just saw this happen to some1 at my table:

you register to play a tourny and it starts. you play for 2 hours at take your 3k up to 12k when the money SHOULD be getting close, if not already there. some1 buys in with 6 big blinds and obviously jams 6 10 off suit from UTG. you have 99 in BB, call, and lose.

next hand you have AKs in the BB, it folds around, you raise and the same player from the previous hand jams his A5off into you and wins.

you play for 2 hours to get 12k, and then watch some1 invest 30 seconds into the same tournament, get 12k and decimate your stack.

obviously with AK you want action from A5, and with 99 you would love to GII against 10 6; that's not the point.

say that player was on the fence about where to play; he isn't sure how he feels about the anonymous tables.

BS like this is going to make sure he tries out Bovada.

ya, i dont mind these scenarios at all ^^ if ppl are doing that sort of thing with the long late reg, I wouldnt want that late reg going anywhere

did the 215 and 60 on carbon run tonight or are they just finished already?

the 60 did

so the 215 did not or you're not sure?

curious if they took it off the schedule or they didnt have anyone signed up. the former would suck more than the latter...

cancelled

Def confirmed. Go look at Pocket 5's and talk to ipoophalfgreyhalfred AKA ashleythegrinder AKA Mark275. He got banned and likes to mention it just about every day. Kahn has even admitted it, though he down plays it because it was "only a few people".

Ah, yes. Couldn't remember if it was here or there.

I have no idea to be honest. They've been getting rid of skins for like 2 years now one by.

what if people are just shoving equilibrium/unexploitable shoves and can do this over and over until they win a few? Then the caller basically can hope to break even best case.

Basically having the late reg go this long amounts to the site endorsing short stacking (in tourney play no less)
Some of these structure are allowing "re entry" with 3-5bbs.

It is clearly and very obviously benefiting anyone making money off of rake, and hurting players with smaller bankrolls.

PokerStars recently made rules to address this in cash games because they understand sort of thing is bad for the game.

The shove any 2 in hopes of running it up has been the main issue since October. I agree they need to look at the 3k 10 minute structures and adjust it to get rid of this, but overall the issue is gone in a lot of the tournaments. I played the full schedule last night for the first time and in the deeper structures this problem was gone and you could actually play on the bubble.

The schedule/structure needs some tweaks still for sure, but it's much more playable imo. With a few minor changes and more people playing to boost the guarantees I think this will be a resounding win. It's definitely a huge step back in the right direction.

just gpt an email from aced saying they gave me $10. never played here just downloaded the software to look at it. thanks aced.

WTH?? I took a quick vacation and come back to see tournies are gone.. 'Pokerscout' not back end data tracking merge anymore??

Yea go ahead and push Host off to another network 'Merge' ..brilliant move to help your comp!!

I was just going to ask about Pokerscout too. Merge has completely dropped off their radar. Hope it's not something Merge is doing; that would be suicide.

The changes to existing tourneys made them worlds better. And the new ones need "tweeks" like you said.
Im fine with a quicker structure (3k 10min) but the late reg should not dip below the 10bb mark which would put the late reg at 1hr40min (for the non turbos) 60 mins (for 5k turbos) 30mins (3k hyper turbos).

personally feel like it shouldn't even get to the 10bb mark but think its a decent enough compromise. Wonder if anyone will actually address this.

+1

Love the new fast structures but yeah, 1 40 min or less for sure.

Gotta say I enjoyed the new formats of the schedule last night. I was able to play the late night 6 max tourneys which I never do. And late reg was ending around 200-400 or so. They also had a $10 2r/1a. If they keep moving in this direction I think they will get more players.

Next up would be a fair VIP system.

There were more players staying on longer also, the late night plo8 was over $300 prize pool. Those have been pathetically anemic .

looks like some of changes we asked for went in to affect. I will ask if we can expect more changes

Thanks for helping out. Very pleased with how this went.

Do you happen to know anything about pokerhost??

anyone know if we can get cash credit or something for our tourney coupons since it seems like they will never be relevant again? for poker host that is

ya thanks a lot, hopefully the players will respond and we can lobby for more changes

I know nothing about pokerhost, expect what i read on this forum about month ago

I am in no way affiliated with merge, I am just a random reg who they asked about tournament schedule suggestions

sorry cant help

POKERHOST-

I contacted them today and apparently they are NOT offering bank draft/snail mail option as a payout.

This sucks because the WU/MG fees are around $65.00 per $850.00 of withdrawal.
WTF!?