Lheticus
Legend
Silver Level
When it comes to poker, a lot of things perplex me, but very few of them perplex me as to why this exists. (Other than Badugi.) One of them, however, are Hyper Turbo 1 table Sit and Go tournaments. I usually see them as satellites to other tournaments. The blinds go up every two minutes, and each player's starting stack is a great deal lower than normal tournaments.
What exactly is the point of this? I've griped elsewhere on this forum about the possibility of losing solely by doing nothing, and nowhere is this fear in more danger of becoming a reality than with such a format. I figure a tournament with the structure I described would have a quite hard time lasting longer than 10 minutes. The thing is though, the latest example of this that I noticed also had sign-ups for a normal turbo SnG with 5 minute blind levels and a normal-sized starting stack--and those SnGs were having a much harder time getting started than the hyper turbos! Can someone please explain to me just why this "poker lite" is a thing people actually seem to like?
What exactly is the point of this? I've griped elsewhere on this forum about the possibility of losing solely by doing nothing, and nowhere is this fear in more danger of becoming a reality than with such a format. I figure a tournament with the structure I described would have a quite hard time lasting longer than 10 minutes. The thing is though, the latest example of this that I noticed also had sign-ups for a normal turbo SnG with 5 minute blind levels and a normal-sized starting stack--and those SnGs were having a much harder time getting started than the hyper turbos! Can someone please explain to me just why this "poker lite" is a thing people actually seem to like?