Random thoughts about multiple table home tournaments
I was thinking about this the other day and wondering what the norm is and what everyone thinks is the correct thing to do. Also what is done in big casino tournaments? I think based on this starting field this is more of an issue with 2 starting tables that anything else. The reason I say this is in a larger field there are several table merges that occur and as a result the players and “total table money” are dispersed throughout the game and not at the very end to make the final table. Lets look that the following example to so I can try to explain my point.
Let’s assume you start with 20 people 2 tables of 10 and everyone has 10k in chips. So each table has 100k in chips. Most people like to keep the table numbers even so if one table lost 2 people and the other has 10 someone from the 10 person table would be moved to the other table. This is usually done by drawing a card. Let’s assume that the same table that had lost 2 people earlier loses 2 more. So now you have one table with 9 players and one with 7. Do you redraw again and the table with 9 loses a player again. If this is what happened then one table has a much larger number of chips that the other one. Assuming each of the players removed from the table that lost no players had their exact buyin in chips when they moved. (I know this will not be exact but the bottom line is they are talking some chips to the other table) so assuming this the table with 8 players which had 2 players removed has 80k in chips while the table who has the original 6 players from that table and the 2 players who were moved had 120k in chips. Is this fair to the table that has lost no players, does it matter, is it just luck of the draw and it is what it is. It just seems like if this is how it happens then the reckless table is rewarded with more chips going into the final table. Should there ever be an entire redraw of the tables like maybe instead of the 2nd person being removed from that table. Thought, comments? I know I’m crazy so no need to point that out. |
