CarbonPoker.ag Tournament Improvement Thread

[CarbonChris]

Originally Posted by JayA

How about better promotional tactics? Make the leaderboards more easily visible and accessible. Have a promotion for mixed game mtts, something like "Do you have what it takes succeed in all games? Prove yourself in this week's xx tournaments!" I think tactics like that would get people excited and fill in mtts that have a hard time filling. You could do this with many of the nlhe tournaments as well; don't use it just for mixed games, etc.

Also, please make the pop ups about tournament overlays clickable. It'd be so much more efficient to be able to click that pop up and get taken to the tournament lobby instead of having to go find the tournament in the main lobby.

Please feel free to expand on this.

As for the first point, there's actually something like that in the works that we've been tinkering with. Hopefully, we'll have an update on that soon.

As for the clickability of the popups, I agree on that too. That would be a cool addition.

[ExoXidious]

Double or Nothings:
The structure in the double or nothings in is hurting my roi vs how pokerstars does their DON structure my play hasn't changed since switching to carbon and i'm around a -4% roi difference (my roi on stars was 12%) I do adjust im an old poker player ive been doin DONs for a while now.

Since I have put in a decent volume of games this to me suggests that it has to be the blind structure that is the problem because these games feel softer then pstars $20 lvl and right now i'm playing the $5 level here at Carbon also I run into way less DON regs then on stars at this buy level vs stars, the fish get to end game a lot easier here at carbon I'm thinking part of it has to do with the 15/30 blind level being cut out.. i remember at stars the aggression got a bit spicy on 15/30 then slow down a bit more at 25/50 for these fish/weak type players postflop.

I know im just one voice but can you please add in 15/30 to DONS specifically?

[JayA]

Originally Posted by CarbonChris

As for the first point, there's actually something like that in the works that we've been tinkering with. Hopefully, we'll have an update on that soon.

As for the clickability of the popups, I agree on that too. That would be a cool addition.

Good to hear. Thanks for the update Chris.

[dark_horse]

The Mini Sunday Superstack $25,000 Guaranteed takes way too long. 20 minute levels for a $30 tournament is excessive. It's nice to start with 10k in chips but keep the levels at 15 minutes.

[JayA]

Originally Posted by dark_horse

The Mini Sunday Superstack $25,000 Guaranteed takes way too long. 20 minute levels for a $30 tournament is excessive. It's nice to start with 10k in chips but keep the levels at 15 minutes.

IMHO, it's a superstack for a reason. There are plenty of other tournaments with 15 minute blinds. The structure for this one is great and a nice change from the schedule during the week.

Edit: Though I do think it would be better if there were more attractive tournaments to play throughout the night while grinding this one.

[CarbonRyan]

Originally Posted by ExoXidious

Double or Nothings:
The structure in the double or nothings in is hurting my roi vs how pokerstars does their DON structure my play hasn't changed since switching to carbon and i'm around a -4% roi difference (my roi on stars was 12%) I do adjust im an old poker player ive been doin DONs for a while now.

Since I have put in a decent volume of games this to me suggests that it has to be the blind structure that is the problem because these games feel softer then pstars $20 lvl and right now i'm playing the $5 level here at Carbon also I run into way less DON regs then on stars at this buy level vs stars, the fish get to end game a lot easier here at carbon I'm thinking part of it has to do with the 15/30 blind level being cut out.. i remember at stars the aggression got a bit spicy on 15/30 then slow down a bit more at 25/50 for these fish/weak type players postflop.

I know im just one voice but can you please add in 15/30 to DONS specifically?

Ill pass it along to Merge for review.

Ryan

[CarbonRyan]

Originally Posted by JayA

IMHO, it's a superstack for a reason. There are plenty of other tournaments with 15 minute blinds. The structure for this one is great and a nice change from the schedule during the week.

Edit: Though I do think it would be better if there were more attractive tournaments to play throughout the night while grinding this one.

I agree on both of these points.

I know that the guys in the pokeroom management team at Merge are reviewing the entire schedule as we speak.

Ryan

[dark_horse]

Originally Posted by JayA

IMHO, it's a superstack for a reason. There are plenty of other tournaments with 15 minute blinds. The structure for this one is great and a nice change from the schedule during the week.

There aren't plenty of tournaments that start you with 10k in chips that have 15 minute blinds, especially small stakes ones.

[TomoDaK]

Originally Posted by ExoXidious

Double or Nothings:
The structure in the double or nothings in is hurting my roi vs how pokerstars does their DON structure my play hasn't changed since switching to carbon and i'm around a -4% roi difference (my roi on stars was 12%) I do adjust im an old poker player ive been doin DONs for a while now.

Since I have put in a decent volume of games this to me suggests that it has to be the blind structure that is the problem because these games feel softer then pstars $20 lvl and right now i'm playing the $5 level here at Carbon also I run into way less DON regs then on stars at this buy level vs stars, the fish get to end game a lot easier here at carbon I'm thinking part of it has to do with the 15/30 blind level being cut out.. i remember at stars the aggression got a bit spicy on 15/30 then slow down a bit more at 25/50 for these fish/weak type players postflop.

I know im just one voice but can you please add in 15/30 to DONS specifically?

The structure is pretty good really 15/30 ain't gonna help a ton.

The rake however is atrocious! 10% all the way up...really guys. Take a look at how other websites rake DoNs. 10% at higher buyins is way too much in a game of small edges

[madcatz1999]

Originally Posted by TomoDaK

The structure is pretty good really 15/30 ain't gonna help a ton.

The rake however is atrocious! 10% all the way up...really guys. Take a look at how other websites rake DoNs. 10% at higher buyins is way too much in a game of small edges

It's 8% at all levels. 7% for turbos.

[mjcace]

Originally Posted by dark_horse

The Mini Sunday Superstack $25,000 Guaranteed takes way too long. 20 minute levels for a $30 tournament is excessive. It's nice to start with 10k in chips but keep the levels at 15 minutes.

+1 , I basically never play it for the that reason. I wouldn't miss it if it had 15 minute levels.

[IBGrindin]

Originally Posted by dark_horse

The Mini Sunday Superstack $25,000 Guaranteed takes way too long. 20 minute levels for a $30 tournament is excessive. It's nice to start with 10k in chips but keep the levels at 15 minutes.

Originally Posted by mjcace

+1 , I basically never play it for the that reason. I wouldn't miss it if it had 15 minute levels.

+2. love the prize pool for a $33 buyin since it's the only time Merge seems to throw mid stake grinders a bone on the schedule.

that said, this tournament needs to be tinkered with. I played 5+ hours in it yesterday and still finished outside of the $. just give it the same structure as the $11 15K imo.

[CarbonRyan]

Ill pass all the feedback along to Merge for consideration.

Ryan

[GOSOXXX]

Nothin has changed for the weekly 60$ monday mtt its suppose to be 10k stack with 15 min lvls, But it has been 5k stack and ten min levels since the server shutdown a while back...Please change it back to normal because this structure sucks. Thanks

[CarbonRyan]

Originally Posted by GOSOXXX

Nothin has changed for the weekly 60$ monday mtt its suppose to be 10k stack with 15 min lvls, But it has been 5k stack and ten min levels since the server shutdown a while back...Please change it back to normal because this structure sucks. Thanks

The PokerRoom team at Merge are currently revising the entire schedule. Ill make sure they see this.

Ryan