All unredeemed stacks are put into play at the end of Level 16 whatever happens. However, if you want to start with just 10,000 in play, you can be stacked four times and still be in the tournament, each time it happens just dipping into the well for another stack. If you want, you can put them all in play right at the start, giving you a likely chip lead over your opponents.
There’s a delicate balance to be struck here. During the first 16 levels, you get the option of when you actually want to put them into play. Players are given 50,000 chips at the start of play, but they’re in five stacks of 10,000 each. Events #13 & #100 are Win The Button tournaments. Not only do you get the chips, you also get to act last on the next hand - and put that same person back in the big blind. As we all know, position is fairly crucial in poker and Win The Button tournaments add that extra incentive to sweeten a pot even more. Its gimmick is simple: you win the pot, you also win the button for the next hand. This is a popular variant that is now a fixture at EPT festivals, as well as a number of online tournaments. And if you cling around to the end, you get your own bounty back. There’s also a knockout element, where players earn bounties for knocking out opponents.
The total prize pool is split between remaining players when the klaxon sounds, determined by the size of stacks. “Time” tournaments last a precise and pre-specified length of time - in the case of Turbo Series, it’s 12 five-minute levels. But with a Time KO tournament, that problem is a thing of the past. If you’ve ever been heading out to a poker tournament and someone has asked, “What time will you be home?” you’ll know how frustrating it can be attempting to guess the length of an event. and there’s a rich array of games on offer. With the emphasis on getting things done quickly, there’s sometimes more flexibility to play around with structures, etc. Here’s a closer look at that schedule, including a run down of some of the lesser-seen tournament variants on offer this time around. You’ll find most of the crucial details in our announcement post and you can also check out the schedule page. The 2021 Turbo Series starts on Sunday with 134 tournaments stretching in front of us, for which there are combined guarantees of more than $25 million.
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