Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 5,269
Any chance of getting 9-player PLO8 sngs? And/or 6 minute levels in the 6-player games?
Right now (for PLO8) you just have 6- and 7-players with 4 minute levels. Like, if you just take a step back and look at that, is that really what you want to be offering? You have PLO8 sngs, but you don't really have what people normally expect.
IMO, keep the 7-players unchanged (since they're popular for whatever reason), change the 6-players to 6 minute levels, and add 9-players with 6 minute levels.
Even just putting up the exact same options as holdem wouldn't be bad. But I think it'd be better to 1.) not dillute the lobby into 4 minutes and 8 minutes for the 9-players (just compromise at 6 minutes, with the smaller player pool in PLO8) and 2.) make the 6-players 6 minutes.
I'd argue that fast levels reduces the skill/advantage in PLO8 more than it does in holdem. For one reason, when it's shove/call time, you call a lot more in PLO8, and usually every decision is borderline and a small difference. There isn't really a technical edge at that stage in the same way there is in holdem. I think you'd be more attractive to regulars who will play every game for hours, and more likely to fill higher buyins, with 6 minute options.
(Talking about Nevada.)