Showboat Poker Tourney

[FGators]

Are they just going to constantly double the blinds?

or are they gonna go 25/50,50/100,75/150,100/200,150/300,etc?

I talked to the guy Ryan on the phone yesterday and he told me the Ballroom will open up registration at 9 AM on saturday.

I'm gonna get there at that time. He said I should almost definitely be able to get in at that time (won't be shut out).

I really think the levels should be like 35/40 minutes since they are making a big to do about this tournament.

[SellingtheDrama]

Yeah I'd prefer/love longer levels too....what decent MTT player wouldn't?

[Mr. AtlanticCity]

Buy-in is not that high, therefore the juice is not that much. You want longer rounds, you would have to pay more in juice to cover a longer tournament, more dealers/shifts/etc.

You need to keep in mind the philosphy of Atlantic City tournament poker. Except for a few larger tournaments (WPT, WSOP, Borgata specials, etc.), all they want is your money. They are in no way concerned about making sure you get your entertainment value for your buy-in. They offer the tournaments only as marketing, becuase once you donk out, they want you to sit at the live cash games and run a rake over you. They can rake more off you in 3 live hands vs. the juice from a tournament buy-in that you will be in an average 2 hours. Why do you keep seeing stories of floor/management screw-ups and horrible decisions during tournaments on here? Do you think they even care? No! (For an example, Hilton used to run a nice cheap $50 tournament weekdays at 2PM, you started with 3,000 chips, 25/50, 30 minute levels, antes start at level 3. I went last month and AFTER the tournament started, I found out they changed the levels to 20 minutes. Just that change alone took the tournament structure from fairly decent structure to a total crap shoot.)

[FGators]

Well from what we understand of this structure on Saturday is this likely to be a crapshoot?

I never play live tournaments and can't really come up with a definitive answer.

[SellingtheDrama]

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Well from what we understand of this structure on Saturday is this likely to be a crapshoot?

I never play live tournaments and can't really come up with a definitive answer.

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I've played the Borgata 300+40, which is the same chips and 30 minute levels, quite a few times. It is pretty far from a crapshoot for a one-day.

My guess for this structure is that if its comparable to the one I'm used to, there's going to be enough play in the starting stack for 5-6 levels. After that you need to have made something happen.

I'm about 50/50 (waking up early enough to register sounds hard) on playing this.

[Mr. AtlanticCity]

The Showboat tournament this Saturday is a good structure for the buy-in amount. It seems like the structure for this tournament is similar to the Borgata regular tournament.
LEVEL ANTE BLINDS
1st - $25 - $50
2nd - $50 - $100
3rd - $100 - $200
4th $25 $100 - $200
5th $50 $200 - $400
6th $75 $300 - $600
7th $100 $400 - $800
8th $200 $600 - $1,200
9th $300 $800 - $1,600
10th $300 $1,000 - $2,000
11th $500 $1,500 - $3,000
12th $500 $2,000 - $4,000
13th $1,000 $3,000 - $6,000
14th $1,000 $4,000 - $8,000
15th $2,000 $6,000 - $12,000

All my post was stating that you can not expect long rounds for such low buy-in/juice. This is mainly all of the lower buy-in daily tournaments.

[SellingtheDrama]

That's identical AFAIK and I absolutely agree that you get what you pay for - 25 bucks juice for this structure is fair in my book.

[Mr. AtlanticCity]

Sorry, I did not even see your post.

[FGators]

This would have been a lot better if they included 75/150 and 150/300 levels or just made each round about 45 minutes long.

If they are playing up the tournament this much they shouldn't make it a push fest at the end.

[tyler9768]

Are the satellites running through Friday?