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Shoutout Tournament

In a traditional poker tournament, tables will be balanced and remain full throughout the entire duration of the tournament. This means over time, players will be moved and tables split to ensure every table is as full as possible at all times. Play is continuous until the winner is determined!

JamPoker.com features Shootout tournaments, which differ greatly in structure and play style. Shootouts consist of several rounds of single-table tournaments, with winners from each individual table progressing on to the second round.

A simple example is a Shootout tournament with 100 entrants. Ten tables with ten players each will begin the tournament for round one. A certain number of players from each table will progress to round two, and this will change depending on the tournament - simply check the tournament details in the JamPoker.com software to see the winner and payout structure.

In our example, the top three players from each table will advance, meaning a total of 30 players remain. Round two will begin with three tables of ten, and again the top three players of each table will progress to the next round, with nine players battling it out at the final table!

Shootout tournaments are exciting events with a constant structure and several rounds. It takes skill to continue through each round successfully, and JamPoker.com offers the best online poker software to ensure players will always have the best tournament structures for novices and professionals alike.


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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%

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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.


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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


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Example 1

$10+$1, 100 Players, 10 Player tables, 3 Players Advancing

Number of Rounds is 3, total prize pool $1,000

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Prize Pool
$500
$300
$200
Tables
10
3
1
Players
100
30
9
Table Prizes
$50
$100
$200
Split
50/30/20
50/30/20
70/30
1st
$25
$50
$140
2nd
$15
$30
$60
3rd
$10
$20

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Example 2

$10+$1, 240 Players, 6 Player tables, 2 Players Advancing

Number of Rounds is 5, total prize pool $2,400

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Prize Pool
$1,200
$600
$360
$240
Tables
40
14
5
2
Players
240
80
28
10
4
Table Prizes
$30
$42.86
$72
*
Split
70/30
70/30
70/30
50/30/20
1st
$21
$30
$50.40
2nd
$9
$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.


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