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Originally Posted by EstyzBalln
This $109 50k starts wwwaaayyyyyyyyyy to early. Start it 3 hours later and take out a few blind levels to compensate. How can you start a tournament at lunch time on the west coast when people dont even get off work for another 5 hours?
I think it's alright. Starts 2pm ET with late reg to 8:30pm ET (5 hours + breaks). It actually gets to a reasonable blind level around 7pm ET which means people in the central and eastern timezones can hop in upon getting home from work. Yes it's a bit early for the west coast but you could max late reg after work or just play a different tournament. Not every tournament is designed to cater to every timezone.
If the tournament were to change times, I'd propose not more than 1 hour later so late reg doesn't go beyond 8pm ET. I would also propose a general structure improvement where the first meaningless hour of pre-ante play is removed and replaced with a little more play near the end of late reg. Five hours late reg is just frustratingly ridiculous.