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wtf is tonights FTOPs at 9pm? 3x shootout

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  1. desenarules desenarules is offline

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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 9:46am)

    Ok flame away but what is tonights event all about? what is a 3x shootout? thanks
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 9:52am) in reply to desenarules

    3 single table freezeouts. you win the first table, advance to the next round. You win all three rounds and you win the tournament.
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 9:52am) in reply to desenarules

    triple shootout. you win your first table, move onto the 2nd, win that, move on to FT.
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 9:54am) in reply to desenarules

    You play your first table down to one winner. Everybody that winns is now in the money. Once all of the tables have been played out they re-organize into 9-man tables again and play down to one winner. You have to outright win 2 tables and then you are at the final table. Chips carry over from table to table, so if one table only has 8 players, you have an easier time winning your table that round but you will start with less chips in the next round. It is essentially like a series of sng's with the one winner advancing.
     
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 10:19am) in reply to qjuice14

    Oh wow thanks. This sounds like a lot of fun but really hard, anybody playing it ?
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 10:25am) in reply to desenarules

    lol?
     
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 10:29am) in reply to qjuice14

     
    Originally Posted by qjuice14 View Post


    Chips carry over from table to table, so if one table only has 8 players, you have an easier time winning your table that round but you will start with less chips in the next round. It is essentially like a series of sng's with the one winner advancing.

    The starting with less chips in the next round isn't right. Everyone starts with the same number of chips each round.
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 10:58am) in reply to cmitch

    I can't say for sure what they are doing in this tournament, but in most FT shootouts and in the qualifiers chip stacks carried over. When I won my seat, the final table started 3 handed, two of us had 12000 chips and the 3rd had 13500 chips to start with 2 seats awarded. This is taken directly from the website.

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    <h2>Chip Stacks</h2>
    In most shootout tournaments, players will carry their chip stacks from table to table the same they would in any other tournament. In these cases, blind levels will automatically be adjusted at the start of the next round based on the average chip stack of the remaining players. Players will then, on average, start each round with the same starting chips to big blind ratio as they had in Round 1.

    If the chips do not carry over, every player will start each new table with an equal chip stack and the blind structure will be the same as in the first round."

    Regardless if they carry over or not for this tournament, I don't think it will be a problem b/c they are capping it at 729 entries which I have to assume it will get capped. Therefore every table will have the same amount of chips regardless.
     
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 11:00am) in reply to qjuice14

    That would really suck if you made it to the final table and had to start with less chips than everyone else. I would think that the last paragraph will apply to a FTOPS event.

    "If the chips do not carry over, every player will start each new table with an equal chip stack and the blind structure will be the same as in the first round."
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 12:28pm) in reply to qjuice14

    They def. wouldn't make it so the chips carried over with one player starting with less than another.
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 12:42pm) in reply to IbizaCF3

     
    Originally Posted by IbizaCF3 View Post


    They def. wouldn't make it so the chips carried over with one player starting with less than another.

    I disagree. We would (and did). Why do you think we wouldn't? It's a perfectly fair method.

    There's a decent chance it won't matter, since hopefully the tournament will fill. But I stand by the method. If you beat fewer people on your way to the next round, you had an easier time getting there. If you had an easier time, starting with slightly fewer chips in the next round is a very fair way of balancing that out.
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 12:42pm) in reply to IbizaCF3

    Ok so we know that they start each table with even stacks. So my next question is do you start each level with 3k chips again? or do you start rd two with 13500 chips and final table with 121,500 chips? not that it matters cuz blinds would be adjusted accordingly but just wondering.
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 12:47pm) in reply to desenarules

    your chips increase
     
  14. desenarules desenarules is offline

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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 12:54pm) in reply to ftpdoug

    I agree doug, that is a good way of evening out the field, SInce I'm stuck at work right now can someone tell me how many people are signed up? If its almost capped I wanna have someone register for me. Thanks,
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 12:56pm) in reply to ftpdoug

    I guess I see the rationale, I've just never seen it in practice, as every 3x shootout I've seen has hit the cap. I'm sure this one will too, so it'll be a non-issue.
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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 1:11pm) in reply to ftpdoug

    What a joke less chips in the next round

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    May 8th, 2008 (5/8/2008 1:33pm) in reply to desenarules

    188 people signed up at the moment
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