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Jdjakubisin

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Started the next MAIN EVENT MANIA series today. Noticed changes not completely unhappy with.

1) All steps 1-4 have the same amount of starting chips, 1,000 and blind structure. All steps take the same amount of time.

2) Step 5 is still an MTT but has 2,000 chips and 10 minute levels as opposed to 3,000 and 15 minutes.

3) Not as many free tokens being given out, but buyins are less. I only used small buyins for step3's anyway, so the extra tokens were nice.

Speeding thingsup for the ladder tourneys not all bad.
 
Evan Jarvis

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Good luck in there JD!
 
Jdjakubisin

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What do you think?

I'm having second thoughts... Which would you prefer, or which brings out the best in competing poker players?

Maybe I was just feeling impatient and ending my lucky tournaments quicker at first, but I went to a step 5 quick and dwindled back down and now seem to be spending a lot more time in the lower steps with the lower starting stacks and quicker blind structures.

The previous 6-max structures (as close as I can remember, as they are not posted):
STEP 1: 1000 starting, 6 hands each level @ 10/20, 15/30, 20/40, 30/60, 40/80, 50/100, etc...
STEP 2: 1500 starting, similar
STEP 3: 2000 starting, similar @ 20/40, 25/50, 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300, 200/400, etc...
STEP 4: 2500 starting, 15 hands @ 25/50, 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300, etc...
MTT's:
STEP 5: 3000 starting, 15 minute levels, 25/50 and up
STEP 6: 3500 starting, similar, but maybe 20 minutes
STEP 7: 4000 starting, similar
STEP 8: 4500 starting, similar. I don't remember any step having more then 20 minute levels.

NOW....
STEP 1-4, 1000 chips, 6 hands each level @ 30/60, 50/100, 75/150, 100/200, 150/300, etc...
STEP 5-8: Still 2000 or up as the level increases, 15 minute levels

Final is a MTT where about 50% get paid either a wsop satelite ticket, a COLLOSUS buyin, or the grand prize a WSOP $10K Main Event ticket
 
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