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Kinds of tournaments


Sit & Go Tournaments.

Sit & Go tournaments, have no established schedule. They begin, as soon as the necessary quantity of participants (usually from 6 to 10) will be registered.

There are five kinds of tournaments Sit and Go.

Single table: 9 players behind one table. Monetary prizes are paid for three first places (50 %-30 %-20 %)

Two Tables: 18 players a method of a casual choice, are meted on two tables. Nine players during game, other nine players are consolidated behind one table. Monetary prizes are paid for first four places (40 %-30 %-20 %-10 %).

Multi-Table - 2 table, a 3-table, 5-tables and 20 tables. Players are meted by a method of a casual choice behind tables, on nine players on everyone. When nine players leave the game, the remained participants will be consolidated behind one table. Association proceeds until remains nine players

Heads-ur: Two players play among themselves one-on-one. The winner takes away a prize.

Heads-ur Competition of four players: players are meted on two tables and play a duel, then winners of these tournaments play among themselves. The winner takes away all prize.

 

Freezout tournaments.

Freezout tournaments, it knockout tournament. In the majority of large tournaments the given kind of tournament is used. All players begin game with identical quantity of counters. As game is spent knockout the quantity of tables decreases until there will be one table more known as the Final Table. All prizes of tournament are meted according to the established structure and meted prior to the beginning of tournament.

 

 Shoot tournaments.

Tournaments "Shootout" it is spent on specificity of elimination, behind each table. Players compete, until behind a table there will be no one player. Then winners of all tables gather behind one table. Game is led before definition of the definitive winner. Here there are no restrictions by quantity of levels and tables, which should be won to become the winner. Usual tournaments contain 3-5 levels. The clown misses is much shorter standard freezouts.



Thunder tournaments.

Thunder tournaments - it is a good way to check up speed of decision-making. This disturbing kind of tournament allows to reduce game time. To players on considering it is given instead of standard 22 seconds 12 seconds are given only. In time bank, there is additional time which is used, in need of acceptance of the difficult decision.

 

 The satellite tournaments.

Satellites allow players to receive the ticket for participation in tournaments of higher level. Satellites have smaller Buy-In, than on the basic event. The most popular satellites, is world famous tournaments, such as EPT, WSOP, WPT. Also satellites can online tournaments is held on large.

 

Freeroll.

Freeroll, it is type of tournaments which have no Buy-In, i.e. Participation in tournament free of charge. Freeroll is an excellent chance for beginners to practise.
Tournaments Re-Buy.

re-baj - It is a kind of tournaments which allows players to buy counters during tournament. For Re-Buy special time in which players can buy additional counters is taken away. During other time Re-Buy are forbidden.

Quantity Re-Buy on tournaments can be both limited, and unlimited. As during time, Re-Buy tournaments. To players can be offered addons.
 


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