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Originally Posted by PS Walmsley
There have been several posts about the idea of replacing the $35 180-man with a rebuy around $11. I realize that the higher buy-in rebuy would probably prove popular and I agree that an $11 rebuy and the $35 turbo would be in competition. However when a SNG runs reasonably well, such as the $35 180-man, it is extremely unlikely that we would remove it and replace it with a different format of tournament.
wow wow wow, I hate this logic, it's extremely sick.....don't fix it if it
ain't broke? Fish logic. Then why make any changes at all?
What are your parameters for a SNG running "reasonably well".
I don't think it runs reasonably well because you can't play
them exclusively as a format for even 8+ tables, you have to
mix. With 11Rs maybe this would change.
Maybe we have different definitions of "runs reasonably well",
yours is conflicted with stars' bottom line, probably
would have been better to say nothing because pokerstars
loves transparency and by saying this you just invite more questions.
Either be more honest and say something like "people will be discouraged
by a tournament 11+3, and we're not looking to rake rebuys because that's
not our style" or don't post your objectives at all.
I don't think anyone asking for an 11+R would even consider having it
in competition with 35. It's a given the 35 would be scrapped. You've
already explained to us how much of a bad idea it is to segregate the pool.
If it were up to me I would trial run the 11+Rs on a Sunday when
the traffic means it doesn't affect the 35s negatively, and if it's
overwhelmingly popular i'd replace the 35s with 11rs, if there
are problems forseeen then keep the 35s.
As for calculating rake, i'm sure you could be inventive and not
antagonise any customer while raking same as 35s.
For one, you can't really reference the impact of 11rs with any other
game because no rebuy SNG has been employed at midstakes at
the highest traffic poker site
Because of this, predictions can easily be way off.