What would you do to improve poker tournaments (live or online)?

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For live tournaments I would ban unlimited rebuys....it puts the game into the hands of those with no strategy but tapping into variance and ultimately weakens poker play. A video game with unlimited lives presents no challenges if you can just restart all the time from the point you die.

For online tournaments I'd cap entrants at a reasonable figure like 1500 or so. Long enough to be a challenge...small enough to not be playing for 6 or more hours. If you aren't playing for life changing money you don't need to be playing more than 1/4 of a day.


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ironduke11 said:
For live tournaments I would ban unlimited rebuys....it puts the game into the hands of those with no strategy but tapping into variance and ultimately weakens poker play. A video game with unlimited lives presents no challenges if you can just restart all the time from the point you die.

For online tournaments I'd cap entrants at a reasonable figure like 1500 or so. Long enough to be a challenge...small enough to not be playing for 6 or more hours. If you aren't playing for life changing money you don't need to be playing more than 1/4 of a day.


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Sadly there's no extra rake in it if there are no rebuys, freezeouts are near extinction level.
My number one gripe live is get them off their electronic devices, it slows the game down soooo much.
 
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Watch replays, keep studying, and try do identify your mistakes
 
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To improve online poker I would halve the registration time. At least at 888 poker the late registration time is 2 hours.
 
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Headphones and earbuds in live games have to go. Way too easy to cheat with them, it's shocking to me that they're allowed still.
 
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Study and watch pros play.
 
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The only thing you can do to improve is study the game a lot.
 
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At the moment, I'd like to improve the online game. There's no way to attend offline series yet, so that's it.
 
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Online poker, I try to remember the mistakes I made, so as not to make them again.
 
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