Just a general question about how people cope during a long Sunday off MTTS would anyone else be in favour of having a slightly longer than the 5 minute break say 15 minutes every 4 hours as an extra because although this may make the days longer i dont think it would restrict the volume of MTTs available and may make those long days easier. What do people think about this or the general structure of breaks?

I think 5 minutes is ideal, and plenty. I always sigh a couple of times when i see that a break is coming up.
I mean what should i do? Enough time for bathroom for sure unless your Greg Raymer or something.
A smoke, sure np.
Coffee and tea, done in 120 sec.
Fresh air etc, cant think of one really good reason for having even 10+ min breaks.

rs03rs03 tho

just stretch alot every break, it's sooo imperative... just hit the ground and do all sorts of stretches... as i post here on my break :]

also gotta be a pro and time the clock so you're not registering after the start of a break or your table wont break

how dare you

5 minutes is only tough when you have beer *****.

id prefer 55minutes of break and 5 minutes of poker, just make everything super turbo

lol

Please no, I hate 15min breaks during SCOOP/WCOOP events

Here's the dilemma though, honestly I think some people like breaks and some people don't. However, if 5 minutes isn't enough to do what you want to do, I don't see how 15 minutes is. And on the other hand, 15 minutes of doing nothing while waiting for your tables to start back up is an eternity longer than the 5 minutes of doing nothing while waiting for your tables to start back up, which is what I and I'm sure others find themselves doing.

For me, if I am starting a tournament or a session I'm already resigned to the fact that I'm gonna have to be willing to sit here for hours on end and not be able to do anything, a break just gets in the way of that to me.

I actually would prefer a 10 minute break every hour and half or two hours. Sometimes I think a break after every 55 minutes is too much and definitely not needed.

meh

i can see the merits of longer breaks, but thinking about it, i think i like it how it is.

I'd be surprised if 1tabling recreational players would be so interested in long breaks. They can do all the food/loo/ ciggies stuff between each hand they get dealt. They want to gamboool. We have to live with what they want, not what we want - they're basically paying.

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well said; good point about the casual players

fix the stars 5 minute breaks - I never ever get a full 5 minute break on stars. FTP breaks are sync'ed and you actually get the full 5 minutes. But on stars either a break is late to start or a new tournament is opening and starting.

Make your breaks sync'ed stars.

lol

there is no way sites are gonna extend breaks causing people to remain in tournaments longer and not reg for more tournaments..... 10 min breaks would mean 7 hour tournaments now take 7hrs35 also.... nty

+as mentioned the casual players would hate this, and there are a **** tonne mroe of hose than there are regs

Id like to have 15 min breaks after 5-6 hours of play.
sometimes I have to go outside to buy something etc :P

No.

Most regs and pretty much all casual players would hate this.

You do realize that even if one of your tournaments breaks for 15 minutes, whatever else you're in that's not at the 4 hour or whatever mark would still only break for 5 minutes...right?

Not necessarily, you could just have junctions in the day where everything takes a 15 mins break (ie 2pm, 5pm, 8pm 11pm etc etc). I would personally like a 15-20 mins break every 3 hours or whatever, but I rrrreally think that I'm in the minority on this. Too many red bull drinking degens that don't wanna take a breather from flips for 10 more mins....

u should prob work on ur time management if u need a 15 min break, remember when there were no breaks? wtf did u do?

Not everyone wants to adapt to a schedule that gives them the 15minute break in the middle of their sessions, therefore the extended break will not suit its original purpose of giving everyone an extended mid-day break. Thus, pointless.

Thanks for showing up

I think the 5 min break is perfect my problem is sometimes your in hand that takes a minute or two and the stars tournys start a minute early so you break becomes 2-3 minutes, which leaves very little time for bathroom heating up food etc

i think 10 min breaks would be ideal cos running round like a headless chicken trying to do all three in 5 mins is a nightmare.

i was thinking about making a thread like this. i like it could get in some naps!