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Originally Posted by stew.robinson
That would certainly keep them guessing but it would also hurt some honest players who need to know when registration closes for their own scheduling and whatnot. Something needs to get done but i’d say back to the drawing board!
Right now late registration closes automatically if all of the players in a tournament are in the money, even if the last late registration level has not been reached. This doesn't occur very often, but I've seen it.
I suggest closing late registration early if, during the last two level of late reg, 90% of the players left are expected to be in the money.
For example, if the lobby currently shows "Places Paid: 63", late registration would end when
n *.90 <= 63, where
n is the number of remaining players. In this example, late registration would end when there are 70 or fewer players.
Combine that with re-seating players every time a new table is created during the last level of late registration, and I think most of the problem is solved.
Players would get used to the idea that late registration might end a little early, and plan accordingly. And late registration would still last just as long as it does now for tournaments that do not run into this problem of having so many of the remaining players getting into the money shortly after late registration ends.