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Different start times and side pools

Posted By: Ian Terry
Date: Monday, 1 May 2017, at 5:15 a.m.

In Response To: Different start times and side pools (Chuck Bower)

On a similar note, I experienced something pretty similar at a tournament as well. I got knocked out of the intermediate main in San Antonio where re-buys were available, and noticed that the re-buy match pairings were just whichever two losing players bought back in succession.

The guy in front of me in the re-buy line was someone I'd played in the Jackpot earlier, as well as knew as a pretty well-rated intermediate from GridGammon. I bought back in without giving it much thought, played him and (deservedly) lost.

Later that night, I realized that if I were smarter, I'd have milled around and waited for a fishier opponent. Given that the ratings range of folks playing intermediate is probably 1400-1700, I likely would've been better off waiting, rather than playing a re-buy consisting of two ~1600 players.

I don't think there's much that could be done about this b/c the matches would go to 2am if a random draw were in place. Additionally, the rules stated that an odd-player out would miss out on a re-buy opportunity, so the current set up induces you to re-buy ASAP.

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