Saturday 17 March 2018

When Is a Poker Tournament Structure Too Good?

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Poker tournament structures have advanced to the stage where aside from a select few players, minimal complaints are heard. The tournament has to end at some point, and last weekend at Parx Casino in Bensalem, PA, the structure of the Big Stax 500 event was too good to allow for that to happen. Dan DaConti and Ryan Eriquizzo battled until close to 10 a.m. for a first-place prize totaling less than $100,000.

Where does the balance end between offering late-stage play and keeping players for an ungodly hour to finish out a tournament? The answer lies in the middle.

Bang for the buck

The nature of poker is for players to never be in full agreement over what makes for a quality poker tournament structure. Longer levels? More starting chips? The distance between the two points is bridged by an agreement over shorter days and a better hourly rate.

The majority of “main events” are three days, with Day 3 wrapping up sometime before midnight. World Poker Tour tournaments last up to six days but with prizes of over $1 million up for grabs at times, the added days make sense.

The Big Stax 500 has no reason to include 90-minute levels other than for vanity. Most WPT events have...


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