The $1,000 buy-in Hyper Hold'em event, a brand new tourney to the World Series, attracted 1,436 players to the Rio Las Vegas. Due to the 20-minute blind levels, it only took a day of play to reach the final table.
The nine-handed final table, which was played on Monday, was over in an instant (less than two hours). "the quickest finish for a nine-handed final table in recent memory," a reporter w[...] Read more » 2015 WSOP: John Reading Wins Event #6: $1,000 Hyper Hold'em
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These turbo events are a great idea and i am surprised that they dont have many more of these events. Jason Mercier and Greg Merson both cashed and i think that they will add to their bracelet tally this year
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I watched this final table yesterday on twitch and I couldnt watch till the end, I had to stop when heads up begin, because my tournament was starting.... It was very interesting to watch and I am glad that John won it
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20 minute blind levels is still to long for me. I prefer 10 min blinds at the most if not i get bored. Whats the regular blind levels if theu consider 20min hyper lol? Like 3hours?
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Posted by arsenej1: 20 minute blind levels is still to long for me. I prefer 10 min blinds at the most if not i get bored. Whats the regular blind levels if theu consider 20min hyper lol? Like 3hours?
10 min blinds in online tournament is equal to 30 min blinds in live tournament, so this tournament would be equal to 7 min blinds online tournament...
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The tournaments are coming thick and fast now.It must be a decent tourney to play if you start and finish in the space of a day and probably better for the inexperienced players not to have the chance to think too much.
If this really equals to seven minute blindlevels when comparing them to the online tournaments then I am not sure this was really a hyper tournament. As far as I know online hypers have 3 minute levels, and turbos having 5. I know it's nitpicking but still...
