make it $1 or free? Hard to believe there are a lot of people rolled for -EV tourneys (in their mind) at $5 but not $10
05-12-2010 03:44 AM
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make it $1 or free? Hard to believe there are a lot of people rolled for -EV tourneys (in their mind) at $5 but not $10 | |
05-12-2010 09:51 AM
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The problem with a long tournament series is that you end up with incredibly small fields at the end due to people having no shot to win the thing. It's a delicate balance of making the Gauntlet long enough to "feel" like a season to the regs and also making it compelling for new players to join even if they didn't make it in time for the beginning of the season. | |
05-12-2010 12:00 PM
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GMML, do you have the breakdown of participation by tournament time ? | |
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05-12-2010 12:43 PM
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By day of the week? | |
05-12-2010 01:10 PM
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Day of week and time of day (in sunday) | |
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05-13-2010 05:10 PM
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I decided to split this topic and start a new thread with the data. | |
05-13-2010 06:39 PM
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One more thing. That Dr Mc Boy fella talks a lot of sense. | |
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06-07-2010 09:00 PM
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In the spirit of the game, I've returned to the game after moving from the Washington DC area to the Tampa Bay area. I am ready to return to the felt battleground of the Gauntlet. | |
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07-22-2010 09:05 PM
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07-23-2010 12:26 AM
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I don't think shortening the event by itself would solve the problem - our turnouts have been crap right from the start this season. | |
07-23-2010 01:38 AM
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i would say having more mods and admins playing would help. | |
07-23-2010 12:43 PM
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I agree having more mods and admins, FTR Pros would aid in getting the numbers up as well as getting the word out. |
07-23-2010 02:11 PM
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^my post from 2009 at the start of this thread. I agree that it would be better if we could get some of the high profile regs to play, but that's gonna be hard to do. For them to want to play, it has to be fun for them and there has to be a lot of friendly competition between themselves. So far Gauntlet doesn't offer that. | |
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07-23-2010 06:13 PM
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thats kinda a chicken or egg scenario, for more regs, mods, admins to play they would like more competition, which will happen if more regs, mods, and admins play. if we can get most to agree on playing one it might start a trend. | |
07-23-2010 07:49 PM
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I told you that the buy in was a problem. $10 is too much for most of the people that would play. The admins and mods don't care about he cost, and most of the serious grinders are never going to participate. You excluded a large part of the populace that would have played for less, but can't justify the cost to play against better players. | |
07-24-2010 01:26 AM
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It sounds like it used to get half decent participation, so whats changed that has stopped people from joining or participating. i assume its always been $10 and that seemed to work before? or is it just a matter of promoting it more? | |
07-24-2010 02:44 PM
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whether the buy in is irrelevant to the mods imho is....irrelevant. Mods in my mind are supposed to have a certain pride and interest for the site almost to the point where they should be participating anyway...back in the days, everyone participated including xianti and he would give gear away. | |
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07-24-2010 02:54 PM
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I think you overestimate how many people are regulars to this site. The traffic in the MTT, S&G and FL forums is almost non existent except when some noob joins and starts posting. There is all but a few regs in the SH and FR forums as well. There is maybe 50 regular contributors on the whole forum sans the BC and the buyin is very relevant to the BC. They are the ones that would find it a "novelty" as you put it and increase the fields. Where are you looking to find people to increase the sizes of the fields from 6-10 to this magic 40-50, the commune? Almost half those regulars posting there don't even play poker anymore and only visit FTR for the friendship and conversation. | |
07-24-2010 04:56 PM
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What is the downside to reducing the BI? may as well try it. | |
07-25-2010 03:28 PM
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I only played once this season because I knew I couldn't commit to playing at least the 12 tourneys necessary to compete and the individual Gauntlet tournies really aren't terribly interesting. | |
07-25-2010 03:48 PM
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I am from Europe (Israel) and I play when I can on euro time, which happened to be twice this season | |
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07-26-2010 05:29 PM
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I feel that the BC is where you will find any increase in numbers for gauntlet tournies. I learned of the gauntlet series as a result of seeing it on the BC. I had to search out what it was though. I joined because of the possible fun and friendship more than I thought I could compete with you all, but in all honesty if my live play bankroll wasnt where it is, my online bankroll couldn't stand the buy ins. I have learned more in the six or seven tournies that I have played with you all than I have by just lurking and reading in the BC and articles over the past year. If more BCers knew this you might have to put limits on the entries. I think promotion as to who all plays and to what the gauntlet is, not just that gaunlet game 20 is tonight, in the BC thread is of utmost importance. |
07-27-2010 02:56 AM
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07-27-2010 03:46 PM
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07-27-2010 05:48 PM
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07-28-2010 02:05 AM
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$1 micro gauntlet for bc. Gets people interested and allows more of us to play within our bankroll. | |
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07-28-2010 11:57 PM
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AT LEAST FIX THE CALENDAR FFS, the game was tonight, not tomorrow. Just like I posted last week. THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP. I can complain about less tourney players, you guys just need to admit you don't care. | |
07-29-2010 05:17 PM
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07-29-2010 06:51 PM
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There's a lot more promotion that we can do within FTR and in the online poker community itself to get numbers up. Xianti isn't actually working on this any longer so we don't have a dedicated person in charge of the Gauntlet, so it hasn't gotten the attention it needs. The admins will talk and we can try any changes that everyone thinks makes the most sense. | |
07-29-2010 11:17 PM
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08-22-2010 10:28 PM
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lower buy in was a good idea as participation went up quite a bit in last 6 games and that was at the end when most players were out of contention to win. i think having a $5 buy ins from start will really help | |
08-24-2010 01:25 AM
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so did gator win the ME and fuck me out of 3rd? i sware im not mad if he did... | |
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08-24-2010 06:22 AM
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08-24-2010 11:50 AM
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no he got river flushed in third, but his fault for his terrible bet sizing giving good odds to chase. lol | |
02-16-2011 05:59 PM
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So what's up with this dealio? | |
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02-20-2011 02:44 AM
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02-20-2011 09:50 AM
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03-14-2011 07:49 PM
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lets go again...sick of getting 3rd places | |
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03-15-2011 07:04 PM
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03-23-2011 02:21 AM
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I'm in this time | |
03-23-2011 02:25 AM
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but yea, idk what kind of tournies we are capable of putting together but any of these would be cool- | |
03-27-2011 02:37 AM
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yea ready for repeat, iirc when we lowered the buyin to $5 last time the attendance increased decently. | |
03-29-2011 08:57 PM
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yea and the Commune too | |
03-31-2011 12:39 AM
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Yeah I feel like nowadays the most traffic would come with lower buy-ins. If this starts up again I (or anyone really) will promote it in the BC at least. | |
04-03-2011 05:56 AM
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There's a very good chance that, for the first time, I'll be taking part too. I'd even play non-NLHE events, if they're included. |