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Originally Posted by akashenk
With 1,759 entries, it was definitely a bit more than I expected, but nothing spectacular. For those of you who played it... what were you impressions? Was it worth having to come in day three and still not be in the money? What was the field like?
I actually was not planning on playing the marathon but ended up playing because I decided not to play Colossus and could not commit to the week after Monster so i decided to go the week from MM to the next weekend. When I did not make day 2 of MM, I was there with nothing else of interest to play on that Monday and Tuesday. I even went to window, put my marathon buyin down and then backed out. I thought of playing the limit first and then buying into the marathon if I busted the limit. After thinking about my options, I decided to skip limit and buy into the marathon to take full advantage of the deep structure of the tournament.
Don't get me wrong, I like deepstack play but this one just seemed too long with 100 minute levels. Playing two full days without making money was the major turnoff for me. I really didn't want to play 3 days and min cash. Day 1 & 2 were 12 hours, day 3 was 14 hours and I busted 8 hours into day 4. The field was very tough throughout. I did enjoy it but it was a grind by day 4.
I usually play 10-15 tournies including Main Event every year so I have played deep before. The most fun was playing deep (19 hours for me) while in money.
IMO, The tournament would be better if levels were reduced to 90 minute levels (maybe even 75 minute levels) with same $26k ss and exact same blind structure. With 90 minute levels, the money bubble could burst at end of day 2. Other than that, it was a great tournament if you are willing to put the time in.
Last edited by Bender22; 06-22-2017 at 05:40 PM.