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Originally Posted by Denethor
It would seem like speeding up the levels would be the easiest way to increase the number of buy-ins. I think FTP already has the levels at only six minutes in a lot of the tournaments and even less in the turbos.
I still think the "action hands" would have potential to speed things along more than just the blind levels, though. I don't ever remember having to worry about blinding out on FTP - even with the accelerated levels. I never lasted that long, and I don't think my play was looser on FTP.
I guess probably the best way to summarize the logic is that the "action hands" would prevent tight players from causing the tournaments to drag on. A player who might protect his chips for hours with small pots and blind stealing could be eliminated instantly.
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Blinds are still the greatest factor in determining tournament lengths. An action hand might eliminate some players early but it doesn't really matter. Look at any MTT past level 8, by then the blinds are so high in comparison to the average stack the money is getting in with or without action hands. The other thing to think about it this; lets say not one person gets coolered in a big action hand the first 2 hours of the tournament. The only thing that would change is that the average stack would be 10BB instead of 20BB. So you could have 100 guys with an average stack of 20BB or 200 guys with an average stack of 10BB. Would that tournament play out all that differently? You can take in even farther and say that if no one got eliminated in the first 2 hours it still wouldnt really matter. Because then the average stack would be 4BB's instead of 20, even though there might be 500 guys instead of 100 that tourney is still ending at roughly the same time. Basically if there were no coolers early on the stack sizes would be so small in comparison to the BB by the third hour you would have 2 players all in on every table every hand. Would those tournaments really last any longer?