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Originally Posted by deadlysyns
if you bag you cash, it means other days may play longer levels than other days...does that seem fair? Some flights may play 2-4 extra levels before you reach the payout.
How is it unfair? Each flight starts knowing they will play down to exactly n%, and be in the money. You don't know in advance which flight will play longer, and which will be done sooner. If there are advantages or disadvantages to being a big stack or a short stack in a flight that takes more or less time, you won't know when you register which stack you are going to be. It is not as if somebody can game the system here because of this time discrepancy.
I just don't see how there is any unfairness. If you do feel like you got an advantage or disadvantage, it is only in hindsight. That concern did not exist when you signed up.
You might as well say it's unfair that you got a tough table draw, or unfair that somebody else got a soft table draw. Yes, there is a discrepancy between you and them, but neither of you knew it going in, it was random.
I'm a big fan of getting to the money and then bagging, rather than stopping a few percentage points away from the money so all flights can be on the bubble together. It does create a different dynamic, but for some players, they aren't going to register for an event if they have to come back again and maybe not cash. And obviously those are going to be amateur players, not pros, who have that concern. So I think playing to the money, when reasonable to do so, gets more amateurs to enter the event.
Cheers, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)