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Originally Posted by sixfour
OP makes interesting points, I'm sure there could be a way to make a mincash not be such a huge ICM jump and keep things moving, sure there might be the guy that won a ticket to the main on a packet of corn flakes who might think $3k will be life changing money but it would likely be better than the current situation. Maybe in 2018 the WSOP could trial such a payout structure in one of their 5426975 NLHE events?
Yeah, this is my favorite part of Terrence's proposal. Make the first payouts be so small relative to the buy-in, and make each subsequent step so incremental, that it reduces the incentive to stall.
Consider the $1K PLO event that ended yesterday. Everyone from 127th place to 158th got $1,501. But instead what if 158th paid, say, $300? Then 157th is worth $310, 158th pays $323, 159th gets $339, etc.
Terrence also says pros would hate it, but would they? You don't have to flatten out the structure. In fact, there might be more money at the top because you're reducing the min-cash prizes. So wouldn't professional players PREFER this?
I would imagine it would take an experiment of sorts, but I'd love to see Terrence's idea implemented as a test pilot, just to see how people respond.