Re: How long does a typical Satellite take to play?
I played three of them on July 1 and 2 and chopped two of them - one with three left and one with two left. From sitting down to the chop took about hour and a half or hour and three quarters.
Don't look for a game between 11:30 and 2:00 - most of the dealers are tied up with that day's main event. From 2:00 to about 4:30 you may have a bit of a wait to get a game, depending on how popular your choice is. After 4:30 or 5:00 it should be pretty much walk up and sit down.
The three I played were very soft. They played out like people here predicted - weak players get knocked out early, and by the time you're down to two or three it's probably experienced STT people who know the value of chopping rather than taking your chances on luck. Treat three players left as the bubble and use proper bubble pushbot strategy. I had ROI of %260 (admittedly very small sample size).
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