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swet1 on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Tue, 10 May 2011 14:20:56 -0400

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GaryLQ on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Tue, 10 May 2011 13:15:13 -0400

Stop press;

Stars have scrapped the new structures in the 180s today, probably due to the uproar on 2P2. We are now back to the old structures again.

swet1 on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Tue, 10 May 2011 09:29:26 -0400

I looked at them last night and I can see the former 5 min levels playing the same as the new 3 min levels with a reduction in the blind escalations. Even with the new blind levels I'm not sure 6 min (new structure) will play the same as 15 min (old structure $4)...I'll have to test a few out.

It also seems that the sched for scoop caters more to Euro players and not Canadians as much...

GaryLQ on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Tue, 10 May 2011 07:13:18 -0400

Scheduled MTTs look like they're unchanged.

I've had a look on 2P2, there' a big thread about the changes to the 180s, most regs are unhappy, but I still quite like these new 6 minute structures myself. BTW there are more levels than before.

swet1 on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Mon, 09 May 2011 14:06:03 -0400

Wow, I'm really glad I took my money out and stopped playing there after Black Friday. That makes them super turbo and turbo now.... Are MTT structures different now as well?

GaryLQ on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Mon, 09 May 2011 13:04:07 -0400

Yep, my bad shout. I stand corrected. I reg.d for a tourney and found it had 6 minute levels, I assumed it must be a turbo, shocked to discover now that it was actually a regular 180 which used to have 15 minute levels.

The non-turbo 180s now have 6 minute levels, the turbo 180s have 3 minute levels. So everything is now actually faster. There doesn't appear to be anything with levels longer than 6 minutes. I'll try both the 6 minute and 3 minute structures and see what I prefer. The 3 minute tournies must be mayhem.

swet1 on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Mon, 09 May 2011 12:12:39 -0400

Are the $4 180 man 15 min levels gone??!?!?!

G0liath on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Mon, 09 May 2011 11:16:34 -0400

The turbos now have a 3 min blind structure. The tourneys your playing with 6 minutes are the normal speed SnGs that used to be 15 min blinds. So although they're not officially turbos, they do play like turbos. Making me very unhappy since I was ripping apart the old 15 min tourneys since black Friday.

GaryLQ on Stars turbo 180s, new structure

Mon, 09 May 2011 09:03:17 -0400

I'm playing in some of these today for the first time in a week or two. There have been a couple of changes;

1. Buy-ins and rake have changed, the rake is now slightly higher at the smaller stakes, ie $3.00+0.30 is now $3.00+0.38.

2. More importantly, the structures have been changed. These 180s are now much less hyper than before, there are more levels, the levels are now 6 minutes from 5, antes don't kick-in until level 10. The period where post-flop play is possible before everybody moves into shove/fold mode is much longer. As these will now be less of a lottery I expect there is a good chance the skill edge TPE members have will make these popular tourneys even more profitable than before, the only drawback is reduced volume.

It's a shame that Cougar's excellent $3r series is already somewhat out-of-date.

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