Grand Final Countdown - 1 Day to Go!!!

[rcon]

We should organise a 888PL cricket game at lunch on one the days. lol I'll bring a tennis ball and someone can bring a cricket bat. Shotgun Warney's team.

I'd rather face his bowling - anyone can stand there and watch.

[David]

Agreed Mat!

[TheShadz]

here's some important changes & details for the weekend including the prize calculations!

http://www.888pl.com.au/NewsStory.aspx?id=1051

[TheShadz]

Chip Distribution (per player)

8 x 25 chip(s)

8 x 100 chip(s)

6 x 500 chip(s)

6 x 1000 chip(s)

2 x 5000 chip(s)

[TheShadz]

$31,000 to the winner

whoo wooo!

[Scotty]

Already a thread just for that link, Shadz

[TheShadz]

Also, I hope this can be answered

Why are the Last Chance qualifiers given seats on tables, 3,4,5,6 & 7, you'd think those seats would be given to the players that who have already qualified. I would've thought that these seats would've been allocated to the bottom end of the draw?

But im sure there's a valid reason for this

[TheShadz]

Already a thread just for that link, Shadz

okay.

[bennymacca]

question to garth

why are the tables 10 handed?

im not sure if other people, agree, but i really really hate 10 handed tables. the strategy is really quite different (but thats a side note), and im not sure why it is necessary to go to 10 handed.

furthermore, in a self dealt tourney, i think its important to make it easy for players to deal, and using the oval tables does not help this one little bit. in fact, in my experience from the first berri deepstack, its downright frustrating when people attempt to pitch cards the whole length of the table, even though everyone is telling them not to. the second berri deepstack was played on 8 handed tables, and i thought it was much better.

since this tourney will be a very significant amount of money, exposed cards might cause some pretty big arguments to take place.

for the sake of 5 or so extra tables, why not just stick to 8 handed tables?

[rcon]

I like the idea of 9 handed for this tournament, but hey, if 10 is how the big boys roll, who am I to argue?