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Originally Posted by clutch352
Having people enter in short also hurts the experienced player because shorter stacks cap the range that a good player can open with. This can hurt the better players edge and causes good players to rake more before they take money off the site.
Had me here pretty much on everything - minor disagreement here, though.
A good player, too, realizes the period of time when late reg is about to end, or maybe even some time before that. They know what's going on, watching the leaderboard here and there. Patience - maybe sitting on your hands for a bit, toss the range guide out the window, and picking a spot or two is a better strategy during this time. You don't have to stay hardcore on the game plan every minute, unless I just described your game plan.
I don't mind the late reg's - whether they are fish or great players. I'm building my stack in the first two hours (using WPN as an example here specific to me - three hours late reg in their Big10 MTT's) and then in hour three, it's a little bit of wait and see. Once late reg is over, give it another few trips around the table, and things shake out more. I'm not going to stay programmed on my range of hands - I'm feeling it out based on my reads and what some of the shorties are doing. Some of it is feel, I feel.
I'm no pro, and I'm only a semi-decent player. Just my take on it, sir.