Our tournaments lately have been running smooth as silk. Yes, I have tinkered with the structure a bit, but I think most people are happy with more chips and no antes.
But with more chips, comes a faster structure and hence - faster bust outs. I couldn't help notice last month that we had nearly ten bust outs by 9:30 pm. That's less than three hours of poker play for a good amount of folks that look forward all month to coming out. A short amount of action after such a build up of anticipation. True, this is tournament poker, and quick bust outs do happen on occasion and often they can't be avoided.
But several times last tournament I couldn't help but notice the looks of disappointment on the faces of the early finishers. I too have felt the sting, two tournaments ago I was first to bust after getting my money in as a 70% favorite.
To soften the potential blow of a speedy exit, Pepper Street Poker is now proud to announce the addition of a Second Chance Poker Tournament, to run every tournament poker night!
Here's how it works.
A dedicated table will be set up ahead of time, eight seats and eight stacks. After you bust from the main tournament, draw for your seat and put $10 in the small lockbox provided. At 9:30pm take your seat, shuffle up and deal! I'll even have a poker timer with blinds on my i-pad for easy reference!
Eight seats maximum, if you bust out too late to get a seat you've likely already had your fill of poker for the evening and you can drive home content that you've gotten a good value for your $40. But if you're like me two months ago or Jason last month, 90 minutes after seven you find yourself heading for your car, dig deep for another saw buck instead and play some more pokerz.
Now I know what you're saying, what about a cash game? That's still an option of course, but frankly, after tourney cash games go only when the field is exceptionally large (25 players at least) and even then it's not guaranteed. This tournament I think will be much more likely to go for sure.
The second chance tournament is a turbo, so you'll still be out by 12:30am at the latest - but you start with 5K in chips and have plenty of room for some play early on. It's also winner take all, which for sure makes it worth sticking around, you're just $20 shy of doubling your investment if you take it down.
If we only have a dozen players or so, then the second chance won't run. But if we have 16 or more, you can be sure I'll have the table set up and ready to go.
Should be a blast! (Especially when I bust out early again!)
