Are very large poker tourneys worth it?

[TheBeautifulGame]

I'm talking about the ones that have a relatively low buy in ($5 -$22), have god knows how many players but the first prize can reach $10,000.00. I know someone has to win but are they realistically worth all the time and effort?

If you last to near the end of the tournament, the blinds and ante are so high that it's pretty much down to luck at that stage.

So, in your opinion is it worth spending $22 with a CHANCE to win $10,000?

[poker_dummy101]

It depends if you are a cash or tourney player.

For me, it is not worth it. Way too much variance

[whatsgood5]

In my opinion, no. Unless it's a turbo then maybe, but otherwise it's going to take a good 5-6 hours to probably get to the final table. Back when I used to play I've busted out 10th or 11th for practically nothing after wasting five hours and it used to make me sick.

[TheBeautifulGame]

In my opinion, no. Unless it's a turbo then maybe, but otherwise it's going to take a good 5-6 hours to probably get to the final table. Back when I used to play I've busted out 10th or 11th for practically nothing after wasting five hours and it used to make me sick.

Thats what I mean. I'm good when it comes to sit n gos (10-20 players). I have won quite a few of them but I don't want to play for 5+ hours to get nothing out of it. I was considering trying my hand at a tourney tonight for 10,000.00 Euro for a 20 euro buy in, I asked here to see is it really worth it.

I'm much better at sit n gos than I am at cash tables. I hate cash tables

[smitch124]

I only like MTTs from 300-1000 people, where you can get to the final table in about 3 hours. Any more than that is a bit tedious.

[mcbaseball10]

I like to play in SNG's in the early stages of these big tourneys. It is very frustrating to play whole tourney and only win a small amount, but when you take down a decent tourney on a small buy in it is well worth it.

[stevek173]

Yeah not for me. I have some friends that have won say the nightly $70k ($3.30r) on Stars and some other things and when they hit it's huge, but they spend 10 hours at a time doing it.

[TheBeautifulGame]

Yeah not for me. I have some friends that have won say the nightly $70k ($3.30r) on Stars and some other things and when they hit it's huge, but they spend 10 hours at a time doing it.

That is crazy but I suppose if you won 70K, 7K an hour doesen't seem that bad

[Hotdiggity11]

Tournaments with a large field have more value than higher buyin with smaller field.

[Hotdiggity11]

That is crazy but I suppose if you won 70K, 7K an hour doesen't seem that bad

70k is the guaranteed prize pool, not the 1st place.

[fsugolf]

Tournaments with a large field have more value than higher buyin with smaller field.

sharpest post itt

[poker_dummy101]

sharpest post itt

That should be common sense

[wal66]

I look at it differently I guess. if I am home anyways and have nothing else planned then what do I care. It gives me something to do and an opportunity to pick up a lil extra. I'm not big on online cash games prefer them live but I do like tourney's. The key for me in these larger ones is to have some distractions going on to keep me out of playing too many hands. a good football game or rent a movie just something to help keep the attention away.

As for the payouts I have 1 main goal initially. I want to cash. The larger the easier to accomplish because others will knock themselves off like flies trying to chip up. So the initial goal is simple. Next goal is always making the final table. Ofcourse then the goal is to win. As for them being all luck compared to blinds in the later stages this is true of most non-casino ran tourney's everywhere. We have live poker in Flrida but with the exception of the Hard Rocks all the poker rooms have hours of opperation so the tournaments have to end by closing.

I hope SBR is able to get poker added to the casino so we can see just who around here has game.

[varin18]

300-1000 players? Too much...I never enter a tourney with more than a few hundred players

[DrStale]

I used to spend quite a bit of time building my roll on 10 to 30 man sit n go's, then losing a lot of it on the big boys. It can be fun though, and like others have said one big hit can make up for it. I hit one for $6600 a few years ago, which was awesome, so I still play em once in a while. Good bankroll management would probably dictate more and smaller tourneys however.

[xxdjstriderxx]

It depends if you are a cash or tourney player.

For me, it is not worth it. Way too much variance

he said it best. too much luck involved with very large tourneys to even make it to the money.

less players = less luck more skill

[DrStale]

Another thing to think about is how the WSOP played out. Ivey made it, shows that there is definitely skill involved. Ivey and Shulman are excellent players and despite the massive field they made their way to the final table. That being said Darvin Moon was terrible and he came within inches of taking down the whole thing, skill and luck are always going to have their roles in tourneys.

[Reload]

I see it as a pretty long-term thing. If you can be in 4 or so at the same time and play lots of them per day, you'd have to hope coming in the money big would happen at some point.

[minet123]

the larger tournaments with 3k plus players can be like watching paint dry