OK, you talked me into it, discuss why this wont work please:)

JPSmiley · #1 04-02-06, 01:06 PM

when i first read about the fee i thought that it was like the buyin and the winner would get to keep it... guess i was wrong. Wouldnt it make it more interesting if the fee was like 5$ per player and the last 2 or 3 players left playing would share the 50$ prize pool. So if someone busted out they would have to join a different table that was just starting, or if someone felt that they have lost too much they can just leave and forfit their buyin.

eejit101 · #2 04-02-06, 03:58 PM

thats a good idea. Any1 see a problem with this?

Talking Poker · #3 04-02-06, 05:07 PM

Yup... it's not worth it and it goes against what you are trying to accomplish. If the game gets to $10/$20 NL, who gives a crap about the $50 fee?

I can think of alternative ways that this might work, but not for what you have written down so far.

BTW.... I thought you had this idea copyrighted. If that's the case, how can you keep changing it?

eejit101 · #4 04-02-06, 08:06 PM

Simple. I keep the basic structure, but i can change minor details.

Im getting rid of the fee if we go ahead.

Whats the ideas TP, PM me if u dont wanna tell me on here, if i sell it ill send ya a bonus

Akverno · #5 04-03-06, 12:36 AM

I understand the concept of this game, but if you start with ten players say I did want to take advantage of the donkeys at the lower limits and buy in appropriately. Will I be able to rebuy when the limits get higher? Say I sit down with fifty bucks, then the limits get higher and I want to reload to get the appropriate chip stack to be sitting at this table, will I be able to do this?

Edit: This idea reminds me of a SnG structure that party has, it's been a long time so I don't remember the name of it but where there's like six levels and you win a SnG to move up. People end up playing for a crapload of money at the end and you can start with a five dollar sng.

Talking Poker · #6 04-03-06, 01:24 AM

"Steps."

As for my ideas eejit, it would be to base it more on a SNG that plays like a cash game, instead of a cash game that plays like a SNG. In other words, it would BE a SNG with a buy in, but in ADDITION, players would be playing with actual cash (the cash amounts should be less than the buy ins). If they bust, they would be allowed to reload as per your rules (maybe a max of 3 times though, so the game wouldn't go on forever), and they could buy in for whatever amount they wantin between whatever min and max are defined (you'd need a reasonably tight range too, like $25-$100 on a $100 buy in, because if someone sat with $10,000, it would be nearly impossible for them to lose). Then play "normally," with increasing (cash) blinds. People are free to get up whenever they want, but as soon as they do, they are out and not eligible for the prize pool (unless they finish in the top 3).

HeEre comes the interesting part.... Instead of playing down to 1 player, you could keep a full table going by allowing more people to buy in to the empty seats. What you'd need to do though is keep track of who came in when to determine who is eligible for what part of the rolling prizepool. That may not make sense, but it does in my brain.

Lots of details would need to be worked out, but it has potential. It's a lot different than what you are posing though, and I think I like your idea better, at least as far as what it's trying to accomplish.

BlibbityBlabbity · #7 04-03-06, 08:10 AM

If this is NL then the buyins should change with every level change and there should be a normal maximum buyin (no matter what format it is). Having a 10/20NL player sit with $10,000 during the 25c/50c level would be annoying. If it is limit then it doesn't matter. At the end of a level you could either keep what you have on the table (even if it is above the maximum--not that it would be that much above) OR top off to the max for the next level if you want.

I like the idea of incorporating a prize with a buyin SNG style (or MTT style, but that would be confusing). Not sure how you would keep track of who is winning though...

MTT, it might make things easier (eliminate voting to continue short handed, waiting for 10th player, etc,etc) if there were a couple of tables of this going on at a time.