Curious what people think of the following tournaments

[ND1991]

All on PokerStars.

$8 + $0.80
90 player SNG
Top 12 paid ($198.36 1st -- $21.60 9th -- $17.64 10 thru 12)
Starting chips 3000
Blinds increase every 12 minutes

$10 + $1
180 player SNG
Top 18 paid ($540 1st -- $30.60 9th -- $21.60 10 thru 18)
Starting chips 1500
Blinds increase every 15 minutes

$5 + $0.50 OR $10 + $1
90 player SNG
Top 12 paid ($247.95 1st -- $27.00 9th -- $22.05 10 thru 12 -- HALF for the $5.50)
Starting chips 2000
Blinds increase every 10 minutes.

Wondering if any of these structures look good? They do not fill up real fast, and very top heavy pay outs so wondering if these are reasonable experience with reasonable reward for fairly low stakes.

Thanks for all replies!

[andy334]

Hmmmm - all depends what you are after really. Most Poker sites work on the same percentage basis for payouts but I do find that Pokerstars tends to have far more payouts than I would like - especially in the bigger tourneys.

Top 12 on a 90 seat seems a few too many for me. I would rather see that at around 8 to make it really worthwhie.

I have played a hell of a lot of these recently and not done too well so either my game play is off or there are harder players in these - you might have to just test a few to see if your experience level is right for them.

If you are looking for something sort of 50/50 ish then I would suggest one of the double or nothing games under the Sit N Go tab. $5 and 50c down - 10 players - £10 for the top 5. Its a good way to build up your balance if you can put a little run together.