DaveE
Solvem probler
Project Moderator
You have to win the tourney the original $2 (if you started out with a $2 bounty on your head) but if you get your bounty gets higher than that the total bounty minus $2 is yours to keep.
If you have an $11 bounty on your head when you get KOed you keep $9.
If you have an $11 bounty on your head when you get KOed you keep $9.
10058765
Legend
Loyaler
People love them....people think they're fun (well, not everyone ofc), but most people have no clue about how it works.
Most know the basics...if you KO someone half of the bounty goes into your account, half will be added to the bounty on your own head.
Though, loads of people do not realise their equity in certain hands change drastically because of the bounties of the other players.
In a regular format, having a flushdraw and facing a raise might lead to an instafold if we don't get proper odds.
In a PKO that same raise might make it a snapcall because of the bounty involved.
Ok...ofcourse there's also a lot of players who figured that out themselves.
Still, most of them don't realise their own bounty makes their raises profitable to call by their opponents, whereas in a regular format it would not be.
Just something to think about when playing these PKOs.
About the original question, yeah, you have to win to keep your own bounty, which means if you manage to get HU you're playing for the difference between 1st and 2nd, as well as the bounty of your opponent, as well as your own bounty.
Realise these bounties in a PKO can be significant after a while....
Most know the basics...if you KO someone half of the bounty goes into your account, half will be added to the bounty on your own head.
Though, loads of people do not realise their equity in certain hands change drastically because of the bounties of the other players.
In a regular format, having a flushdraw and facing a raise might lead to an instafold if we don't get proper odds.
In a PKO that same raise might make it a snapcall because of the bounty involved.
Ok...ofcourse there's also a lot of players who figured that out themselves.
Still, most of them don't realise their own bounty makes their raises profitable to call by their opponents, whereas in a regular format it would not be.
Just something to think about when playing these PKOs.
About the original question, yeah, you have to win to keep your own bounty, which means if you manage to get HU you're playing for the difference between 1st and 2nd, as well as the bounty of your opponent, as well as your own bounty.
Realise these bounties in a PKO can be significant after a while....
got my bounty up to 9.18 in the game im playing now hit some great hands real early that always helps
10058765
Legend
Loyaler
Don't react if you don't know what you're talking about...
ROGUE63
Rock Star
Silver Level
out 95th shoved AQ from small blind pos BB folded and one limper called with Q9 suited .sigh he hit a str8 flush
pokerstars Tournament #1210698938, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $1.50/$1.50/$0.30 USD
5190 players
Total Prize Pool: $15570.00 USD
Tournament started 2015/04/27 15:30:00 NT [2015/04/27 14:00:00 ET]
You finished the tournament in 95th place. A USD 9.34 award has been credited to your real money account.
You have also received USD 7.69 in Knockout Bounties for this tournament. You won bounties for the following players: funhe, poks12, namor2505, celticmatt, UppityStuff, arevikjoker, Smackey92, Hshoiti
pokerstars Tournament #1210698938, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $1.50/$1.50/$0.30 USD
5190 players
Total Prize Pool: $15570.00 USD
Tournament started 2015/04/27 15:30:00 NT [2015/04/27 14:00:00 ET]
You finished the tournament in 95th place. A USD 9.34 award has been credited to your real money account.
You have also received USD 7.69 in Knockout Bounties for this tournament. You won bounties for the following players: funhe, poks12, namor2505, celticmatt, UppityStuff, arevikjoker, Smackey92, Hshoiti