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Old 08-10-2006, 08:40 AM
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Round Length vs. Blind Progression

Just curious as I saw a post related to this somewhere else, but would you prefer a tourney with:

Shorter rounds with a gradual blind progression

Longer rounds with a faster blind progression

Basically, the tourney would probably last roughly the same but just be structured differently.

Do think this alters the strategy or skill level in the tourney at all?

Just curious.
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Re: Round Length vs. Blind Progression

I'd prefer longer rounds just because I would like to get comfortable at each level and not have it change so quickly.
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Re: Round Length vs. Blind Progression

Who says you can't go medium? I personally don't like the big blind jumps, because it just seems to suck when it comes up on you. Changing too quickly can get people agitated too unless you have Tournament Director running to keep them updated.

If you are asking for a forced choice, I'd go with shorter lengths and smaller jumps. I tend to shorten the round lengths late in the tourney because you are usually down to 2 or 3 people and they play a lot more hands per minute.
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Re: Round Length vs. Blind Progression

definitely longer rounds with bigger jumps.

average players don't think about what the blinds are going to be an hour from now or 30 minutes from now. they only think about "what's the next level".

a good player can use longer early rounds to profile the others at the table and figure out where the steals are going to come from later. then implement a strategy designed to steadily stay ahead of the blinds by projecting how many chips they need to pick up in the next X rounds.

longer rounds and bigger jumps lets you plan more in advance (even though it's really all the same). for me, the first 3 levels of a big live tournament are an opportunity to slowly siphon chips from the really weak / reckless players. play big pots only when the situation is right, but slowly acquire chips using position and your read on the weaker players.

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