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Alright time to flame away.

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I actually think poker tournaments should be half poker playing, half fort-building contest. The player who creates the best and most protective fort out of their chips is allowed to hide behind them for a predetermined amount of time (just long enough to barely eek into the money, if their Fort Hiding Time, or FHT, doesn't run out first), and not be forced into any kind of poker playing, risk taking, or otherwise unpredictable situations whatsoever.

Of course, the forts could contain a little window that will allow the player to peer out and see if they might have Aces, in which case they can rejoin the poker game to play if they'd like. 'Better' players will probably pass up the opportunity to play the Aces if too many players have entered the pot before them, because you won't be able to raise them off it and everyone knows Aces sometimes don't hold up multi-way.

This will of course reduce the fear and frequency of suckouts, making poker the game it was intended to be.