Facing an all-in by a shorter stack, they think of the money they’ll receive if they win the hand. Most players think of bounties in monetary terms. Yet arriving at those conclusions is only a tiny part of puzzle.

That’s all reasonable, and not far from the truth. It seems clear that in a regular knockout, the bounties are almost meaningless and we should barely chase them at all, while in SuperKnockouts we should be taking some risks, since the bounties make for half of the entire prize pool.

This $8 buy-in tournament has a player with a bounty worth over $1,200!ĭoes it sound complicated? I didn’t think so at first, either.

This is the most popular format nowadays, and certainly the most fun as in the late stages the bounties tend to get insanely valuable. If someone then busts you, they net $37,50, and the other half goes to their bounty, etc, etc. So, if you bust someone in the first hand of the tournament, you net $25, and your own bounty goes up to $75.

In Progressive SuperKnockout ( Bounty Builders on PokerStars), the starting value of each bounty in a $100 tournament is again $50, but the twist is that when you knock out someone, you only get half of their bounty, and the other half is added to your own bounty.

This used to be the only bounty variant offered, until someone finally realized that they need to up the value of each bounty to make things more interesting.

(Regular) Knockouts are the same as above, except that the bounty is worth only 20%, meaning that the bounties are fairly insignificant.

So, in a $100 SuperKnockout tournament, you’re basically playing a $50 buy-in MTT where you also get $50 for each knockout.

In Super Knockouts, 50% of your buy-in goes to the regular prize pool, and the other half ends up on your scalp.

There are several subcategories of knockout tournaments out there. Turns out that playing optimal knockout poker isn’t so easy, after all… A Quick Look at Bounty Tournament Variants In Knockout/Bounty tournaments, a bounty is a set amount of prize money you win for each player you knock out.įor example, in a $100+20 buy-in Knockout tournament with $20 bounties, you win $20 for each player you eliminate from the tournament, in addition to the normal payout structure.Įven most winning players have glaring leaks in their games when it comes to dealing with knockouts. They’re both the most fun and the biggest value format on the internet these days. If you aren’t playing knockout poker tournaments as a part of your schedule, you’re seriously missing out.

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