Late Registration

[Im_new]

How do you guys feel about this? I'm thinking about times when you'll have <20bbs to start with.

[Extremophile]

20bb is too small. I would prefer 40-50bb to feel comfortable. You will be short stacked 15 min later if you don't catch good cards.

[Im_new]

True, but for some that is "okay" because of decent P/F play, right? And in most tournies, you'll end up a little short at one point or another anyway.

[Extremophile]

But then why do you have to start short and feel the pressure from the beginning? You also need some time to know the players.

[revolvingiris]

I wouldnt recommend it. Why waste the time when you dont need to? Just fold everything but 5%.

[Im_new]

yeah, you're right. I'm just playing devil's advocate a little bit.

Doesn't it, in theory, save you about an hour of play time if you enter late? It'll play into that double up or go home idea somewhat. You know that you'll have a bunch a pressure and you won't "waste time" (I mean that loosely) where tournies are hardly ever won. you step right into the stack for stack action.

[revolvingiris]

But what happens when you hit a big top 5% and get a big stack early on? I wouldnt want to miss that oppertunity just to save an hour of play time.