Originally Posted by
duped_samaritan
I really think that the outcry to get rid of extended late reg has very little logive behind it. It's players complaining because things aren't the way the want them to be (the way they were before black friday). Also, I think many players just tilt during the last few levels of late reg because after looking at giant overlay in lobby for 2.5 hours quickly disappear they feel slowrolled
Late reg allows for larger guarantees, this attracts more recreational players, and poker grows.
Some tourneys do allow you to register too close to the money, creating postential freeroll for mincash. However, these are rare and most players who attempt this find themselves in a very -ev situation, which is overall good for the the "fish to reg" ratio.
The biggest argument I can think of against extended re-entry structure is that solid regs will be re entering at higher frequency than fish, especially at the mid-higher stakes, thus making the fields "artificially" tougher.
Not all WPN mtts have 3 hours of late reg.
They have on demand mtts with less than an hour.
Some of the r&a on mtts have 60 min late reg with 90 min of rebuys.
They have dailys with smaller grts and shorter late reg.
But for their biggest mtts on schedule, I think it's pretty obvious that if they shorten the late reg, they will need to either reduce the grt or be prepared to lose lots of $ on regular overlays.
imo The one hour late reg series is just a backhanded way of showing the complainers why extended late reg is necessary for the playerpool they have today. I think the overall reaction will be very underwhelming compared to the 5 hour late reg series they ran a couple months ago.