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Originally Posted by Damon Rutherford
The PPO schedule looks great, but I'm pretty disappointed to see that most of the tournaments apparently will be using a regular ante, rather than a big blind ante. Johnny, what gives?! MGM was totally correct a few months ago to move its entire regular tournament schedule to the big blind ante format. Major kudos for that decision -- it's been incredibly well received. So why must we now revert to the antiquated ante format in the PPO?
If it is at all possible to change this (and yes, I realize the structure sheets have already been posted and printed), I urge you to reconsider and make all PPO events big blind ante tourneys!
Just to offer another point of view on the issue, I think BBA format when executed improperly presents more drawbacks than positives. Sure, it lends for a better experience for players and dealers, and increases the h/hr rate but it affects incentives and action, especially around the bubble. In addition, if player moves, and table breaking aren't done more efficiently it would provide opportunity for unfair situations. While I amn't against the format, I hope the supervisors take great care to make the game fair for everyone if they decide to use it.