Party Poker Shootouts Party Poker ShootoutsParty Poker shootouts were recently introduced on Party Poker's website. These tournaments are great for players who excel at the single table sit-n-go, but want an opportunity to win big cash for a relatively small entry. What is a Shootout?A "shootout" is a no-limit holdem poker tournament. It is a multi-table tournament, composed of individual table tournaments, and involves 4 rounds of play. How it worksAll players who register for the shootout poker tournament are seated at a table of 9 or 10 players for the first round. Each table plays an individual tournament, with players vying for the top 3 positions. No new players are added to the table at any time. When the table is down to 3 players, the round ends, and those persons are each awarded a cash prize, based on their finishing position. The person with the most chips is awarded first position, and wins the largest payout. The player with second-most chips is second, and so on. When all tables have completed round 1, round 2 begins. The top three players from each table (in round 1) are again placed on a 9 or 10 person table, and an individual tournament begins. The top three from that round are again awarded cash prizes, and move on to round 3. Round 4 consists of all players who placed in the top 3 positions on their tables in round 3. It is then run as a classic multi-table tournament, with tables collapsing and players being moved around. Top three positions are paid out. Why Play Shootouts?they provide 4 opportunities to win cash each round is played as an individual tournament, so more chance to win allows opportunity to play short-handed (as players are eliminated) good way to fine-tune sit-n-go skills while playing for larger cash prizes they are an enormous amount of fun
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