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Poker tournaments are structured competitions
where poker players compete against each other to accumulate all the chips in
play. In "normal" casino games, each hand is unrelated to any other.
Players can quit whenever they want. In tournaments, players can not quit and
cash out their chips. Play continues until there is a winner. There are
different types of poker tournaments: "Elimination" tournaments are
the most common type. In this structure all players begin with the same amount
of chips, and play continues until one player has accumulated all the chips. As
players are eliminated, the active players are re-seated at fewer and fewer tables.
While the winner of the tournament is the player who accumulates all the chips,
the payout structure rewards several players. For example, if ninety-five players
start a tournament, commonly the "final table" of nine players would
receive prize money - with eighth getting a larger prize than ninth, seventh getting
more than eighth, etc. "Rebuy tournaments" have structures where
for an initial period of time players who lose all their chips are allowed to
"rebuy" more chips and continue to play. Rebuy tournaments generally
feature more aggressive play earlier on as players do not face the prospect of
elimination if they lose all their chips. Rebuys often lead to larger total prize
pools being played for than would be standard for the initial entry cost. In
"shootout tournaments" tables are not combined as players are eliminated.
Rather, each table plays down to a single winner. Then table winners proceed to
a finals portion of the event. So, if a tournament starts with sixteen tables,
the sixteen table winners then compete elimination style until there is a winner.
Shootout tournaments normally last several hours less than elimination events. "Satellites"
are preliminary, "mini" tournaments. For example, prior to a tournament
costing $1000 to enter, ten players each put up $100, with the winner advancing
to the main event.
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