BRL is it Braggin rights or just bingo?

[last2end]

I just wanted to say that after the new blind structure introduced in the BRL at .com and the lack of chips at the start that this game has now turned into more of a crapshoot then a pacific freeroll...

Let me explain, if i can, 1000 chips each, stating blinds of 10/20 increasing every 10 minutes, total chips in play 70k (usually). First couple blind levels not a problem, can make some moves and generally the game is skilful, well mostly.

After that with the blinds up to 100/200 there are usually around 40 people still in with an average stack 1750 which is less then 10 bb. They are then forced to gamble with medicore/poor holdings in the hope of doubling up or losing and all the skilful play is removed, no room for bluffs or decent raises the game becomes all in or fold. Then people moan about bad play and bad beats.

For example last night, 29 players left, blinds 250/500 and an ante of 50, average stack is 2400, thats 5 bb and imperilled! Anyone between 0 and 5k in chips has almost no option but to play all in or fold with any half decent hand, to my mind this is not Braggin rights anymore but who ever gets lucky!

Mind you I will still be playing for TUK in the hope we have a lucky month!

This is not directed at the BRL manager Tricks who does a suberb job of running the league and without who we would not be playing these games. It just my opinion on a game that I feel should be based on skill and not luck as dictated by the starting stack size and the blind levels by .com.

Would welcome your views

last2end

[tricks27]

just so you know i have asked for the antes to be taken out they should be done from jan onwards
i didnt know that the starting stack was any different i thought it was always 1000 start

trish

[block912]

To be honest tricks I don't think the problem is the starting stack, 1000 is fine, I don't really mind the antes to be honest. One thing they've introduced is it stops people who are very short stacked from folding every hand and creeping up an extra couple of places.

I think the problem lies with the blind level increase rate. I totally agree with lasts points. It does got to a stage, very quickly, where you are under a lot of pressure to get your chips in with any moderate hand. The blind levels on Sunday night were 500/1000 long before we reached the final table. As last points out, with 70k ish in chips, even at the final table thats an average of just 7k each, thats 5 rounds at the table before your blinded out.

I would request the blind levels go back to what they were, or they at least double the starting stack so we can handle the blinds increases better.

[stepgen]

Have we not been starting with 1500 in chips since the blinds structure changed

[tricks27]

the blind levels are 10 mins as theyve always been so i dont see what the problem is with that
not sure about how many chips as ive not played the games since the new structure has started

[block912]

This is the blind structure. Yes its every ten minutes, but they never used to jump so high each level. Old on the left and new on the right.

[welshgit]

lmao well i dont think its the blind structute

the antis or anything else to do with the organising

its pure bingo now because so many people are allowed to play just by spamming 50 posts

half of the bragging players dont know how to play " propper " poker

i left because it was a bingo game months ago

now with blinds going up quicker those bingo players are gona get worse .

normal players can handle quick rises in blinds .

maybe i say that because i love turbo games lol ..

[theulrich]

I think the BRL games are more skill than Bingo!


I like them very much and try to get a good result for the team every game and i didn´t see as much fishes there than in some other Games.

But i also think the blind level increase rate is too high. I also prefered the older version.

Thats my point of view ;-)

Cy soon

Günter

[Cillepus]

Originally Posted by urbanlegend88

i hear all cry babies in here. i have absolutely no prb with the blind structure. i think its fine. think of a coin flip and then think of the donkeys then think of ur stack put one and one together u got chips atleast 10k b4 100/200 blinds

Are you playing the braggin rights games??? Witch team are you on??

[block912]

Are you playing the braggin rights games??? Witch team are you on??

No he doesn't cill. Hes obviously a god amongst poker players, because by the sounds of his post he NEVER EVER loses coin flips.

Hes basically posted on this thread and has no clue what hes talking about.