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Platinum Room Speed Tourney
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Zero



Joined: 15 May 2006
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:15 pm    Post subject: Platinum Room Speed Tourney  
The PR now has what they call Speed Tournaments a couple days a week.

The blind levels go up every 10 minutes.

At the end of one hour, the tournament is over. Who ever has the most chips is the winner.

Thoughts?
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Cajun



Joined: 19 Jul 2004
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:44 pm    Post subject:  
It doesn't sound interesting to me. Most likely its just super aggressive and luck plays a large factor.
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on tilt



Joined: 07 Jul 2005
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:04 pm    Post subject:  
no appeal to me. i prefer deepstacks where skill has a greater determination of who wins than luck.
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Badbeat



Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:35 pm    Post subject:  
Sounds like a quick way to get ya to a cash table
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easytiger



Joined: 27 Oct 2005
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:02 pm    Post subject:  
If I played in this, I would try to accumulate as many chips as possible in the first hour.
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on tilt



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:03 pm    Post subject:  
excellent stategy
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Nekosohana



Joined: 19 Dec 2005
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:04 pm    Post subject:  
easytiger wrote: If I played in this, I would try to accumulate as many chips as possible in the first hour.

That is the smartest thing I have heard all day on this forum.

This is my new strategy!
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CmeTilt



Joined: 12 Aug 2005
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:16 pm    Post subject:  
Dumb. Just go put your money on Red or Black.
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Zero



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:54 pm    Post subject:  
Okay. Was just wondering if I was missing something here. Why even bother having these tournaments?

Does this appeal to anyone at all?
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iamaclone



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:02 pm    Post subject:  
There is a strategy to speed tournaments. Speed tourneys are normally profitable due to people having no idea how to play them.
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thejim



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:53 pm    Post subject:  
iamaclone wrote: There is a strategy to speed tournaments. Speed tourneys are normally profitable due to people having no idea how to play them.

This is definitely true. The cutting it off after 1 hour and awarding the payouts according to chipstacks negates it some, but good players still have an edge.

Is the PR charging a rake?
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TommyTwoToes



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:26 pm    Post subject:  
thejim wrote: iamaclone wrote: There is a strategy to speed tournaments. Speed tourneys are normally profitable due to people having no idea how to play them.

This is definitely true. The cutting it off after 1 hour and awarding the payouts according to chipstacks negates it some, but good players still have an edge.

Is the PR charging a rake?

yes of course...
the new management wants to get people to the cash games as fast as possible.
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itsoverjonny



Joined: 10 Jun 2006
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Platinum Room Speed Tourney  
Zero wrote: At the end of one hour, the tournament is over. Who ever has the most chips is the winner.

Is it really over at the end of one hour regardless of how many players are left? That is RETARDED!
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itsoverjonny



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:28 pm    Post subject:  
TommyTwoToes wrote: the new management wants to get people to the cash games as fast as possible.

So why not just start a cash game and skip the tournament completely?
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TommyTwoToes



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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:36 pm    Post subject:  
itsoverjonny wrote: TommyTwoToes wrote: the new management wants to get people to the cash games as fast as possible.

So why not just start a cash game and skip the tournament completely? well.
my guess is that people are goign to show to the tournies anyway. cause alot of those people like to just play tournaments no matter how bad the structure.its their form of entertainment.... so i guess he is still catering to them... at the same time he is trying to accomplish his goal of less tourney time and more cash game time...cause well he wants to make more money...(note the increased rake)

my guess is that the tournies everyday will be phased out... and they will have a weekly and a monthly....
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davidn



Joined: 25 Jun 2006
Posts: 90
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:39 am    Post subject:  
Zero wrote: Okay. Was just wondering if I was missing something here. Why even bother having these tournaments?

Does this appeal to anyone at all?

not me....and we thought winstar had a bad structure...LOL...it's more and more clear that one a month trips to Vegas makes more sense for me....
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Trunk



Joined: 08 Sep 2008
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:26 pm    Post subject:  
iamaclone wrote: There is a strategy to speed tournaments. Speed tourneys are normally profitable due to people having no idea how to play them.

Very true.

Situations and position against the people you want to match up against have more to do with it than anything else, cards do not matter many times.
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Zero



Joined: 15 May 2006
Posts: 4382
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:58 pm    Post subject:  
I agree. Its a different game, different skill. It sounds like the PR's goal is to get everyone into the cash game as fast as possible. This will only hurt attendence and/or change the clientele.
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Grunkzzz



Joined: 19 Jun 2006
Posts: 553
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:35 pm    Post subject:  
I would never go there with those crappy tournaments.
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