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So the new changes are out, here are the differences in the evening schedule that I can see;
Added:
5:30pm - $44 Double Stack (3k chips)
7:00pm - $33 Double Stack (3k chips)
7:40pm - $130 Double Stack, $20k guarantee (5k chips)
8:00pm - $10 Sniper with $10k guarantee ($5 is bounty, $5 is prizepool)
9:00pm - $109 Sniper with $40k prizepool ($10 is bounty), $1 turbo rebuy with $5k guarantee
9:15pm - $15 Double Stack (3k chips)
10:00pm - $30 rebuy with $25k prizepool
11pm - $5 turbo rebuy with $10 guarantee, $30 6 seat tourney
Midnight - $60 sniper with $10k guarantee
Removed (off the the top of my head) from approx same time period
a $20 guarantee, a $12 bounty, a $5r with guarantee, the $35 $7k guarantee, the $129 bounty, the 9pm $11 bounty with $4500 guarantee, the $3r, the $109 $9k guarantee and the two $25 guaranteed boutny tourneys, one at 10:30pm other at midnight, and another $5r guarantee.
Overall I'm kinda meh about the whole thing. You've just kind of shuffled things round, and probably taken out more than you've put in. I mean i like UB and i've played like 1500 tourneys there, but this new schedule doesn't really do a lot for me.
- I really like the double stacks, esp the mid stakes one but there are no guarantees on them, so what kind of fields would you get?? 100-200 max imo. Maybe the plan is to give them a couple of weeks to see what the fields are like and then whack guarantees on, but who knows. Those first two ($30 and $40) are too early for me to play anyway so i won't be in those. And there's only one double stack ($15) after 8pm which is when a lot of people play - doesn't make much sense to me.
- I think running millions of satellites is good, but would be nice to have option to views tourneys WITHOUT seeing the satelittes, as they take up so much space.
- the rebuys just suck. There is not a non turbo rebuy under $30 that I can see in this evening schedule (maybe i could see better without those satelittes everywhere). There was a $3r and two $5r tourneys (although with sucky guarantees) before these changes and now there's nothing. What's the point of playing a rebuy to get more chips and use your skill edge if you go and make the thing a turbo with 5 minute levels?? Would've been great to see the $5r $10k be non turbo and a $10 rebuy in there as well. What about a couple of 1 rebuy 1 add on tourneys??
- There's 2 big tourneys, the $10 and $100 sniper ones with good guarantees to obv get players in the door and i think a lot of people will like those, but beyond that there's really not too much to interest me. I will buy in to probably both of those and anything in between - but there is nothing!! It looks like Annie has gone, ok $40k guarantee $100 tourney and increased $30 rebuy guarantee for high stakes player, a big $10 guarantee and 2 stupid turbo rebuys for the lower buy in players and there is not much though beyond those. Don't get me wrong, those tourneys (apart from stupid turbo rebuys) are great, but a 'schedule' is supposed to cater to a range of buy ins at a range of times, not rely on 2-3 big tourneys and not much else. The cynical side of me thinks those big guarantees will never be met and after a few weeks they will just be dropped down.
Personnally, I will now be playing less tourneys and spending less money on the site, so not sure how great this schedule is.
Oh, and on the website the tourney schedule shows both the new AND the old schedule combined, plus is showing some tourneys twice. It's retarded stuff like this that UB can't even get right that makes people wonder why they play there.
I don't mean to be a negative prick, but there's just not a lot there to get excited about. Although I like Annie, I have to agree with brsavage that a high stakes live player does not appear to know what sort of schedule online tourney players want - at any stakes.
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