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grand national freeroll

reelerreeler Member Posts: 422
edited April 2015 in Poker Chat
im all for sky so this isnt a moan lol . just a suggestion regarding freerolls . why do they have to be 3 minute blind limits. this forces the players who have no idea to just go in with anything.  it force good players to go in with anything aswell. we need to teach the players to play properly and the only way to do that is to have 7 to ten min blinds .this will sort out whos the better player in my oppinion. if the players who have no patience cant play the ten min blinds then they dont deserve to luck box there way to 200 pound . if i win this i luck boxed it lol
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  • stuarty117stuarty117 Member Posts: 1,395
    edited April 2015
    most FRs should be 3min blinds, the bigger prizepools maybe 5min blinds
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  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    edited April 2015
    To be fair Reeler, a freeroll with hundreds of runners and 7-10 min blinds is gonna take ages to complete and frustrate a load of people I imagine!

    Even with 3 min blinds, there is still skill; knowing when to push or fold, calling ranges, what spots to take and which ones to pass up. Granted, it is a bit more gambly, but its the nature of the beast. If you can adjust your game to the structure and type of player participating, then you'll be fine.

    Good luck in it! :)
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  • reelerreeler Member Posts: 422
    edited April 2015
    In Response to Re: grand national freeroll:
    To be fair Reeler, a freeroll with hundreds of runners and 7-10 min blinds is gonna take ages to complete and frustrate a load of people I imagine! Even with 3 min blinds, there is still skill; knowing when to push or fold, calling ranges, what spots to take and which ones to pass up. Granted, it is a bit more gambly, but its the nature of the beast. If you can adjust your game to the structure and type of player participating, then you'll be fine. Good luck in it! :)
    Posted by hhyftrftdr
    i know what your saying and agree with ya to a point but 3 mins is still a pisstake for a prize of 200 pounds just my oppinion m8
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  • F_IvanovicF_Ivanovic Member Posts: 2,412
    edited April 2015
    3 mins is perfect. The expected value of playing the freeroll is somewhere between £2 and £4 depending on how good you are (probably £2.5 on avg) - you don't want to be playing any more than 2 hours for a free-roll with that expected value and if blinds were 7 mins it would be.
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  • reelerreeler Member Posts: 422
    edited April 2015
    In Response to Re: grand national freeroll:
    3 mins is perfect. The expected value of playing the freeroll is somewhere between £2 and £4 depending on how good you are (probably £2.5 on avg) - you don't want to be playing any more than 2 hours for a free-roll with that expected value and if blinds were 7 mins it would be.
    Posted by F_Ivanovic
    i just donked myself 20 pound lol i was 1st place with 33 left went all in with 77 on a 7kq board he truned over kk  grrrrr lol if i won that i was confident of winning the 200 pound he was 2nd in the stack so i was out next hand lol oh well 20m pound better than nothing eh 
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  • 67Bhoys67Bhoys Member Posts: 2,553
    edited April 2015

    3 minutes is obviously too short, you get to 10 bigs before you get round twice, then all the skill is taken out of it. ANY STUPID BINGO PLAYER COULD WIN!!

    67Bhoys25260001£200pluto64902£120WMCOOK03£80flyrod04£60

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  • RLT16RLT16 Member Posts: 1,433
    edited April 2015
    In Response to Re: grand national freeroll:
    3 minutes is obviously too short, you get to 10 bigs before you get round twice, then all the skill is taken out of it. ANY STUPID BINGO PLAYER COULD WIN!! 67Bhoys 2526000 1 £200 pluto649 0 2 £120 WMCOOK 0 3 £80 flyrod 0 4 £60
    Posted by 67Bhoys
    If carlsberg did brags posts :)
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  • 67Bhoys67Bhoys Member Posts: 2,553
    edited April 2015
    I might have a few carlsbergs  :)
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  • churchy18churchy18 Member Posts: 1,850
    edited April 2015
    In Response to Re: grand national freeroll:
    I might have a few carlsbergs  :)
    Posted by 67Bhoys
    nice one mate wp
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  • samantha25samantha25 Member Posts: 1,445
    edited April 2015
    In Response to Re: grand national freeroll:
    3 minutes is obviously too short, you get to 10 bigs before you get round twice, then all the skill is taken out of it. ANY STUPID BINGO PLAYER COULD WIN!! 67Bhoys 2526000 1 £200 pluto649 0 2 £120 WMCOOK 0 3 £80 flyrod 0 4 £60
    Posted by 67Bhoys

    Craig is kindly buying beers and chit :)
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  • HENDRIK62HENDRIK62 Member Posts: 3,234
    edited April 2015
    In Response to Re: grand national freeroll:
    3 minutes is obviously too short, you get to 10 bigs before you get round twice, then all the skill is taken out of it. ANY STUPID BINGO PLAYER COULD WIN!! 67Bhoys 2526000 1 £200 pluto649 0 2 £120 WMCOOK 0 3 £80 flyrod 0 4 £60
    Posted by 67Bhoys

    House!

    VWP Craig. 
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  • thefa1lacythefa1lacy Member Posts: 201
    edited April 2015
    I loved the 3 mins blinds in this, won £2, but the jump at the end from 300k blinds to 800k blinds would of only made sense if nearer the 2500 seats had been taken though, because the last two had less than 2 BB's, so no HU play, it was any 2 cards first hand and tourney was won with 10 2 off..
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,667
    edited April 2015

    I suppose it's an age thing, & I plead guilty, but we live in a day & age where even giving away money seems to upset some. This was a £2,000 (or whatever) Freeroll, & yet I saw it described as a "p*sstake".
     
    I'm definitely out of step, it seems.        
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  • Ice_TigerIce_Tiger Member Posts: 1,533
    edited April 2015
    In life, there are moaners. Give them £50 & they moan it isn't more.

    Just ignore them.
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  • stuarty117stuarty117 Member Posts: 1,395
    edited April 2015
    Loved this FR 

    and love the payout structure and alot more people cash 

    Change the others to this structure, 
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  • NChanningNChanning Member Posts: 869
    edited April 2015

     Ridiculous Tikay. I say give out more money and more often and make the blinds 1 minute so people can get their money quicker!

     (hard to please everyone, thought this was a good effort at doing so).
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,667
    edited April 2015
    In Response to Re: grand national freeroll:
     Ridiculous Tikay. I say give out more money and more often and make the blinds 1 minute so people can get their money quicker!  (hard to please everyone, thought this was a good effort at doing so).
    Posted by NChanning
    Marv, don't YOU start.
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  • 67Bhoys67Bhoys Member Posts: 2,553
    edited April 2015
    I thought it was excellent!
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  • Sir-GarySir-Gary Member Posts: 1,052
    edited April 2015
    3 mins is fine for free rolls they are supposed to be a bit of fun. So it reduces the skill level required to win, good luck to them I say. It was nice to see that with the skill factor removed others could manage the top 20
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  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    edited April 2015
    In Response to Re: grand national freeroll:
    3 mins is fine for free rolls they are supposed to be a bit of fun. So it reduces the skill level required to win, good luck to them I say. It was nice to see that with the skill factor removed others could manage the top 20
    Posted by Sir-Gary
    Yeah exactly.

    And look who won it! Clearly every ounce of skill was completely removed, eh Craig :)
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