Royal Cup improvements thread
To document changes we can make to improve.
1/ Balance out ending between Stud and Omaha round
2/ Schedule in time for captains to pick HU matches
3/ Perhaps change the limit round to PLHE instead? This was suggested by a few ppl. Do we really hate limit that much.. Where's Kristy when we need her?
Please post any additional things we may be able to improve on.
1/ Balance out ending between Stud and Omaha round
2/ Schedule in time for captains to pick HU matches
3/ Perhaps change the limit round to PLHE instead? This was suggested by a few ppl. Do we really hate limit that much.. Where's Kristy when we need her?
Please post any additional things we may be able to improve on.
Comments
I think keeping the limit round is a good idea but liked a suggestion after the previous RC to maybe start the blinds a bit higher but with longer levels. Makes all the pots more important from the start and would push the action a bit more early without making it complete bingo by level 3-4
It will be tough to figure out how to even out the Omaha and Stud rounds. I think it is the nature of the games. I would hate to see the Stud round changed much.
I would suggest you make the extra bets $10 total. Either find a 5th thing or make the MVP buy-in $4. It seems a little silly to have an $8 buy-in for that part.
Wrong. Read my post about that from previous Royal.
As long as the 50k HORSE remains the premier event at the WSOP, limit HE stays unless you think people would rather play razz.
I think it should stay.
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So you want more HBK cashes and less Pinheads?
I've never looked at it too carefully but the feeling seems to be the limit events drag on a bit longer. This may be from people who are not used to playing limit games so they don't have the level of anticipation that any hand could be your last, but when you match up the PLO/Stud games there are usually a couple stud tables running after PLO finishes.
Personally, I'm fine with the limit round as is because I usually only get to play the early levels anyway so I'd rather have a little play then. If we can get the Stud/PLO finishes lined up that would be great, but the timing seems to have come a long way over the last couple events even (from what I read on this one, at least).
Maybe a 15 minute "dinner" break to let the captains set the HU matches before the NL round starts? Wouldn't extend the day much and should be enough time to get it done without the distraction of actual play.
Also, I like Sandy's suggestion to make the side-bets a round $10, either with a $4 MVP so the 50% for each person is closer to the high hand jackpots, or a $2 LVP maybe? Would be much less tilting for whoever draws my name...
I like it too but I would be afraid of rewarding the LVP. You don't want a situation where people would like to lose heads up as it is usually the main determining factor in crowning the champions. Losing shouldn't really be rewarded but just come naturally like with me.
I'm all for upping the MVP 50/50 to $4.
KEEP THE SAME VENUE!
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I like this!
It should stay. It's more relevant than stud.
Mark
But we get to play Hold'em twice already and 7CS is a limit game.
Gets all the teams together at their own table, everyone can see who's who and it doesn't need to extend/delay the start more then 15 minutes.
How about team flipaments?
Right
But if you look at game relevance, limit is 2nd most behind NLHE only I'd bet. If we disregard relevance, let's get 5 card draw, badugi, razz, 5 card stud, or some such in there.
I think limit should stay because not everyone knows other games. Limit Hold em, though a hold-em game, is clearly different enough from NLHE give the whining (I mean, difference in results) of the NLHE fanatics.
Mark
This is fine. Solves the problem of mismatched stud/plo round. To fix, you would have to add a level or more time to the PLO matches, which went pretty fast.
QFT
Why don't we just flip $100 bills in the parking lot?
Hyper-turbo SNGs aren't anything but bingo poker.
nooooooo!
Simply a way to get each team together at the same table, prior to the event to kick it off.
I should say, I would be happy if nothing changed in terms of the format of the games themselves.
Everyone plays Stud
Fire Limit.
Johnnie for President.
IF for some reason the organizers decide that there should be a change, the suggestion to have everyone play PLO is a much better one than adding PLHE.
I would NOT like to see everyone forced to play Stud as that would cut the number of players significantly, I'm pretty sure.
As for the HU picks that we do as captains I sure do agree with us either delaying the start of our SNG until we are done, either by having a 15 min break, us just skipping the 1st level, or us running 1 level behind the rest. I kinda like the last one, similar to the way we did it this time.
Any other suggestions as to things we could do to improve? I know we have it pretty well refined by now but there is always room to improve... 6 sigma forever!
As captain of HBK, who has consistently had different members come and go, filling stud has ALWAYS been the challenge.
Talking with beanie, he had a good idea. Instead of making it stud/Omaha round, make round one all PLO, and round two stud/LHE pair off for the Limit haters.
Mark