Hand for Hand mode

I understand its purpose but it really sucks!

I think as an alternate to hand for hand mode should be a shortened timer. Instead of 15 sec to make a call / fold / raise you should only get 5 sec for hand for hand mode.

Will speed up the bubble a bit and won't be as painful as hand for hand mode.

What strategy do you have in hand for hand mode? Large Stack or Low Stack?

I disagree with a sped up timer. At that point a lot of players could use as much time as they can get to think about their next move.

As for strategy, it's more or less bully the short stacks if I have the chips, play tight and go all-in on big hands when I'm in trouble.

I agree, I don't like the sped up timer either. But I would like that more than hand for hand mode. Sites that don't have hand for hand mode everyone on the bubble just uses all their time to fold just in hope that someone at another table busts before them.

It gets really boring. Sped up timer would make it more enjoyable I think.

Agree with the strategy

[germanfalcon]

Hand for hand play is better than the time before the hand for hand battle. Because there a lot of players let count the clock to zero and this sucks more than hand to hand.

As strategy I use my normal play but I'm aware of the dead money of sitouts, which use this "boring" time for something else.

Yes... thats what I am saying. That is why I would like the timers to be changed when these situations happen. That way poker is still played at a normal pace.

[arjonius]

I'm not so sure that people stalling close to the bubble should be addressed by shortening the clock. Basically, hand to hand play seems fine as long as everyone who busts out on the same hand is treated equally. That way, it wouldn't matter if someone busts out a few seconds before someone else as long as it's on the same hand, which would mitigate if not remove the perceived need to stall.