jadaminato
Visionary
Silver Level
Well, the title of the thread is a bit sensational, but it is not far from the truth. For those who are not aware of what I'm talking about, on site 888 there is a series of tournaments called big fish, with prizes of up to 12,000 guaranteed. Tickets for these tournaments vary, there are 5.5, 16.5 and 33.3. To get these tickets there are satellites of 0.5, 1.65, and 3.3 respectively. Well, for these satellites there are free sub-satellites. These sub-satellites have a blind level that increases every 3 minutes and an initial stack of 1000 chips, so there is not much time to maneuver. Well, the fact is that these sub-satellites have several rebuys, for example in which you earn the entry of 3.3 you can buy 25000 chips at the start for 0.50. But also, once the rebuy time has passed, you can make an add-on ... of up to 300,000 chips per 0.75. I have seen that many people just buy the chips and wait, and yes, you can enter the prize just doing this, so you get an entry to a satellite of 3.3 by 1.25 without the need to play a single hand. In the 3.3 satellite it is different, there is no add-on and it is played with more seriousness. But the sub-satellite seems like a lie to me. I made the inverse test: I played the sub-satellite without putting a penny, and kept the first place until the time of the add-on. Then I went to place 120 in a tournament where they win the first 50. I managed to enter the prize, but I still think that it is not a very fair structure. That's why I think that these free sub-satellites are really a hoax, no matter how you play, but pay the add-ons, in which case it's a good deal.