Full Tilt Poker Innovating

[trishan]

I am not sure for what reason but I have always liked Pokerstars more than Full Tilt. That said, FT is coming up with a few variations to the online poker game that may attract my dollars in the future.

Run it Twice
I am sure you've all seen on TV shows how some high stake players, when heads up in a big pot, will agree to "run it twice" - that is the dealer will deal the community cards twice. Well on certain cash tables on FT, if two players are all-in the community cards will be dealt twice with the winner of each outcome receveing half the pot.

Cashout Tournaments
The other day I was playing a tournament. It was 3.5 hours in and my concetration was wavering and I really needed to get something to eat. I couldn't leave as I was about 100 places from the money with a decent stack size.

FT has come up with a solution for players who can't or don't want to finish their MTTs - cashout tournaments. You can cash out at any time after the registration closes for a proportion of the prizepool determined by your stack size.

Here's how it works:
With a buy in of $20 - $10 goes to a cash-out prize pool while $10 goes to a regular prizepool. If the starting stack for the tournament is T3000 then T3000 chips will be worth $10.

You can cash out in full or in part at any time during the tournament. You can only cash out in increments of 10% of the starting stack - that is with a start stack of T3000 - you can get a partial cash-out starting at 300 chips in increments on 300 chips.

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/cashout-tournaments

[trishan]

I am playing a $5 cashout tournament now and will post updates here.

[Conspiracy Theorist]

You can cash out in full or in part at any time during the tournament. You can only cash out in increments of 10% of the starting stack - that is with a start stack of T3000 - you can get a partial cash-out starting at 300 chips in increments on 300 chips

Weird. Not sure I like it.

Example. I triple up first hands Sell my 2/3 of my stack back and keep playing with the starting stack. Tourney is now free?

Is that possible?

CT

[trishan]

You can cash out in full or in part at any time during the tournament. You can only cash out in increments of 10% of the starting stack - that is with a start stack of T3000 - you can get a partial cash-out starting at 300 chips in increments on 300 chips

Weird. Not sure I like it.

Example. I triple up first hands Sell my 2/3 of my stack back and keep playing with the starting stack. Tourney is now free?

Is that possible?

CT

Yeh - that's what I think is pretty cool.

[Conspiracy Theorist]

I think it will be detrimental to the game. Not in the spirit etc.

I really hope it doesnt take off.

CT

[trishan]

I am on the same table as Gabriela Hill - not someone I heard of prior to today but she is famous in the US/Latin America.

* Host of Poker After Dark: Director's Cut on Azteca 7 of Mexico

* Most recognizable poker television personality in Latin America

* Former Spanish-language voice of poker and the WSOP on ESPN Latin America and ESPN Deportes (U.S.) from July 2004 to March 2009

[bennymacca]

meh

[trishan]

meh

Yeh lol - I thought she'd be some hot Brazillian babe - but no.

[trishan]

Just thinking about ways to use this your advtange... If you fancy yourself as a good shortstack player then you can cashout your chips early and play the shortstack. Once you double or triple, cashout again then rinse and repeat.

[AceLosesKing]

I see the Cashout thing working for shortstackers and degenerates.

I don't like the idea, sounds wrong IMO.