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I've started to play a few 11+1 180 Turbos on Poker Stars and I like them fairly well so far. Like any Turbos they get pretty crazy with all-ins, especially around 30 players remaining.

If you're savvy with preflop play and pot stealing I think it's quite easy to build a stack in these -- of course once you're in the money the stacks trade hands frequently.

The top-heavy payout structure is a double-edged sword for these tournaments. I like it a lot for the regular 180s, but because the Turbos are even more frenzied once you're ITM it's a lot more difficult to negotiate your way into the top three. On the other hand, the payouts for those three spots are pretty huge.

I've got to do some more experimentation for myself, but so far I like the low buy-in 180 turbos.