Interesting Tournement Structure

I have just heard of, but not played in, a new tournement that is being offered in Tucson. I believe that it is NL w/ a buy in of about 30, rebuys for 1 hour of 10 and an add on for 20 more. It appears to be a Sudden Sayonora concept where the Tournement ends at 1 ten handed table. It then begins again with each survivor getting $200 in real red chips. Previous chip count is irrelevent so survival is all there is.

With 400 red chips in play, the blinds are 5 and 10 and will increase every 15 or 20 minutes. Now for the real wrinkle. At the end of each hand, the low man, the one with the least money can pick up and leave with whatever money he has. If there is a tie, no option exists. This goes on until one is left. There can be no deals.

Comments? Stratagies??

I hate the sudden sayonara aspect, but love the final table technique. I can almost imagine some of the really weak players losing a few chips on purpose so they can be the low man and quit with a small profit locked up.


Well, I guess the sudden sayonara isn't so bad. It's not like being the 6th biggest stack means you only get 6th place money. It's more like a super-satellite followed immediately by the main event.


So, I like it!


Another issue I noticed. What if the players contribute more than $2000 to the prize pool? Do they still give the final table only $2000 in real chips? On the flip side, if the field is small enough, you might have the players only putting up $1000 or less, and then being given $2000 by the casino, making a big half-freeroll.


You might want to discuss this issue with the tournament director if there are more than 20 players, as you could easily end up paying a huge "fee" to the house if they collect much more than $2000 in buyins.


Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)