Multi Prize Pool Poker: New Tournament Format

[sam1chips]

How will the payouts be handled? Seems scamy to me.

Payouts have already been handled it seems. You can win money from separate prize pools. The article I put in post #24 says that in the first prize pool, out of the 177 players, the top 24 were ITM. The second prize pool was composed of 111, and the top 14 were ITM. The third prize pool consisted of 64 players, and the top 9 were ITM.

 

[noW]

Too complicated. You already have a headache from going from 100 BBs to 10BBs with KKs against A2s. I don't see it happening plus why would you want to play better players at small amounts when you can play the players appropiate to the level of your tournament buy-in.

 

[ibsiegel]

wow it seems interesting and i guess i would still be leary of lower buy in players dumping chips to the higher buy ins. But i guess if people are doing that then they are probably doing it in straight buy in tourneys as well.

 

[sam1chips]

Too complicated. You already have a headache from going from 100 BBs to 10BBs with KKs against A2s. I don't see it happening plus why would you want to play better players at small amounts when you can play the players appropiate to the level of your tournament buy-in.

It increases the prize pool.

In the tournament yesterday, there were only 66 people that bought in for the smallest buy-in. However, due to the 111 other people that bought in for higher amounts, there were 177 buy-ins into prize pool 1.

If they don't do a Multi prize pool tournament, and instead decide to have 3 separate tournaments, there would be only 66 people buying into the minimum buy-in tournament, and the prize pool will only consist of 66 buy-ins.

Does that make sense? The article explains it really well.

 

[noW]

It increases the prize pool.

Does that make sense? The article explains it really well.

Very but I doubt it will get any real interested in PS,FTP,so on. It's kinda like Rebuy but more complicated and people avoid it.

 

[sam1chips]

Very but I doubt it will get any real interested in PS,FTP,so on. It's kinda like Rebuy but more complicated and people avoid it.

I don't think it's intended for online tournaments (at least not right now anyways). The article says that the first MPP tournament was a success, and they're planning on having a multi prize pool tournament weekly at that casino.

 

[sam1chips]

and people avoid it.

Not quite sure what you're basing this on, the total prize pool yesterday was £10,400...more than twice the £5,000 guarantee.

 

[LeanAndMean]

Seems to me if you are the only lower buy in left, that does not mean you won 1st in the lower pool, cause all the higher players are also eligible for that pool too, so you have to keep playing well to protect your place in the pool. The last player will win 1st in all three pools, right?

 

[Pascal-lf]

Way too confusing, too much advantage for colluding, too many hand for hand spots when it's not even your bubble - this will remain a novelty

 

[sam1chips]

Seems to me if you are the only lower buy in left, that does not mean you won 1st in the lower pool, cause all the higher players are also eligible for that pool too, so you have to keep playing well to protect your place in the pool.

This part of your quote is right. Since people who bought in for higher buy-ins are still invested in the lower prize pool, if you bought in for the minimum buy-in, you are ultimately competing against everybody.

The last player will win 1st in all three pools, right?

This part of your quote isn't right. If the winner of the whole tournament bought in for the minimum buy-in, the only prize they would receive would be 1st place from prize pool 1. If the second place finisher bought into the highest buy-in, then that person would get 2nd place money from prize pool 1, 1st place money from prize pool 2, and 1st place money from prize pool 3

 

[sam1chips]

too many hand for hand spots when it's not even your bubble

I feel like this is the worst part. There are three separate bubbles, there has to be three separate hand for hand sessions right?

 

[bz54321]

"with it being possible to cash or win their respective prize pools without having to actually cash in the tournament, they can be freerolling on the prize pool 1!"

You already won first place money from the higher prize pool, but you continue to play to try and gain prizes in the lower prize pool.

As for the freerolling after you win prize pool 3, this could be possible I guess. If you bought into prize pool 3 (the largest buy-in), and everybody else in the prize pool 3 busted very early, then you could have theoretically won the 1st place money from prize pool 3, when only 50% of the people in the tournament have been eliminated.

And then, yes, you would be ultimately free rolling as you keep playing. I would look at it more like already being ITM, and continuing to play to try to gain more

Oh ya that does make more sense. Right everyone is trying for the prize pool in the lowest buy-in. Must have been feeling disgruntle yesterday. I will wait to judge until I actually try it, if it ever comes around here.

 

[Sephiroth]

its hard enough playing regular poker, why complicate things.
its another gimmick

 

[tenbob]

Good way for donk to see if playing against better players means they win more though

 

[sam1chips]

its hard enough playing regular poker, why complicate things.
its another gimmick

A lot of people had said this previously in the thread. I don't get it. It is still poker. It is still a regular tournament, everybody starts with the same number of chips. It is just the payout structure that is different.

 

[sam1chips]

Good way for donk to see if playing against better players means they win more though

Haha +1, it would be cool to be able to sit at the same table as some really good professionals.