Your advice on late registration?

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If you are entering a tournament with late registration, at what level would you prefer and how many Big Blinds would you feel comfortable with at the time of registration?
 
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Quite happy with 12.5bb if reg. is closing at that point (say level 12)
 
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For me, 15 big blinds are enough to feel comfortable. But I prefer to start tournaments at the first blind level. :unsure:
 
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Bounty tournament is important to enter at the beginning. Now, regular tournament, you can enter with 15~25bb with peace of mind.
 
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25 BB or more for late entry or rebuy/reenter.
 
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for me from 12-15 bb
 
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depending on the buy in and format/ i try not to rebuy pkos unless its 60bb+ but for vanilla tournaments i dont mind max late regging 10bb up to $30 but anything over that id want 40bb minimum. Remember if you rebuy its like playing a whole new tournament. Its good to cap your bullets if you are using a rebuy strategy too .
 
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Usually the latest registration starts at 10BB I don't like being that short but will if there is also a 20+BB add-on coming up quickly
 
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I hate entering tournaments later. Surprises me that most of you guys feels confortable with 12.5bb. For me anything below 20-25bb is terrifying
 
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If you are entering a tournament with late registration, at what level would you prefer and how many Big Blinds would you feel comfortable with at the time of registration?
In general, I don't like late registration and try to register for tournaments before they start. But if, for example, I have a ticket and it's about to expire, then, like most of us, I will register as early as possible, the sooner the better :)
 
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I would not necessarily be comfortable with few BBs, but late reg forces one to play super aggressively...sometimes you are one and done, sometimes you triple up and have a deep run.
 
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I like to enter with 20 or more BB, I think that way it is still possible to play poker.
 
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How do I find the best situation for a push
 
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depends on what the sb and bb is otherwise at the verry last moment
 
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I don't usually participate in tournaments where registration ends, but if this happens, I'll take part if it's at least 10 bb.
 
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I'm always trying to reg on time and play from the very beginning of the tournament, especially if it's bounty tournaments.
 
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My original thread “Late Registration I” was moved and renamed to “Your advice on late registration?
I didn’t want advice - only numbers.
 
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Bounty tournament is important to enter at the beginning. Now, regular tournament, you can enter with 15~25bb with peace of mind.
Using late reg to hop in whatever bounty tournament might not be bad idea after all cause that way several creatures should be already on the brink of elimination and therefore since their stack is pretty much non-existent it shouldnt be that hard to "steal" their bounties..
However it's probably completely different situation if you late reg to some bounty event and end up in the same table with runaway chip leader ...
 
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If you are entering a tournament with late registration, at what level would you prefer and how many Big Blinds would you feel comfortable with at the time of registration?
I generally avoid using latereg, just book the next tourney and have less variance and more time to earn chips
 
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If you are entering a tournament with late registration, at what level would you prefer and how many Big Blinds would you feel comfortable with at the time of registration?
The later you register, the more everything will depend on your luck. In my opinion, 20 blinds is the minimum, but this game will be more like bingo.
 
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Make sure you see what the blinds are and have 10bb minimum
 
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Bounty tournament is important to enter at the beginning. Now, regular tournament, you can enter with 15~25bb with peace of mind.
Bounty tournaments are brutal
 
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MLR (max late registration) in the last seconds,usually enters with 12bb, with a push fold strategy established.
 
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fine anywhere really, try to make it work regardless
 
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