Jon O'Neill wrote:I like your suggestion of 5 minute levels with 2000 chips and see how that goes. Even faster is better though, as the variance is higher so there's more chance of people who don't play regularly winning.
Well, there's only '3 minutes' faster than that - does seem odd as (ok, I'm only commenting on Paddy here, but I'm sure Stars is the same) you used to get STTs with 3 minute blinds ("Speed") and then 1 minute blinds ("Turbo") but guess you can't do them on Home Games.
Maybe could do 3 minutes/2000 chips this time. If it's too quick next time we could do 5m/2000c or 3m/3000c even (there is a 5000c option but that's always going to be miles too many, even for 3m blinds I reckon).
We could even do it straight away after the first tournament if people are unhappy with the first one. Let's say 3m/2000c is the current preferred option for tomorrow night then.
Jon O'Neill wrote:Not sure about that top 15% thing. Screenshot?
No need for screenshot - it's just Top 10% / Top 15% (default) / Top 20% / Winner Takes All.
I'm just saying that there must be some additional rules about how many places get paid depending on entrants, maybe the percentages come into play more when you're playing with several tables worth of people.
As it was, we had 8 - 15% of which is 1.2, meaning 2 players should have been paid, but it was 3. So your guess is as good as mine.