Utilizing our own reports, ProfRB.com breaks down and highlights US-facing online poker tournaments that feature overlays from the previous week. Online tournament players looking for an edge to give them the greatest value are bound to find this new weekly MTT Value | Overlay Report full of useful information.
In this week's report, the Winning Poker Network sported the most overlays and the highest overlay dollar amount, surpassing the rival Merge Gaming Network with a slight increase from last week's report. However, overall dollar amounts of overlays were down for the second straight week across the board - although as you will see, an online poker room that usually shuns overlays finally managed to see one occur.
The report below factors all US-facing online poker room | network tournaments with guarantees of $5,000 or higher. This is generally the range we track on our MTT Overlay Reports, though we've recently 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 on the Revolution Network below the $5,000 threshold since only one tournament (the $15,000 GTD Sunday major) on their current schedule eclipses this mark.
Winning Poker Network: 12 overlays worth $6,935 from Friday, Feb 28th through Thursday, Mar 6th
DOWN: 3 overlays and up $470 from last report
Though opportunities for overlays continue to exist throughout the Winning Poker Network's online poker tournament schedule, their Monday through Friday $12,500 GTD tournament for $27.50 has been a particular overlay-laden MTT. Once again, all five runnings this past week saw overlays, and on the whole, they increased significantly, bolstered by a 410-player turnout in this past Thursday night's edition. This was the first week in months that saw the $12.5k fail to produce an overall profit for WPN, and took up 82% of their overall overlay dollar amount for the Friday through Thursday tracking period. Several lower guaranteed MTT's provide more overlay opportunities, giving players who are used to competitively-staked MTT's a shot at more money and value.
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 Sunday's (bumped to $100,000 once a month) and a daily $5,000 GTD, which runs at 6pm EST Monday through Friday, and at 2pm EST on Saturday and Sunday.
Merge Gaming Network: 10 overlays worth $4,225 from Friday, Feb 28th through Thursday, Mar 6th
DOWN: 3 overlays and $4,090 from last report
Continuing its progress on the heels of the Carbon OPS (see full results here), the regular daily tournament schedule on the Merge Network saw overlays decrease in cash total and frequency for the second week in a row. Strong player totals in their nightly MTT's contributed to this, and overlays in general were lower among usually the usually ripe $8k GTD at 7pm EST and $5k GTD offerings at 10pm EST. However, there is plenty of added value available for those looking for decent overlays across the board - and, as exclusively reported here on ProfRB.com, Merge has made several major changes to their overall schedule that we will be tracking closely over the coming days and weeks. The $10k GTD for $33 and the $5k GTD 6-max for $11 offer particularly solid potential for mid-to-low-stakes MTT grinders as well. Overall, all indications are that Merge remains an attractive option for tournament players of any skill level.
Other MTT's of note: As highlighted in our Merge Network Overlays and Tournament Results page, Merge offers several stout Sunday offerings with wide ranging buy-ins. Also newly added are three $5,000 GTD tournaments that run at 10pm EST, with buy-ins ranging from $11 up to $109.
Bovada Poker (part of Bodog Network): 1 overlay from Friday, Feb 28th through Thursday, Mar 6th
UP: 1 overlay and $120 from last report
Feast your eyes! Bovada finally saw an overlay on their regular daily MTT schedule and if you blinked, you may have missed it! The $6k GTD Turbo that runs nightly at 10:25pm EST saw a massive $120 overlay this past Thursday, marking an end to Bovada's 45-day 'no overlay' streak on their regular schedule. In all seriousness, extremely rare is an overlay is on Bovada these days, and while sporting the number one online tournament schedule and the highest cash game traffic out of all US-facing poker rooms or networks, there's clearly more value than you can shake a stick at here for US players. With virtually no overlays, this means that nearly every guaranteed prize pool will be worth more than the original guarantee. Plus, with recent additional tournaments being offered on their daily schedule and former guarantees seeing increases, players with bankrolls of any size or shape - even the casual player looking to spend a Friday evening taking a few "hero shots" - will continue to find Bovada as the best option currently available for US players.
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. Pick your poison here, MTT grinders - there's something for everyone.
Revolution Network: 4 overlays from Friday, Feb 28th through Thursday, Mar 6th
UP: 4 overlays and $499 from last report
The MTT schedule on the Revolution Network (we recommend Intertops and Juicy Stakes for US players looking for safe Revolution poker rooms) still leaves a bit to be desired. With only a small amount of tournaments nearing $1,000 GTD or better, you are hard pressed to find overlays. However, the Sunday $15,000 GTD offering has shown to be a destination for added value in recent weeks. With player fields in the 115-140 range and tendencies to overlay (usually between $500 to $1,500 - although this week saw a small $375 overlay), it's still a solid stop on your Sunday grind. Monday through Saturday, however, the appeal for grinders are the lower player fields in relation to the lower guarantees. There's still money to be made, but there's no comparing the breadth of the current Revolution tournament schedule to rivals on WPN, Bovada, or Merge.
Other MTT's of note: As highlighted in our Revolution Network Overlays and Tournament Results page, bigger guarantees are harder to find. However, several deep-stacked turbo MTT's run daily with guarantees of $700, $850, and $1,000. Rebuy tournaments with $1,000 guaranteed also run, usually at least once daily.
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.