Doesn't start til 1 table from the money. Complete rules/details here.

http://www.worldpokertour.com/news/wpt-action-clock/

Great. Hopefully they'll extend it to the full tournament in future.

So I should keep my time-extension chips with me when I take a break or go to the bathroom. Right?

amazing, the future is here.


seriously tho, it really is great. forces those mongs to hurry tf up. i dont want to look at some greasy introverted nerd tank for 3 minutes with a trivial decision. its even WORSE when you are actually playing with these freaks, its unbearable.

i truly hope this becomes normal for any major tourney, or even some sides/smaller events too.

there is no reason to tank like 98% of the time. there should be 1/50 hands that you actually need a full 30 seconds for. if you NEED longer for some inane reason theres a couple little extension chips for your simple mind.

Feedback at PokerStars events was positive, I hope they will incorporate that into all major tournaments now.

I think every tournament director that incorporates this into their tournaments should solicit the opinions of amateur players.

Ultimately, if their experience isn't positive, it's bad for the game.

^^^^
Amateur players play for fun and waiting on guys tanking is not fun.
Action Clock for the win.

I would assume most/all TD's already have.

Unfortunately I think a lot of amateur players have stopped playing because of all the tanking.....and a lot of those players are not coming back (doing other things/lost interest).

Action clock should have been added long time ago. Disappointed WSOP didn't try in one of their smaller field NL events.

So we now either add levels, time to levels, or reduce rake.

Tournaments will end quicker therefore either time increase or rake reduction

It's about time, but honestly why is this the exception and not the norm?

I heard Christian Lusardi has already created counterfeit time-bank chips.

The World Poker Tour is going to an "Action Clock" one table outside the money and 8 handed play at 10 tables in our main tour stops in an attempt to add more action and fun.

We have used the "Action Clock" for two seasons in the season ending WPT Tournament of Champions even though it was widely player approved but I was still hesitant until I saw it work just as well at the WPT500 where amateurs and recreational players loved it as well.

Players will receive 30 seconds to act on their hands plus 4-30 second time extensions once the tournament is one table from the money. Time extensions will be reset to 6-30 second extensions at 3 tables until the Final Table of 6 is reached. At the Final Table it will be reset to 8-30 second extensions when the decisions are most critical and potentially a million dollar decision.

I'm really looking forward to another great season and more player friendly changes that the WPT still has yet to reveal.

I like it. Wish they gave a few more time extensions.

Some are saying 4-6-8 are too many, we will definitely reevaluate after implementation

It's all about implementation, the action clock is easy to use but picking a spot where to start it is the toughest decision

I wasn't even 100% on board even after two successful Tournament of Champions events using the Action Clock but after seeing it at the WPT500 in LA and the the recreational and amateur players loved it, I was sold.

× 1000

Awesome! About time

Excellent!

They may end quicker but surely it would prevent the latter stages being reduced to shove or fold with more play per level. For instance if a tournament has 40 levels and the average finishing level is 35, without all the tanking the tournament may end in level 25 but the final table should have far more playable stacks than the same tournament finishing at level 35

What's wrong with hand 1 of the tournament?

My worst nightmare playing live isn't losing a big pot, it is being stuck at a table with 2 or 3 habitually slow players. I sometimes feel like just walking away and giving up the BI. Why should a few players be allowed to ruin the experience for everyone else?

Far too many imo. Also, resets not required - effectively that would give a slow player up to 4+6+8 = 18 time extensions. In the Aria tournaments players receive 3 at the start and that is sufficient for the whole tournament. In practice very few players use all 3 - but if you give them more they will use them.

The reality is that the vast majority of tanking (after 30 secs) isn't spent more deeply analysing the hand. It's players regretting that they have to fold/call or players hollywooding. Ironically the players who tank most live are online players who comfortably operate quickly when sitting in front of a screen.

Even if 30s is sometimes tight, why should poker be different to other competitive games where time is limited (eg chess)?

Agree

Yes it is.

finally.. hopefully it will be easier for tv viewers to follow..

Great great news.

Now ban all hoodies and glasses, earphones.

And add actionclock to all live MTTs from the first level.

Lets make the experience as good as possible for the recs.