The whole tourney was 9 handed....so 9 handed to the final table. If there were some kind of huge jump in the money then maybe 10 but in this case there wasn't. At the same time the WPT televises the top 6 so who cares who went out 10th? Final table 9 with more elbow room.
10-handed gives the short stacks more time to choose when to make their play. they've done so well getting to this point, why rush them with 2 5-handed tables?
of course you could make the same argument to go 11-handed, 12-handed...
10-handed gives the short stacks more time to choose when to make their play. they've done so well getting to this point, why rush them with 2 5-handed tables?
of course you could make the same argument to go 11-handed, 12-handed...
That's part of the game. I'd say why give the short stacks a break.
9 handed since the tourney played out 9 handed from the start
I voted 9 handed... if it started out 9-handed, then it should stay 9-handed.. I don't understand the 10-handed on day 2 thought...thats what probably started the confusion.
Not a fan of how tournaments go when you have one table 4 handed and the other 5. 5 and 6 gives you a little extra play then a 4-handed table does.
Let's do ten handed I say.
stp
The argument you state is between 8 and 9. Even with a 9 handed final table you would never have less than 5 at a table.
A number of the tournaments where the tables are 9 handed (including the Main Event of the World Series of Poker) have a ten handed final table - although in the Main Event you are not given the title of being at the "final table" until the number gets down to 9.
My personal belief was that they do the 10 at a table because that is the first point where you can reasonably put all players at the same table. 11 is a little large (although done in some casinos), but 10 at the table would be preferential to having 5 and 5 at the two separate tables.
I am looking for some actual reasoning here and I am wide open to being swayed to the 10-handed thinking.
What are the specific reasons for having 9-handed tables instead of 10-handed tables in the first place? I still haven't read any good explanation from Daniel Negreanu or other professionals on why 9-handed tables is so much better. So since I dunno any significant skill or strategic differences between 9 & 10-handed, I am indifferent on whether there should be a redrawn final table when there are 10 players left. What were the reasons given by the players who insisted on a 10-handed final table?
Since Fallsview has the weird prize structure of 10th place getting the same $56,868 as 18th place, ??? it might as well remain consistent in waiting for nine players before doing a final table redraw. All the other WPT events that I have looked at have better prize structures of having three different prize levels for 10th - 18/20th. For example, it was more fair at the Borgata Poker Open where finishing in 10th place got you twice as much money as finishing in 18th place (U$65K vs. U$32,500). Bellagio Cup IV also had three different prize levels for 10th-20th; I liked its flat prize structure where 51st-100th won U$19,390.
Anyway, thanks to 13CARDS and the rest of the Fallsview staff for a great WPT NAPC event overall. Being a perfectionist, I can think of ways to make it even better, but I'll be baaack next year.
What are the specific reasons for having 9-handed tables instead of 10-handed tables in the first place? ...
What were the reasons given by the players who insisted on a 10-handed final table?
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of course you could make the same argument to go 11-handed, 12-handed...
That's part of the game. I'd say why give the short stacks a break.
9 handed since the tourney played out 9 handed from the start
I think a lot would depend on how fast the blinds increase, wouldn't it?
I say choose one before the tournament starts and stick with it. I like the number 9 better anyway.
Let's do ten handed I say.
stp
The argument you state is between 8 and 9. Even with a 9 handed final table you would never have less than 5 at a table.
A number of the tournaments where the tables are 9 handed (including the Main Event of the World Series of Poker) have a ten handed final table - although in the Main Event you are not given the title of being at the "final table" until the number gets down to 9.
My personal belief was that they do the 10 at a table because that is the first point where you can reasonably put all players at the same table. 11 is a little large (although done in some casinos), but 10 at the table would be preferential to having 5 and 5 at the two separate tables.
Al
Anyway, thanks to 13CARDS and the rest of the Fallsview staff for a great WPT NAPC event overall. Being a perfectionist, I can think of ways to make it even better, but I'll be baaack next year.