Late Registration?

What are your opinions on late registration for tournaments? I know when you enter one hour after a tourney starts that many will be eliminated, but then again, you will be way off the chip leaders. Thoughts appreciated.

More money in the pool, more players with small stacks and high blinds = they prolly wont cash or go deep unless they super heater.

late reg is a good thing for sure

I think its a good idea personally, there has been a few times when I have just missed a tourney by a minute or two and my because I am a BR nit would have no tourney to play.

Late registration usually ends at level two. This is usually no more than thirty minutes into the tourney. I often register late for tourneys only because i am slow. So it's a good thing for me.

its been great at PS. The prize pools have balloned and the payouts are awesome.

I like late registration... but i normally would rather play from the beginning of a tournament because i like the feel of getting started when everyone else does... plus i get 10-15 more hands if i register early.. and i like those hands to have a chance to get the stack up 500 or so chips.

For the prize pool it is good.
I do not personally register due to the fact that I hat entering a tournament short stacked or late.

well i will be the first to say that i don't like late registration. i hate when you register for a tournament thinking that there will be a certain number of players then by the end of late reg there is like 5-10X as many people. this is just frustrating when you do feel like playing a tournament that doesn't have more then 10000000000 people in it. i guess that i could just play on a smaller network but it isn't as easy to make a deposit on those sites.

Stars has started keeping late registration open for the first hour of all non-turbo tournaments. In general, if you are able you need to get in as soon as possible. You'll see more hands, with smaller blinds, and will in theory, be bale to manipulate the inferior players. If your buying in at the end of the first level, you're going to be starting with 3,000 chips at 50/100 or 60/120 and be forced to gamble very quickly. You ma outlast 20% of the field automatically, but its really a detriment to you if you're playing for the win... which you alway should be.

The last two posts have some intresting points, about the size off tournaments all I can say is that tourneys on stars are going to last a long time anyway and they do offer many capped entry games.

I like it because of the money pool, but at the same time, it's a dollar or so to enter so why allow another 2 or 3 hundered (or more) to join late. All it really does IMO is add about 2-3 hours to a trny that was going to last 5 or 6 hours already. It gets harder and longer just to make the money when you're only spending a dollar to begin with.
While my overly competative nature won't allow to play like a complete idiot, It gets annoying to have to play for 3 hrs just to make the money compared to just 3 years ago, when I started, ITM took about 1 1/2 to 2 hrs MAX.

Personally i dont like the late registration, but more players is money and if you win some hands you have advantage about that opponents, but is a rule.. then see the good way more money

Late rgistration doesnt bother me. I love it in satt's, when you start out and think only top 3 are getting entries then come to find out that top 20 get in after all the late reg's...woohoo, still want to be #1 but a few more shots or more loot is always good for me. And dont worry about stacks too much in the first level or so cause most of them dwindle away to nothing later on anyways.

I saw a tourney yesterday that had late registration for an hour after the event started. I would assume it must be poker stars attempt to offer different games, attract new players, and more tourney buy-ins, etc.

I don't really have a problem with late registration. I'm not a tourney player, if anything, re-buys and double rebuys bothers me more.

Personally I think It should end after level one but to me its about the same concept as a rebuy and I dont really care for those either but like most people have said they both add to the prize pool. Late registration up to an hour just slows the game down too much to me.

I hate late registration its kind of lik the phrase " Can't get here on time just come when you can......I think if you cant be there on time then dont play... really its a way for he sites to make more money

I don't like it, but use sometimes, when I late few minutes. Players with 1 hour delay have to go all-in. And it is not that poker I like.

Personally speaking I do not prefer late registration. I like to play from the beginning as I like the thrill of getting started.

In guaranteed tourneys, I don't like it. The field keeps getting bigger, making it harder to win. In buy-ins it doesn't matter to me either way.

i quite like late registration if its not two far into the registration perioud if its like 3/4 mins till end of late registration i wont bother entering it other than that i love late registration

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I have to say the late entries doesn't bother me that much,,,, I really dislike the rebuys and add-on tho. Seems to be a lot of reckless play when someone has the money to keep rebuying,,,
Just my thoughts

its so stupid late registration lasting 1hr? WTF how stupid are pokerstars? Ever turn up 1hr late for a wedding, or anything, people will hate you, 1hr is way too long.

wagon596 said:

I have to say the late entries doesn't bother me that much,,,, I really dislike the rebuys and add-on tho. Seems to be a lot of reckless play when someone has the money to keep rebuying,,,
Just my thoughts

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... and that is what makes those re-buys so much fun

I like late registration, more money for the prize pool. Basically if its too late, don't play. If you are like 2-3 mins late why not?

I would love if cards chat would have a late reg. just 5 min. is all im asking, cant tell you how many countless times, I have missed the game by 2 min or 3 min.