Took a few tries but I got in through a $1 satellite. Play is really sloppy until it gets down to around 15 people and I didn't adjust the first couple times.
Will the level of play match the $10 sng's or will the size of the field make it loose?
IMO, early going? - loose,
very very loose. This field will NOT be 35,000 $10 level players. As you did, a $1 satellite entry, plus there are cheaper FPP sats and on the 28th there are 11cent,22c,33c,44c and 55cent (no rake) MTT and no rake $1-$3 MTT satellites and hundreds of low buy-in SnG sats are going up 24/7.
If it really played like a $10 SnG all the way, it would prolly take 2 days 24/7 to finish with 35,000 starters, but the blind structures really prevent that from happening. At 10 hours the blinds in this will be 20mil/40mil and there's only 105mil total chips in play.
Here's where things get odd.
Let's say it's hand 1. You are BB with AK suited. Like in a lot of massive player tourneys let's say someone goes all in. What do you do?
Do you call if it's 1 player all in? 2? 3? 4?
I'm thinking I should play this like I would play one of Stars 10000 person freerolls. So with a good hand, whatever hand it is, if others go all in I think you have to follow.
I'm hoping it isn't that way the first round of hands but I'm expecting the 35,000 entrants to be down to 15,000 by the end of the first hour, you have to get some of those chips for yourself to make it to ITM.
I've never played the normal 20,000 Sunday tournament so I don't know how people generally play. Hopefully people will play more normal and less like their asses are on fire and they need to get up.
I already answered a similar question in AJ's post above, but again, I fold.
Yes, you need chips, but I feel there are ways and hands to get them without that kind of risk. To me, early round all-in preflops are just like bad BR management. You are putting your tourney life / 100% of your chips at risk, same as putting an entire BR on one table to play one hand. This isn't a ring game where you simply re-load, shuffle up, and deal. There is no 'next' Guinness game to buy into right away.
There are already 24,000 registered with 2+ days left to go. Maxed out entry is very likely. Arses WILL be on fire. 10-12,000 busted out in the first hour will not surprise me at all. I'd bet there will even be a lot of players in this who have NEVER played a double/deep stack tourney.
I understand what you are saying about the comparison to a 10 or 12,000 entry Hubble freeroll, but this isn't a freeroll - at least not to me. There is no 'Hubble' starting in 45 minutes and every hour after that.
This is the marathon of marathons. The 100km race of the 50km races. I'm starting out expecting to play 6, 7, 8+ hours of poker, not 13 seconds. When I bust out, it will be because I didn't play well, not because the poker gods and Lady Luck didn't smile on me.
This is also an interesting blind structure. Check it out - if you haven't. 40/80 at the end of the first hour. There is no urgency here. 105 million chips in play - you won't get them all in one hand ...
