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Originally Posted by Bocmanis
It is good to see XL series back in May. However, I would like to suggest to start $33 mini and $5.5 micro main events at the same time as $250 Main Event (5pm GMT). In the previous series I had very deep run in $5.5 micro main and I busted 35th or something at 4pm cet. It was not very enjoyable experience. Slightly earlier start time would make structure of main event more reasonable.
I am not a high stakes player but $250 main event lasted for 16-17 hours. Is it normal to run high stakes tournaments for so long? Is this something that high stakes players want?
Regarding the Mini and Micro Mains, they start 30 minutes and 60 minutes after the Main Event but their structure is quicker. For different countries, different start times are better. In any case, for this series we cannot change it as there already are players registered but we will consider for next time.
Regarding the Main Event, it is the biggest tournament of the series so it has a slower structure. It should take up to approx 15 hours for the tournament to end.