Guaranteed money tournaments

[muleyy999]

I wonder about poker bots in tournaments online where prize of say $7500 gtd is offered and the tourney only requires 5 people to sign up ( see this in BOL for example)

 

[Jonathan Freake]

Is this really a thing? whats a poker bot programmed to do?

 

[muleyy999]

Is this really a thing? whats a poker bot programmed to do?

Well I mean in the gtd money tournament the bot would be rigged to win the money instead of a real player

 

[Jonathan Freake]

well that would just be a scam

 

[tomk7788]

There might be a percentage of bots in tournaments. I remember reading about it several years ago on twoplustwo but can't remember very much of the discussion.

 

[Rost]

I don't understand what your question is. Perhaps you should think about how to improve your skills rather than thinking about bots and their possible victories.

 

[firerain]

All sites will have a minimum of registered players needed to start MTT. I believe the MTT mentioned had 2.5 hours of late registration, so there is plenty of time for new players to register or to re-enter if they were KO'ed.

It would be bad if there is a number of prop players added to meet an MTT's GTD.

 

[Stringy]

never seen this but if i can win money count me in please

 

[BrunoFabri01]

I've heard that there are bots in online poker games, if it's true I don't know, but just thinking about it makes you a little discouraged to play...

 

[muleyy999]

I don't understand what your question is. Perhaps you should think about how to improve your skills rather than thinking about bots and their possible victories.

My question is mostly when a tourament says $7500 guaranteed with a 5 player minimum and only 5 people register for it why would they run it and give away $7500 ?

 

[spunka]

My question is mostly when a tourament says $7500 guaranteed with a 5 player minimum and only 5 people register for it why would they run it and give away $7500 ?

well if the buyin is 2000$

no normally the poker sites will no give money away for free .. so they will make sure buyin match the winnings in the long run ...

 

[mclay]

I remember there was a scandal at pokerstars, when they had an expensive tournament with a big guarantee and a long late registration, and where by mistake the minimum number of players was 3 or 5. Several regular players noticed this mistake in the lobby, registered in it, and it turned out just one table with a huge overlay. Immediately after the start of the tournament, they agreed in the chat that everyone would immediately go all in and the most successful would take the entire prize. And so it happened, the tournament ended after the first distribution of cards, and one player took the entire prize pool. Pokerstars noticed this, there was a long trial, and as a result, the prize money was taken away from the winner, and the buy-ins were returned to all participants.

 

[fundiver199]

My question is mostly when a tourament says $7500 guaranteed with a 5 player minimum and only 5 people register for it why would they run it and give away $7500 ?

Because far more people are expected to join during late registration. These days its only a small minority of players, who register, before a tournament begin.

I remember there was a scandal at pokerstars, when they had an expensive tournament with a big guarantee and a long late registration, and where by mistake the minimum number of players was 3 or 5. Several regular players noticed this mistake in the lobby, registered in it, and it turned out just one table with a huge overlay. Immediately after the start of the tournament, they agreed in the chat that everyone would immediately go all in and the most successful would take the entire prize. And so it happened, the tournament ended after the first distribution of cards, and one player took the entire prize pool. Pokerstars noticed this, there was a long trial, and as a result, the prize money was taken away from the winner, and the buy-ins were returned to all participants.

There are many online MTTs, that have a minimum of 5 players required, so this was most likely not a mistake. What happened was a case of players colluding to make late registration end prematurely. This is againt the rules, so PokerStars was correct in taking the action, they did.