About the shot-clocks rule they worked insanely good in my favour but the general sentiment in the room was extremely negative.
The amateur players were extremely thrown off, these are amateurs who have never played with shot clocks before, they didn’t understand them properly. People are coming from all parts of the country from all kinds of cardrooms. To throw them into the deep end like that with ZERO notice was very daunting for them and have a huge advantage for the pros who are used to them and don’t really need to think about them.
I used all of my timebanks within the first 2 orbits on a huge spot, I accepted that I’d be making every decision (every decision worth minimum $250,000) from now on out with 20 seconds. No problem.
People saw this and actively played tighter/quicker so they wouldn’t be put in the same predicament.
We came back from break and everybody was given an extra 4. This was insanely in my favour and other people weren’t happy and rightfully so.
A truly terrible rule in what’s been an extraordinarily bizarre WSOP. You have the best brand, find some players who can advise you who know what they’re talking about.