Yes, it might be easier to hit ITM on a single table but the payout is from a smaller prize pool so you don't make nearly as much compared to your buyin. A 9 seater at Stars with a $10+1 buyin pays out $45 for 1st giving you a $34 profit. Whereas a 27 seater at the same stakes pays $100 for first and a $89 profit. You can even finish 5th and double your money with a $22 payout.
In my experience playing them the last week or two, it usually only takes about 2 hours to play a 3 table SnG because the first 9 bust out so fast that you are at 2 tables really quick. The final two tables get SH pretty fast as well. It then slows down for a bit cuz folks all want to make the FT. Then the FT goes 'fairly' quickly because with that many chips at it, one or two players have usually been building pretty good stacks and start to bust the shorties right and left. It's usually the final 5 or 6 that takes awhile. I have played Single table SnG's that have taken close to 2 hours as well although for the most part they are usually just over an hour by a bit. I don't mind the extra time of the multi's then because it doesn't feel like much more time and the payoff can be quite a bit larger.
I've been doing something similar to the "sets" that Sendachi does, in that I will start a 2, 3, and 5 table SnG's at the same time knowing that because of the extra players the final tables should all take place at different times. This is nicer IMO than having 3 tables ITM going on at the same time if you are lucky enough to last that long in 3 single table SnG's.Statistics: Posted by SebQtaneus — Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:20 pm
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