Shootout Tournaments
Shootout Tournaments
In a traditional poker tournament, tables are balanced and remain predominantly full for most of the tournament. Over the duration players are moved around and tables are split to ensure all tables are as full as possible.
A new introduction here at PDC Poker, is our shootout tournaments. These tournaments feature a different structure and play style. They consist of several rounds of single tabled tournaments with winners from each individual table progressing on to the next round.
For example a tournament may have 100 entrants. After playing for a period the top 3 from each of the 10 tables are taken through to the next round, and then the top 3 from each of those tables are again progressed through to the final table.
Shootouts are exciting events with a fixed structure and several different rounds. It takes a fair amount of skill to make it through the rounds, as the playing style is quite different from that of other games.
Heads Up Shootout Payout Structure
| Place Finished | Number of Players | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 3 to 8 | 9 to 32 | 33 to 64 | 65 to 128 | 128+ | |
| 1st | 100% | 75% | 45% | 35% | 30% | 27% |
| 2nd | 25% | 25% | 15% | 18% | 15% | |
| 3rd-4th | 15% | 10% | 10% | 8% | ||
| 5th-8th | 7.5% | 4% | 3.5% | |||
| 9th-16th | 2% | 1.5% | ||||
| 17th-32nd | 1% |
Multi Table Incremental Payouts
| Players Advancing | Pays 1st | Pays 2nd | Pays 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| 2 | 70% | 30% | |
| 1 | 100% |
Final Table uses Standard Tournament Payout based on number of players at final table.
Percentage of Total Prize Pool paid to each round ¹
| No. of Rounds | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100% | |||
| 2 | 70% | 30% | ||
| 3 | 50% | 30% | 20% | |
| 4 | 50% | 25% | 15% | 10% |
¹ When this structure is applied, only rounds 1,2 and 3 will received the guaranteed payouts shown in this table. The final 10% of the winnings will contribute to the payout for the rest of the tournament (round 4 and any subsequent rounds) and will be paid out using the existing MTT payout structure shown here: Standard Tournament Payout
Example 1
$10+$1, 100 Players, 10 Player tables, 3 Players Advancing
Number of Rounds is 3, total prize pool $1000
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prize Pool | $500.00 | $300.00 | $200.00 |
| Tables | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Players | 100 | 30 | 9 |
| Table Prizes | $50.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 |
| Split | 50/30/20 | 50/30/20 | 70/30 |
| 1st | $25.00 | $50.00 | $140.00 |
| 2nd | $15.00 | $30.00 | $60.00 |
| 3rd | $10.00 | $20.00 |
Example 2
$10+$1, 240 Players, 6 Player tables, 2 Players Advancing
Number of Rounds is 5, total prize pool $2400
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prize Pool | $1200.00 | $600.00 | $360.00 | $240.00 | |
| Tables | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | |
| Players | 240 | 80 | 28 | 10 | 4 |
| Table Prizes | $30.00 | $42.86 | $72.00 | * | |
| Split | 70/30 | 70/30 | 70/30 | 50/30/20 | |
| 1st | $21.00 | $30.00 | $50.40 | ||
| 2nd | $9.00 | $12.86 | $21.60 | ||
| 3rd |
* No payouts for this table as it now uses a standard MTT payout,which pays 50/30/20 for 10 players.
