tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012366747492399470.post1187639010285059026..comments2023-09-07T06:01:31.574-07:00Comments on That's Not Poker: Giving Thanks tourney structureMarshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05026007603250510224noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7012366747492399470.post-11776672816897031252007-11-12T00:39:00.000-08:002007-11-12T00:39:00.000-08:00I thought the structure was really good. My ideal...I thought the structure was really good. My ideal tournament structure would be: Buy in for X amount of chips. No add-ons, and if you lose, you are done.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I totally see the upside to having a rebuy. I think its super important that it's at least as much money as the original buy in. <BR/><BR/>Here is my mentality: I love tournaments for 2 main reasons;<BR/>1) You can only lose a finite amount of money. No matter what, you are only in as deep as you bought in for. No matter how tilted you get, you can't lose any more money once you lose.<BR/><BR/>2) You are in a fight for your very tournament life every hand. I love that I can pressure someone enough that if they put their stack in jeopardy, they lose the whole tournament. In a cash game, they can always fall back on the "I guess I can just rebuy if I am wrong" thing. <BR/><BR/>I thought the single rebuy early was acceptable in every way. I could have done without the add-on because I still don't really understand the point. <BR/><BR/>Chips wise, I went up early, then evened back to starting size, then got to sit for a lonngg time being completely card dead. And I felt like my stack was fine, I never quite got to pure desperation mode, and I was folding pretty much every hand.<BR/><BR/>Just about right if you ask me.Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026007603250510224noreply@blogger.com