Entered a live HU tourney the other day. 23 people registered. 9 people were randomly given byes so that the tourney could be played as a 32-man tourney. Somehow I was the only one outraged by this format.

standard...

It's totally fair you're wrong.

Also **** you

Might be standard but still a really stupid system. I came to gamble on my poker skills not a bye-lottery.

So your preference was to randomly boot and refund 7 people's money? Or????

Be creative.

Partial rebate for those without byes.

Give one bye in Rd 1 and play to a final 3. here, you could play a 3 handed final table. Giving a bye to the final 3 would be unpopular, but I'd prefer two byes assigned rather than 9.

Have the losers of rd x play a re-entry tourney.

Those with a bye have DOUBLE the EV as those without. Something should be done to either equalize this or minimize byes.

Give the people who didn't get a first round bye double the starting chips in the second round. After all, they did already win them.

you realize the people running this tunamelt are actually employed by the casino to run the tunamelt, which (presumably) means they cannot get a more desirable job and eliminates any possibility of them even understanding what you just wrote, let alone developing that system based on their own creative thought, right? I mean....come on. i'm not trying to be an ******* (trust me I never have to try), but understanding the limits and capabilities of those around you is a pretty important life skill and being upset that they didn't do something that exceeds those capabilities by like an order of magnitude is really just a waste of emotion and stress. as an aside i have come to realize that a large portion of society actually thrives on conflict, problems, stress, and confrontation (my ex being one of them). their brains scratch and claw to conjure problems to solve, because if they aren't solving problems what good are they? if my ex suddenly had 100% of all her wants and desires met within days she would be striving and attacking some other problem and injustice. if you're like this and NEED to have problems that's fine; she's one of the happiest people i know. but it's useful to understand that you're that way.

wow did i just go off the deep end there. maybe i should start blogging again

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One time dealah.

No gamble no future

"...either that or you stay up all night and make soap."

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I'm reminded of the first poker psychology book that I ever read. "Beyond Tells" was a good read especially for a beginner. I had never explored the many differing personality types in such a way. Life scripts. Action and reaction based personalities. The pitfalls of each personality type were described. Jesse's ex sounds like an action based personality, while I have a close friend that clearly has a reaction based personality. He is the quintessential "party hardy" as described in the book. He'll look for and pounce on any sign of a weakness or flaw someone may have. Some people think he's just a dick, but I know that he's hoping to spark a reaction. It takes a pigeon and a drop which results in the payoff. In his case, the pigeon is the person that he's picking on and the drop is whatever insult he can think of. The payoff is the reaction that he gets from people.

In the case of action based personalities, the problems that require solving are the pigeon. The drop is the solution put into action, and the payoff is a feeling of accomplishment. Some people seek out problems to solve as Jesse mentioned.

It seems that the people running the tournament are neither action nor reaction based personalities. I'm guessing they're "nonaction" based personalities. They saw the problem and basically took the easy way out. Sure, they may not have the mental capacity to figure out a better solution than the bye thing, but that's not the problem. The problem is that the casino hired a bunch of nonaction based personalities and now the phunkphish is mad at them.

Solution? Hire Jesse's ex as tourney manager. Problem solved. Everyone wins.

I'm not gonna out anyone but if nobody has PMed you it's a shame because there are a bunch of really great 2+2ers there.

Was 2+2 down most of yesterday or did I get banned?

We don't talk about fight club

I'm trying to decide how much money it would take for her to accept the position of wsop tourney director for 5 years. I don't think $2m would do it.

I couldn't get through on my android app for several hours last night. Been having some phone issues though, so thought it was me.

The most likely explanation is that we both got banned.

Occums Razor ftw

Can we have a music suggestions thread? I'm trying to make my spotify strong. Like bull. It wasn't born that way like captain R......

Ooooohhh, yes please! I have pretty broad musical tastes and am always looking to expand my own playlists as well as expose others to new music.

Why not just open a Kesha channel on Pandora and let Pandora do the suggesting for you?

Doesn't play enough Nicki Minaj ldo

Lately I've been listening to Linkin parks old albums. Hybrid theory and meteora.

All that teen angst

I'll be playing at Commerce Monday evening if anyone is interested in saying hey. Anyone know any decent hotels nearby? I'll be in Costa Mesa the few days prior but my calculations show me it is a bit of a drive back and forth.

-hf

The hotel on top of the casino is pretty close.