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The NEW Weekly USA MTT Value | Overlay Report (5/23/14)

published by Anonymous on Fri, 05/23/2014 - 19:35

ProfRB.com breaks down the week's US-facing online poker tournaments that have overlays, offering MTT players an inside look at the best value events.

Online tournament players looking for an edge to give them more value will find ProfRB.com's Weekly MTT Value | Overlay Report full of useful information!

The report below factors all US-facing online poker room | network tournaments featuring guarantees of $5,000 or higher. This is generally the range we track on our MTT Overlay Reports, though we've added a few more MTT's on the Winning Poker Network in an effort to better reflect their overall schedule. In addition, we also track several MTT's below the $5,000 threshold on the Equity Poker Network and the Revolution Network since only a few tournaments on their current schedules (the $15,000 GTD Sunday major on Revolution and the $5,000/$10,000 GTD Sunday offerings on EPN) eclipse this mark.

In this week's report, overlays were down for the most part. Last week's increase can be likely be attributed to the Mother's Day holiday weekend, when overlays were more rampant. The Winning Poker Network continues to lead the report with another $30,000+ week. Bovada, the Equity Poker Network, and the Carbon Gaming Network flip-flopped position amidst small decreases in overlays, while Revolution saw reduced overlays as well. We also feature Sunday offerings on Seals With Clubs, and the Bitcoin-only poker room saw a reduction in their overlay figure this week in their signature event.

While there was a decrease in the dollar amount of overlays this week, thanks largely to the Sunday major $50,000 event surpassing its guarantee, the trend continues to see a lot of added value in the WPN tournament schedule. The Monday through Friday events in particular have seen heavy overlays as of late, with the $12,500 GTD and the $4k GTD 6-max seeing player traffic dip in recent weeks. ProfRB.com expects to see traffic increase when the new High Five tournament series begins on June 6th - but until then, continue to expect to see many opportunities for added value due to overlays in mid-range events.

Other MTT's of note: As highlighted in our Winning Poker Network Overlays and Tournament Results page, WPN offers a weekly $50,000 GTD on Sundays (bumped to $100,000 once a month) and a daily $5,000 GTD, which now runs at 8pm EST Monday through Friday, and at 2pm EST on Saturday and Sunday.

Overlays have gone back to being rare after increases in player traffic off of the successful Carbon OPS series, which concluded last weekend. Player participation is up to levels near the two-month peak enjoyed immediately after player pools were combined among Carbon and Jazette partitions in early April. This bodes well for Merge heading into the typically slower summer season, and bodes well for players looking for prize pools north of stated guarantees. Expect overlays in the coming weeks to be sporadic, and most likely to occur in tournaments that run Monday through Saturday as normal Sunday MTT's have been hitting guarantees and then some on the whole.

Other MTT's of note: As highlighted in our Merge Network Overlays and Tournament Results page, Merge offers several Sunday offerings for players looking for potential added value. The $12.5k GTD for $33 and $10k GTD for $11 at 4pm EST, along with the $15k GTD $109 at 7pm EST, give players of wide ranging ability ample opportunity for a solid score.

Equity Poker Network has made some increases in stated guarantees across their daily MTT schedule over the past couple of weeks. And in doing so, overlays continue to be high in presence as more traffic begins to flow towards EPN-partner rooms Pokerhost and Full Flush Poker. This is quite a solid time to pick up some additional value - particularly in weekend events such as the $3,000 GTD on Saturdays or the bumped up $2,000 GTD event that runs daily. All of the tournaments tracked also offer re-entry and add-on ability within 60-70 minutes of start time. This lends itself to smaller player fields, and as EPN continues to grow and make MTT adjustments, we feel the value is well worth the investment.

Other MTT's of note: As highlighted in our Equity Poker Network Overlays and Tournament Results page, Equity now runs a $10,000 GTD event each and every Sunday and will be debuting a $25,000 GTD event on Sunday, June 1st.

Several tournaments on Bovada's overall daily schedule continue to see hit and miss overlays. On the whole, however, things are progressing well for the US-facing arm of the Bodog Network. ProfRB.com expects spotty overlays to continue as we move forward into the typically slower summer season. But make no mistake - there is a reason why they are still the clear #1 option for US players. Adding a few overlays, each typically in the $100-$500 range, only increases the value of their overall MTT schedule. You'll be hard pressed to find a better place to play online tournament poker, as nearly all of their stated guarantees are surpassed on a daily basis.

Other MTT's of note: As highlighted in our Bovada Overlays and Tournament Results page, Bovada offers up all kinds of options for every type of tournament player. While not quite at the level of pre-Black Friday offerings for US players, Bovada does offer a $100,000 Sunday MTT that frequently reaches over $150,000 in prize money and is far and away the largest regularly scheduled multi-table tournament available to players from the USA in terms of player field. Pick your poison here, MTT grinders - there's something for everyone.

The MTT schedule on the Revolution Network (we recommend Intertops and Juicy Stakes for US players looking for safe, secure Revolution poker rooms) leaves a bit to be desired. With only a small amount of tournaments nearing $1,000 GTD or better (though one more was added in April - the $27.50 $1k GTD at 2:30pm EST), you are hard pressed to find overlays of substantive value on a mass scale. However, the Sunday major event (now a $12,500 GTD tournament) has historically shown to be a destination for added value. With player fields generally in the 100-120 range and a tendency to overlay in streaks (the field dipped to 97 players this past Sunday, good for a $2,875 overlay), it's still a recommended stop on your Sunday grind. Monday through Saturday, however, the appeal for grinders would be the lower player fields in relation to the lower guarantees. There's still money to be made, obviously, which should satisfy the pallets of any type of tournament player.

Other MTT's of note: As highlighted in our Revolution Network Overlays and Tournament Results page, several deep-stacked turbo MTT's run daily with guarantees of $500, $850, and $1,000. Rebuy tournaments with $1,000 guaranteed also run, usually at least once daily.

The leading Bitcoin-only online poker site continues to showcase its signature event, which has overlaid three times this month to the tune of 6,325 SWC chips in total. We're only including Sunday events for the time being - but the one staple that has emerged as a dependable spot for added value is the aforementioned 20,000-chip guaranteed event for 475+25 SWC chips. You can only deposit and withdraw with Bitcoins, the increasingly popular crypto-currency. But all play on SWC is straight up poker. Players buy in with SWC chips (1 chip equals 0.001 Bitcoins, no matter the fluctuations in value of Bitcoins) and win SWC chips, so all figures in the above graphic are obviously labeled as such. If you're into Bitcoins and love a wild west feel to the game, then SWC is by far the best option available.

Other MTT's of note: As highlighted in our Seals With Clubs Overlays and Tournament Results page, Seals also runs 1,000 and 1,500-chip GTD events on Sundays that have yet to overlay since expanded tracking began in early May.

We hope you've enjoyed and found useful this in-depth analysis of the current US-facing MTT landscape as it relates to overlays. If you'd like to give us some feedback, be sure to check us out on the web (links below) or click here and contact us via Skype or email.

by ProfRB Editor

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