Canterbury Park Fall Classic Event #4, $200+30 Limit HE
Stupid fast structures...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arrgh. 281 players entered yesterday's limit hold'em tournament, and I was told to exit the building with seven tables remaining. The structure is just so damned fast that you really have no room for error or fluctuation. They really need to add the 300-600 level. I mean seriously, I went bust at 3:30 pm, the tournament started at noon, and I finished in the top 20%. Something like 70% of the field busted out between 90 minutes in and 3hr 30minutes in. That's so not right for the joint's only "major" series of tournaments for the entire year. While I'm on this podium, here's the other major complaint. For several years Canterbury has had the same payout structure which has stated that any more than 360 players will pay top 36. Last year they had a few tournaments eclipse that 360 number big time, yet no adjustments were made nor were any forecasts made toward this year. Even when over 700 players registered for the $200+30 NL event, they failed to adjust the payout structure. Less than 5% of the field in that event got paid. That is very much the wrong way to retain players in the game of tournament poker and in your tournaments in general. Listen to the tournament directors that have flown in to run this damn thing and take their suggestions. They know they are doing better than most people in the business.
Okay. I'm done now. So, frustrated about yesterday. I had 9600 in chips about 20 minutes before I busted, so you can imagine how those chips went away. This was funny. Two days ago my friend Andy Fox busted me in the NL event. Yesterday I busted Andy in the limit event. How bout that? One, lets take two random people and say that they are going to bust each other in consecutive days. Pretty unlikely, eh? Now, in fields this huge, lets say that they're going to be buddies too.
Today is the Omaha 8 event. I am stoked for the game because hold'em is boring, but I have a feeling that I'm going to get frustrated with the structure again.
Peace and good luck,
Devo
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posted by Devo @ 10:26 AM
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