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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
On Demand SnGs on pokerstars have 25 mins of late registration, if they are turbos. On ACR its 30 minutes + breaks, if a break fall within the late registration period.
Luvepoker
Lost in the twilight zone
Community Guide
I don't like late REQ but its part of the game today. I just wish they were not so long. Some of them Are just so unnecessary in my opinion,'' No reason a late REG is more than 1/2 an hour.
Why do the do it? greed of the site and players to a degree. Sited do it to make more money but lets be honest on the player side. How many would lose and see a $1.10 tournament with a really low or no guaranty on it. Many would not play. Lets say we join the tournament, and it only has 80 players in it. 1st place pays something like $15.00. Many people would complain it's so small it's not worth playing.
Why do the do it? greed of the site and players to a degree. Sited do it to make more money but lets be honest on the player side. How many would lose and see a $1.10 tournament with a really low or no guaranty on it. Many would not play. Lets say we join the tournament, and it only has 80 players in it. 1st place pays something like $15.00. Many people would complain it's so small it's not worth playing.
AKShark
Enthusiast
Silver Level
If the Casino provided more tournament with short late registration - then I would be happyI hate late regs , i dont know why but i hate .But it is what it is . Good luck t the tables.
AKShark
Enthusiast
Silver Level
If the Casino love long late registration , and the players don't like it - then the Casino should listen to the players, before they ruin the online pokergame with all their tricks to keep us on the tables 4ever
ratbat615
Legend
Platinum Level
2 hours is crazy 😜
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
Late registration, until a starting stack is only 10-15BB, is an excellent money machine for poker sites. The reason is, the shorter a stack people enter with, the less time it will take on average, before they either bust or bust someone else. So its not only, that more people play each individual tournament creating a larger price pool and more rake. Its also and just as importantly, that people can play more tournaments during a session. Say someone show up 15-20 minutes, before late registration end. Since they enter with a short stack, they are soon going to be all-in, and its pretty easy to fire 2-4 bullets during those last 15-20 minutes.
ScooperNova
Hair in a Biscuit
Loyaler
Using ACR as an example, I just can't wrap my head around the late registration periods. I don't need anyone to explain how more people registering for a tournament makes the prize pool bigger or how unlimited buy ins gives an advantage to people who don't care if they are profitable and simply look to make a cash or just have fun. I just wonder who these people are who have 8 hours to play poker tournaments every day. It doesn't seem like ACR would survive off of pros, the retired, and the unemployed people who have no other interests. I've had $10 in tourney bucks for 2 months and haven't used them. On the rare occasion I have time, I just can't fathom dedicating an entire day of free time to playing a small stakes tournament. When I was off work after a surgery, I still didn't care to dedicate 8 hours to staring at my computer screen, praying I wouldn't fall victim to a famous Phil Nagy runner runner gutshot. I mean, just knowing 100% that you're playing with bots, RTA cheaters and colluders...can't understand pouring my precious time into it, knowing you have to be very lucky to overcome the additional challenges above and beyond a regular poker tournament. I'd take a chance on a reasonable game structure like a freezeout, 1 rebuy, or up to a 30 minute late reg period.
nelomec
Rock Star
Platinum Level
I think poker sites have noticed that they make more money by keeping a late registration than a short one.
hardongear
Visionary
Silver Level
Raises hand ME. I don't get a lot of volume in for this reason. Which is fine by me as I play cash when I don't have 6-8+ hours.
I don't have that amount of time everyday but when I do I prefer MTT's with 10+ min blind levels. 6-8+ hours of play from start to finish. Why? Because MTT's are already enough of a lottery and bingo. The longer blind levels take more luck out of the MTT. With turbos you need more luck to in and cash. Any MTT that's turbo or fast blind levels is basically a lottery and bingo. It's takes enough luck to win the longer blind level MTT's don't no need to make it worse playing turbos.
If I want to play the lottery/bingo. I'll go to the store and buy a ticket for $2-$3 and have a chance at winning millions not the dimes offered in a turbo MTT. But that's just me.
I'm likely one of the few players who wish blind levels were longer so it would take even more luck out of MTT's.
Cheers!!!
ScooperNova
Hair in a Biscuit
Loyaler
Long blind levels are fantastic. The longer the better. I didn't say anything about blind levels. I like 15-20 minute levels for most online tourneys. I would be WAY more likely to attempt to set aside time for tourney that was longer due to skill increasing factors. Unlimited late registration for 4 hours is my issue. That is a skill decreasing factor. Soooo many yahoos just shoving any two for 4 hours, hoping to build a stack. Some of those folks could make a final table and lose money. They think it's impressive to make a final table and don't seem to care if the game is profitable. That doesn't increase the skill factor, but it does increase the prize pool...but also the bingo factor.
Thanks for your reply.
dzsire
Legend
Platinum Level
Honestly, I don't like late registration tournaments.
It's bad to watch when someone sits down 1 hour after the start and win a lot of chips in two minutes with a few lucky hands and you've been sitting there for an hour, getting garbage hands non-stop. I don't find it fair, of course I know that poker isn't famous for fair play...
It's bad to watch when someone sits down 1 hour after the start and win a lot of chips in two minutes with a few lucky hands and you've been sitting there for an hour, getting garbage hands non-stop. I don't find it fair, of course I know that poker isn't famous for fair play...
Vallet
Legend
Platinum Level
Freezeout is a structure that players should pay attention to when registering. If they don't want to wait for the long arrival of new participants in the tournament. The funniest thing happened to me when I waited 4 hours for late registration. A lot of players push all in when the last minutes are left. And I realized that if I lose 1 or 2 all-in, then my whole game will be in vain and the stack will become minimal. You can't get involved in a fight in the last minutes of late registration. Especially if you have been playing for several hours.