I was excited for the special Gold Point Week for virtual clubs, less so for the points and more because it would bring back the extra special evening speedballs. In fact, we have stratified speedballs now:
Late night session:
There will also be three late-night $10 18-board speedballs:
0-499 starting at 9:00 pm.
0-1,250 starting at 9:05 pm.
Open Game starting at 9:10 pm.
No More Speedball Love?
During the last silver linings week, the 9:30pm speedballs were incredibly popular and fun. As many of you know, I’m currently on Asia hours and these games are pretty much the only ones that fit my schedule.
Alas, for some reason, Day 1 does not bode well for the evening speedball. With 5 minutes to go, there are no entries in either All For One or the Alliance Game. Maybe it’s time to start hiding the number of entries, otherwise the appearance of a lack of critical mass makes people drop out?
But The Evening 0-1000 Game Was Huge
Turns out there was a big game, it just started 2 hours prior. An impressive 23 tables in the 0-1000 Gold game. Once again, we have a party in the James game. I wonder, how do we carry some of that energy over to the speedballs? Maybe the 9:30pm start time was actually better, because anyone who finished the evening game had a chance for a redemption speedball?
