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Message: [QUOTE="aliengenius, post: 703033, member: 11924"] This seems to jive with the article from the [URL="http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue36/tribe1207.html"]2p2 mag[/URL]: Evaluating Internet Poker Tournaments by Dene Tribe Internet Poker Tournaments are faster and offer greater value than brick and mortar cardrooms. More hands are being dealt per hour than ever before due to the switch from dial up connections to high speed. Software upgrades from online poker sites have also increased speeds. An average of 70 hands per hour are dealt by the major internet sites which is twice as fast as a live dealer. Internet poker is a major factor in the increased skill levels of todays poker players. It is no longer surprising when a young Internet poker player shows up in cardrooms shortly after turning 21 and begins winning big tournaments. The cheapest and most effective way to develop poker skills is to purchase a few good poker books and develop those skills online at low buy in events before venturing into the brick and mortar tournaments. I originally published Poker Tournament Evaluation System (PTES) in the June 2007 magazine. The system evaluates the M at the start of the tournament and after 1 hour of play and assumes that your chips are blinded off. The 1 hour M is the tournament rating and a higher number indicates a better structure. When the 1 hour M is 20 or greater, the 2 hour M is evaluated to determine if it is a superstack event. When using the PTES system to evaluate Internet tournaments, adjustments are required due to the increased speed. Since the Internet is moving twice as fast blinds are posted every 10 minutes instead of 20. The M will be evaluated at 30 minutes online instead of 1 hour live. If it is a High Skill event (30 Minute M of 20 or greater), reevaluate the M at 1 hour to determine if this is a superstack event. Internet players paying $10 can receive as much action as a brick and mortar player paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The following comparison which is evaluated using PTES proves this point. Both qualify as a super stack event. [B]Online:[/B] We use the Pokerstars Superstack event offered several times a week with buy ins from $10-$30. They also offer a Superstack event on Saturday evenings with a buy-in of $100. All Pokerstars Superstack events start with 5000 chips and 30 Min Blinds Structure for first 3 hours: 10/20 15/30 25/50 50/100 75/150 100/200 Starting M: 5000/30 = 167M 30 Minute M = 109M 60 Minute M = 66M [B]Brick and Mortar: Legends of Poker 2007 The Bicycle Casino Bell Gardens Ca.[/B] $970+$100 Bankroll Builder offered on multiple occasions Start with 3000 chips and 60 minute blinds Structure first 3 hours: 25/25 25/50 50/100 Starting M 3000/50 = 60M 1 Hour M = 38M 2 Hour M = 18M The online $10 tournament offers a better structure than the nearly $1,000 event. In the Online example with a starting field of around 300 players it will play out in about 11-12 hours which is equivalent to 22-24 hours of live play. The brick and mortar event will be broken up into a 2 day event. The Legends of Poker event is more fun to play, but the Internet offers exceptional value.. [B]Internet Offerings:[/B] Everything is available at anytime at any price in the Internet poker rooms: I have completed a comparison of the major sites offerings which players can use as a reference. I looked at Multi Table Tournaments with no rebuys events only. The slowest (more skilled) Tournaments are listed first. Best value events are highlighted in bold. Note: All the sites listed accept U.S. Players except Party. Please keep the following information in mind when selecting to play the normal tournaments: Many sites offer variations to the standard tournaments and they normally do this by offering more starting chips. For example, Pokerstars starts many tournaments with 3,000 chips and uses the same blind structure. This changes the event to high skill with a 30 minute M=38 and 1 hour M=11. Players preferring a slower structure should look for the tournaments starting with 3,000 chips on Pokerstars. [ATTACH]8088._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]8089._xfImport[/ATTACH] [B]Weekly Main Event All EST [/B] [B]Saturday 16:30 Absolute[/B] 150,000 Guarantee Entry Fee is $500 +$30 [B]All Other Main Events are on Sunday[/B] [B]12:45 Party[/B] 300,000 Guarantee Entry $200+$15 [B]16:00 Bodog[/B] 100,000 Guarantee Entry $100+$9 [B]16:30 Poker Stars[/B] 1,000,000 Guarantee Entry $200+$15 [B]17:00 Ultimate Bet[/B] 200,000 Guarantee Entry $200 +$15 [B]18:00 Full Tilt[/B] 500,000 Guarantee Entry $200+$16 [ATTACH]8090._xfImport[/ATTACH] [B] For those players who prefer a quicker tournament I evaluated the Turbo offerings. Fastest Tournaments are listed first. (Full Tilt and Ultimate Bet do not offer MTT Turbos)[/B] [ATTACH]8091._xfImport[/ATTACH] [B]Internet Blind Structures[/B] [B]Pokerstars Less than 10,000 starting chips[/B] 10/20 15/30 25/50 50/100 75/150 100/200 125/250 +25 150/300 +25 [B]Pokerstars Events Starting with 10,000 chips or more[/B] 25/50 50/100 100/200 150/300 200/400 300/600 400/800 400/800 +50 [B]Party Regular[/B] 20/40 30/60 50/100 100/200 150/300 200/400 300/600 400/800 +25 600/1200 +50 800/1600 +50 [B]Party Freeroll, Qualifier and Speed[/B] 20/40 30/60 50/100 100/200 200/400 300/600 400/800 +25 600/1200 +50 1000/2000 +75 [B]Full Tilt Regular and Double Stack[/B] 15/30 20/40 25/50 30/60 40/80 50/100 60/120 80/160 100/200 120/240 +25 150/300 +25 200/400 +50 [B]Full Tilt Super Stack[/B] 10/20 15/30 20/40 25/50 30/60 40/80 50/100 60/120 80/160 100/200 120/240 +25 150/300 +25 200/400 +50 [B]Bodog All[/B] 5/10 10/20 15.30 20/40 30/60 50/100 75/150 100/200 150/300 150/300 +25 200/400 +50 300/600 +75 400/800 +100 [B]Absolute All[/B] 10/20 15/30 20/40 30/60 40/80 50/100 60/120 75/150 100/200 100/200 +25 150/300 +25 200/400+50 250/500 +50 300/600 +50 400/800 +75 500/1000 +75 [B]Ultimate Bet All[/B] 5/10 10/20 15/30 20/40 30/60 50/100 75/150 100/200 150/300 150/300 +25 200/400 +50 300/600 +75 400/800 +100 600/1200 +125 [/QUOTE]

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