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07-11-2007, 11:23 PM
I think it would. I was going to post this after the event but it came up in another thread. Here are some reasons why I like a shootout :
- It would favour the better players. Everyone would still have their shot, but this is meant to be the World Championship. You have to win all the chips at the table to progress and you have to play short-handed and heads up in every round.
- You would never have to play 10-handed. I would prefer 6-handed for the later rounds, though obviously this would depend on the number of runners. You've got total flexibility. Say you were down to 16, you could play 8 heads up "semi-finals", how cool would that be ?
- No hand for hand torture.
- If you wanted to, you could seed players to keep them apart in the first round. I think I'd only favour this if there was a pre-defined, objective criterion for seeding (like all-time WSOP winnings, or WSOP winnings in the last X years). This would also mean that every qualifier would be guaranteed a "star" at their table.
- Also, if you wanted to, at least one round could be something other than NLHE
- Better control over the structure throughout. No need for 15-hour days at the start and 4-hour days later.
- I think the final table would be more exciting for players and spectators if everyone started with equal chips.
Potential downsides :
- The majority might not favour a 7/8 chance of being eliminated on their first day
- You'd have to keep a close eye on any deals
Here's a potential format for 6400-odd runners like we had this year :
- First round, 8-handed, all winners lock up $15K
- Second round, play down to 96. Again, winners only are paid
- Third round, 6-handed, play down to 16
- Semi-finals, heads up playing down to 8. The more I think about this, the more awesome it would be, and TV would love it.
- Final, standard 8-handed.
I don't actually expect this to happen, but who thinks it would be better ? Or failing that, make it 6-max all the way through, which would definitely help.
- It would favour the better players. Everyone would still have their shot, but this is meant to be the World Championship. You have to win all the chips at the table to progress and you have to play short-handed and heads up in every round.
- You would never have to play 10-handed. I would prefer 6-handed for the later rounds, though obviously this would depend on the number of runners. You've got total flexibility. Say you were down to 16, you could play 8 heads up "semi-finals", how cool would that be ?
- No hand for hand torture.
- If you wanted to, you could seed players to keep them apart in the first round. I think I'd only favour this if there was a pre-defined, objective criterion for seeding (like all-time WSOP winnings, or WSOP winnings in the last X years). This would also mean that every qualifier would be guaranteed a "star" at their table.
- Also, if you wanted to, at least one round could be something other than NLHE
- Better control over the structure throughout. No need for 15-hour days at the start and 4-hour days later.
- I think the final table would be more exciting for players and spectators if everyone started with equal chips.
Potential downsides :
- The majority might not favour a 7/8 chance of being eliminated on their first day
- You'd have to keep a close eye on any deals
Here's a potential format for 6400-odd runners like we had this year :
- First round, 8-handed, all winners lock up $15K
- Second round, play down to 96. Again, winners only are paid
- Third round, 6-handed, play down to 16
- Semi-finals, heads up playing down to 8. The more I think about this, the more awesome it would be, and TV would love it.
- Final, standard 8-handed.
I don't actually expect this to happen, but who thinks it would be better ? Or failing that, make it 6-max all the way through, which would definitely help.