Changes to the 888PL competition in 2010

[baydonvic]

is that really that many tourny's a day??? as if many will play at 1am during the week

[maccatak11]

i think you might be suprised. i reckon that will averae 30-50.

[baydonvic]

should be a turbo at that time tho. 20 min blinds could mean basically an all nighter. i really doubt 30 ppl will register because there is only 30 mins to register. I like the idea of hardly any dead stacks

[trishan]

Structure for Foundation Semi same as GF?

[bennymacca]

1.) Noone will be happy with this but we are scrapping the Challenge Semi Final concept and moving to one $30K Semi Final in Vic and SA with more of an emphasis on creating a true two day state based carnival atmosphere. We are also looking to stretch the payouts out to over the top 30 for this event.

garth, can you expand on this?

does this mean that the semi final will become a 2 day event, comprising of qualifiers form both challenge and foundation games?

if so, then i dont think people will mind. i prefer 1 larger, 2 day tourney.

[Todd Rivers]

Hi Guys,



4.) All Foundation Away games will have an increased start stack of 2,000. Passports will be redeemed for more chips.

Good idea, more skill involved, tourneys take longer so people are around more/contributing to the venue more. Only thing I would suggest in this area would be to push back the break/final time to redeem chip ups so that people will contribute more.

I like the initial idea of this Garth.

With increased start stacks we could do three 15min level before the 1st break - extending total time by 5 mins OR two 25min levels - extending 10 mins to the redemption time.
Or even four 15min levels till the first break (or is an hour way too long?) We can quicken up the later levels as there will be shiteloads of chips around, this way we get back our time and the punters have a bit longer to fill up their cards?

You've probably been over this ad-nauseum at HO but what do you think? Pros/Cons?

[Todd Rivers]

as there will be carp of chips around,

Really???

S H I T E L O A D is unacceptable?

WTF??
WTF?? - This is OK but S H I T E L O A D is bad!

OMFG!!! Wot sort of world are we coming to FFS!

Cupsoccers!

[bennymacca]

lol toddy, if it has shit in the word at all, the whole word gets replaced.

italics to get around the swear filter FTW

[Todd Rivers]

italics to get around the swear filter FTW

You little far gone beauty cheers

[gundog]

To say" Not happy Jan " would be an understatement.

No Games starting between 4 and 9pm what were you thinking Garth, now dont get annoyed but the entire schedule is anti the working stiff, 11 games during normal working hours and then you run the next 10 games starting at 9 or later the working stiff may be able to play 1 or 2 games.

The schedule is perfect for the homemaker, dole bludger, retired player and anti the person with a normal job.

From my perspective I suppose I would be better off taking my money out of 888 and putting it with another company, save a few bucks for Friday nights.

I like the points system rewarding the venue player, However I would prefer to see a NSW (NPL) style of points system which is give the player the same points from 1 to 15 wether it 35 or 135 player venue, but anything that rewards the venue player is better than the current system which is slanted to the online freeroler.

Finally a great effort to bring another generational change to 888pl poker Garth.