Also, as I sit around a table and ask other players what they like and don’t like about the local tournament options, I hear an incredible range of conflicting preferences.
However, it’s rare that, despite these infinite combinations, a single existing local tournament meets my personal Platonic ideal. rebuy add on sizes blind levels from 15 minutes to an hour no antes at all to antes that kick in as early as the 4th level and buy in amounts from $30 to over $200.
In a given week I can find a tournament that varies on pretty much any dimension: freeze-out vs. Among the poker rooms and casinos within a 2 hour drive from where I live in Massachusetts there are numerous options. Daily no limit hold’em tournaments have seemingly unlimited structures.