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Originally Posted by Z06Fanatic1
How long does the average turbo take compared to reg mtts? Even if the turbo takes 1/2 the time or 1/3 the time its not worthwhile financially given how much higher a good players ROI is in a well structured tournament....furthermore there's only so many turbos in the day - its not like you can play one and immediately fire the next one up so your hourly isn't what the numbers would say it is....also it increases variance tremendously - I get playing turbos if you have limited time on your hands but I think if you have the full day to play poker reg speed are better overall.
First off, agree with the above. WTF adding a bunch of turbos to the schedule? These suck, unless the avg stack will be 10-15bbs. Maybe without 3 hr late reg they will be a lot better, but who knows. Variety, variety, variety.
As for the TD, I listed several suggestions in the other thread.
~shootouts-see how these fill up...these are fun since they are an mtt/sng mix with different strategies
~freezeouts ($1, $2, $5, $11, maybe $16.50, $22, $33, $55, $75, $109)
~rebuys ($2, $3, $5, $10, $30r)
~rebuy(s)+addon--1 or 2 rebuys+addon; ($2, $5, $10)
~action hours---quick blinds for rebuy period, slow after (lower buyin of some sort)
~turbos---push/fold at end, but chip leader still has 30ishbbs (rest are around 10-15 bbs avg stack
~variety of 6 max, 9 max, and maybe throw in a 4 max on a special night
~what about a special HU mtt one or two days of the week, 3 diff levels?
As for the ideal schedule, I have no clue where the players even come from and at one times. Obviously you would want to cram a bunch of mtts in for all levels between 5pm EST and maybe like midnight-2am. This will satisfy coast to coast. Have quite a few mtts starting for the same-ish buy in levels multiple times within the hour, or at least 2-3/hr. Should include all games....NLHE, PLO, maybe a plo8 by itself, and a Horse one. Maybe include an OE one or two nights a week.
Late at night there should be a couple different mtts for the Euro players...maybe a few extra turbos, a couple 10 min levels, and maybe 1 15 min level one every other hour.
Early day for american through afternoon should consist of mainly nlhe and maybe throw in a few plo. It's really a guess as to what you will get. We don't know numbers and could be way off base from what you have, as well as what is expected. I'd just throw in some mtts that we suggest and we can agree/disagree as necessary. Probably will cost you a bit of money, but that's expected to improve.
I would take the Bovada schedule and look at the gtds with the actual prizepool and include what is on there; and trim off some of the fat that won't work for you guys yet. Don't have to copy exactly, but if they are getting a 2r with 2k prizepool at 1pm in afternoon, you should have success with something similar once traffic gets over here.
As far as level length, I'd go 15 minutes for most of the mtts earlier in day, as people would grind for awhile...throw in a few 10 min levels/turbos later in afternoon when it comes closer to dinner so we aren't grinding a 7 hr mtt from 3pm until 10pm. Also, 15 min levels would probably suffice earlier in the evening...people can grind a 5-6 hr mtt until midnight or 1am even if they work in the morning if a good prizepool. Have a few turbos, though, later in evening so people can get a quickie (not from their gf/bf) before they head to bed/finish up 1 tabling the earlier 15 min level one. There will be plenty of night owls who play the later mtts, but would not have too many 7 hr mtts after midnight. 10 min levels with good stack/structure would suffice.
ALL WITH 1 HR LATE REG WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE