thoughts on a poker "shot clock"
currently, the WPT is discussing the inclusion of a 30 second shot clock for televised MTTs in order to keep the game running smoothly and to curb the issue of players tanking forever and just wasting time. the argument is that it is unnecessary for them to take up so much time, and it makes for boring television.
the WPT is also considering the use of "time buttons" which add an extra 60 seconds of time to think. it may also be possible that you can gain extra time buttons and accumulate them and use more than one at a time if need be.
so what do you guys think about this change?
the one issue i've read is that new players will be intimidated by the time limit and that will deter them from playing in the MTTs. i don't think i believe that will happen. just sit there and count out 30 seconds. it's a decent amount of time to make your decision. also, most new players probably don't have the knowledge anyway so it's not like they really "need" more than 30 seconds to contemplate their action anyway.
personally, i'm for the shot clock for televised MTTs.
the WPT is also considering the use of "time buttons" which add an extra 60 seconds of time to think. it may also be possible that you can gain extra time buttons and accumulate them and use more than one at a time if need be.
so what do you guys think about this change?
the one issue i've read is that new players will be intimidated by the time limit and that will deter them from playing in the MTTs. i don't think i believe that will happen. just sit there and count out 30 seconds. it's a decent amount of time to make your decision. also, most new players probably don't have the knowledge anyway so it's not like they really "need" more than 30 seconds to contemplate their action anyway.
personally, i'm for the shot clock for televised MTTs.
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I am against it as there is already a mechanism in place to deal with chronic abusers. Just call "CLOCK".
only for televised? lolz
You can call an extra 60 second time if needed, could be "refreshed" every few levels so unless you're always involved in important hands you should always have 90 seconds available which is ALOT of time when you think about it.
I really disagree.
30 seconds is really a long time and very few decisions should take more than this allotment.
There is a set amount of exceptions one can request during the course of a game, which can be used in significant situations.
And that's why we have these discussions
EDIT: would you change your mind and be okay if it was 45 seconds? 60 seconds? what is enough time? what is too much time?
tapatalk puts this here to annoy YOU
so, 60 more posts max?
that's called online poker; would like some players to make their decisions a little faster in a cash game. Especially when they are calling off their last $40 and your stack is > $1k.
There arent that many times in a tournament where you need to do a structured hand analysis.
Depends on how you stack them.
lol, nothing about you is structured...