze outs or re-entries - the knife edge tension comes later, and it is a hell of a lot bigger when theres a big juicy first prize up for grabs.
Because it's not worth it stack size wise. I would be interested to know the numbers of people who late reg before and after the first break.
-1 re-entry per flight. If not, then just one entry per flight. You should be able to play at least once on 1a, 1b, 1c. But not more than twice per flight. Bringing freezeouts back would make me so much less likely to travel to play.
I think it should be once per flight for the health of the club. At the end of the day, if I am a rec who travels to DTD for a 2pm comp, chances are first thing I do when I sit down is order a beer. Now you've got me in the club and I've had a drink. I'm not really going anywhere. If I want to drink, I can drink at DTD. I can eat at DTD. If I'm not playing tournament poker (which I would imagine brings the least profit per person to the club), then I have a choice of cash poker, sit and go's (where the hell did they disappear to?), slots and casino gaming.
Maybe I'm wrong, who knows. I remember days where I would be up there for the Monthly Deepstack and by 7pm, there were shedloads of cash tables. Now I believe that doesn't happen, because everyone's playing the comp as there are two starting flights on each day etc.
We can ask for loads of re-entries and loads of chips, but the Club needs people to play slots, play casino games, play cash, buy beer and eat food. Or it will die.
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