Emily Trott
Legend
Loyaler
I guess that depends upon the tournament. My longest one was live and began at 1pm. I was knocked out in fifth place at 10:30pm so that was 9 1/2 hours. I don't think that I've ever played one online, even a second place, that went more than about five or six hours.
Tech101205
Visionary
Silver Level
How long a poker tourney lasts depends on player field , blind structure , starting chipstack , game setting whether it's online or offline
Generally
Online ones gets completed fastly compared to live ones
How fastly online ones gets completed also depends upon type of tourney u chose to entered with
Basically turbo ones gets completed with 3-4 hours and hyper turbo ones within 1-2 hours
Freezeout ones take more time anywhere around 8-12 hours depending on field and blind structure .
Live ones could take day or days depending mostly on players entered
Major tourneys like wsop would take atleast 2 weeks to get completed because of more people
Generally
Online ones gets completed fastly compared to live ones
How fastly online ones gets completed also depends upon type of tourney u chose to entered with
Basically turbo ones gets completed with 3-4 hours and hyper turbo ones within 1-2 hours
Freezeout ones take more time anywhere around 8-12 hours depending on field and blind structure .
Live ones could take day or days depending mostly on players entered
Major tourneys like wsop would take atleast 2 weeks to get completed because of more people
Vallet
Legend
Platinum Level
Tournaments with a large number of participants and a comfortable grow of blinds take a lot of time. I remember sitting at the poker table for 6-7 hours to win at least a few cents. Not to mention the time at the final table. If you take part in tournaments with a long late registration, then this structure will test your endurance.
dreamer13
Legend
Platinum Level
Tournaments for 180 people are a very popular format. Hyper-turbo tournaments for $1, where they give out 500 chips and raise the blinds every two minutes, can be played in 1 hour.Turbo tournaments for 90 players, stack/blinds 1500/5, also last on average 1.5 hours, and tournaments for 90 players with long blinds of 15 minutes last up to 4 hours.Turbo Tournaments for 45 people, stack/blinds 1500/5, last about 1.5 hours, and with blinds changing every 10 minutes - about 2.5 hours.If you are a girl, or your friend plays poker, then I recommend the Women's series tournaments (not for you, for your friend, of course). Few people play them, so they last relatively short time.
Leandro6803
Rock Star
Platinum Level
I usually play micro buy-in and freeroll so it's about 3 to 5 hours.
but I already played a 9 and a half hour tournament and it was very tiring for me, I wasn't used to playing all that time, so I started making a lot of mistakes.
My advice is to play within your limit and gradually increase it little by little.
but I already played a 9 and a half hour tournament and it was very tiring for me, I wasn't used to playing all that time, so I started making a lot of mistakes.
My advice is to play within your limit and gradually increase it little by little.
PsychoVas
What The Duck???
Platinum Level
There are two factors for the lenght of a tourney. The most important one is the type of blind stucture. Hypers are generally never longer than two hours, slow ones can be longer than ten
The other factor is the field of participants.
The other factor is the field of participants.
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
As others have said, it depends on the blind structure and number of participants. For online games I would say, that most fall within this spectrum:
* Hyperturbo SnG < 30 min
* Turbo SnG 30-60 min
* Regular SnG 60-90 min
* Hyperturbo MTT 90-150 min
* Turbo MTT 150-240 min
* Regular MTT > 240 min
As for regular MTTs it is rather important to have an idea about, how long each tournament lasts, so that you are sure, you have time to complete it. If the field is large (1.000+), if blinds go up more rarely than every 10 minutes, if there are more than 2 hours of late registration, or if the tournament has a designation like "deep" or "slow", then you should typically expect to be playing for up to 6 hours or more. Which definitely require some planning and thinking ahead.
* Hyperturbo SnG < 30 min
* Turbo SnG 30-60 min
* Regular SnG 60-90 min
* Hyperturbo MTT 90-150 min
* Turbo MTT 150-240 min
* Regular MTT > 240 min
As for regular MTTs it is rather important to have an idea about, how long each tournament lasts, so that you are sure, you have time to complete it. If the field is large (1.000+), if blinds go up more rarely than every 10 minutes, if there are more than 2 hours of late registration, or if the tournament has a designation like "deep" or "slow", then you should typically expect to be playing for up to 6 hours or more. Which definitely require some planning and thinking ahead.