This is gonna be one of those short and sweet posts only because we're gonna start boarding in about 15 minutes and my laptop's already started its pitiful I'm-gonna-shut-off-on-you battery bleat. Lots of excitement at this time's India Poker Championship!
The main reason for that is the introduction of two exciting new formats which we expect will become popular with the poker faithful. The first tournament to kick off the IPC weekend will be the 6k Double Bubble where players will play not just for a share in the main prizepool but also vie for a chance to score a seat for the 20k Big Game on Saturday night. Think of it as a mega Cash + Seat satellite if you will...
No major changes in the Friday and Saturday games. The weekend crowd comes for its fix of the two deepstack tournaments and why knock it if it ain't broke?! The Sunday night game though has been revamped. This is called the 12k Headhunter tournament which is a Bounty + Re-entry tournament. Knock out a player and you get 2k in cash and for those who become unlucky you can buy back into the tournament in the first one hour if you get knocked out. I can hear the question, "But isn't this exactly like a re-buy tournament??!".
Well upto a point it is. However a re-entry tournament, we feel, reduces the donk-style shoves that is usually prevalent in a regular rebuy format. In the IPC Headhunter tournament, you must lose all your chips before you are able to buy back in. And since there is a time limit on the re-entry, we expect players won't get too crazy and will treat it like any other deepstack tournament.
Well they're calling out my name on the overhead speakers, and since I'd rather not see 200 pissed off faces upon entering the flight late, I will say Adios for now.
Oh if you were unable to make it for this time's IPC, remember you can catch the updates on our website at www.indiapokerchampionship.com under the Live Tournament Update module.
Till later this evening then...
The main reason for that is the introduction of two exciting new formats which we expect will become popular with the poker faithful. The first tournament to kick off the IPC weekend will be the 6k Double Bubble where players will play not just for a share in the main prizepool but also vie for a chance to score a seat for the 20k Big Game on Saturday night. Think of it as a mega Cash + Seat satellite if you will...
No major changes in the Friday and Saturday games. The weekend crowd comes for its fix of the two deepstack tournaments and why knock it if it ain't broke?! The Sunday night game though has been revamped. This is called the 12k Headhunter tournament which is a Bounty + Re-entry tournament. Knock out a player and you get 2k in cash and for those who become unlucky you can buy back into the tournament in the first one hour if you get knocked out. I can hear the question, "But isn't this exactly like a re-buy tournament??!".
Well upto a point it is. However a re-entry tournament, we feel, reduces the donk-style shoves that is usually prevalent in a regular rebuy format. In the IPC Headhunter tournament, you must lose all your chips before you are able to buy back in. And since there is a time limit on the re-entry, we expect players won't get too crazy and will treat it like any other deepstack tournament.
Oh if you were unable to make it for this time's IPC, remember you can catch the updates on our website at www.indiapokerchampionship.com under the Live Tournament Update module.
Till later this evening then...
