HULA Feedback Thread

[Sheriff Fatman]

Now that some of us have reached the end of our HULA schedule I thought it might be worth setting up a thread for any feedback (good or bad) so that Perseus, or whoever Commishes it, has feedback for the next event.

As a start, and in no particular order, my thoughts are as follows:

<ul type="square">[*] The $100 'retainer' to ensure matches get played was a great idea. Non-played matches didn't seem to be an issue this time round, which is great.
[*]Pokergrader's site would be worth using to keep track of the matches. Ensuring captains get access from the start of the next HULA will hopefully ensure they all use it.
[*]With regard to the HULA site, one problem I had was that I couldn't enter results if the opposing captain hadn't set the fixtures. I think both captains need to be able to add fixtures in case the home captain fails to do so.
[*]It would be a good idea for players to post their agreed fixture times (either via the site or in the results thread) so that everyone is aware that times have been set up. The final week this time around seemed to have a lot of late matches. It'd be helpful if we (captains and commish) could see if a date has been agreed so that we don't chase up unnecessarily.
[*]There was enough interest in this to consider expansion, both in terms of number of teams and increasing the players per team. Personally I like the idea of having 7 fixtures (so 8 players) per team as it might keep the fixtures alive longer and reduce the amount of 'dead rubbers'.
[*]I think I'd prefer more than 30BB starting stacks as its quite easy for a couple of early outdraws to leave you pretty much decimated. This is the first HULA I've played where I didn't have a match go to the 2nd blind level.
[*]I'd love to play a No-Limit version of this if there was interest.
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Just a few thoughts. Feel free to add your own. I don't intend anything I say to be a criticism of anyone or anything in particular. I just think we can use feedback like this to continue to improve HULA in future (and it has improved beyond recognition from the first 2 events).

Finally a big thank you to Perseus for organizing this, to Surf for holding the funds and to everyone involved for playing their matches. I had fun, despite the results!

Sheriff