Harrah's SNGs....where the S is for suck! |
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Posted Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:40 pm GMT by cdjos
I played in my first SNG at Harrah's in AC last night. $40 + $10 buy-in, which is a pretty high rake, but it seemed about par for the B&M course.
Anyway, the blinds start at 5/15 and go up every 15 minutes (15/30, 25/50, etc.) This would'nt be too bad except you get only 350 tournament chips! 
Are they serious?
And to think I used to let Party's 800 starting chips annoy me....
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Posted Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:29 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
That is the worst tournament structure I've ever heard of.
Posted Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:33 pm GMT by Dave B
same structure at Mirage satalites for their $300 buy in NL tourney. Except they might have had 10 minutes rounds.
Posted Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:24 pm GMT by Pinnacle
Obviously no one here has ever played in Florida. Most SNG's are $32 + $13 with 25/50 blinds that go up every 10 minutes with 800 starting chips. I challenge someone to find a worse setup than this.
Posted Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:55 pm GMT by Geno
$32+$13 is obscene, I would never play that!
Posted Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:08 pm GMT by cdjos
| Pinnacle wrote: | | Most SNG's are $32 + $13 with 25/50 blinds that go up every 10 minutes |
Wow! I'll stop complaining now.
Posted Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:01 am GMT by Muck
I think the real problem is that bricks and mortar card rooms have a point of inflection where they just can’t support low stakes games because the floor space can be filled with something more profitable.
Do they have these same crazy rake ratios for £100 games and up?
I used to play in Bristol before they replaced their entire card room with blackjack tables  Although I’ve heard they changed it back again since the poker renaissance.
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