Ladbrokes: Survivor tournaments

[GaF]

Might be interesting - especially in the early days when people are trying to work out their strategies.... Anyone played these yet? Do they exist? Have they been tested? (email suggests a 1st July launch - but not clear)

Survivor Tournaments are fast paced, white knuckle tournaments with nail biting finishes, where every second counts! A perfect tournament for adrenalin junkies in need of a quick fix. They are time-based, so YOU know the tournament duration, and can plan your day accordingly. How does it work? The tournament is divided into time-based elimination levels. At the end of each level a percentage of players with the lowest chip stacks are eliminated from the tournament. An Indicator on the table alerts you to: YOUR survivor status - SAFE, WARNING or DANGER, the chip stack you need to avoid elimination, time left in the elimination level, and the number of players to be eliminated. All the information YOU need to make that quick decision is available to you at a glance. Scenarios: “You are SAFE from elimination with less than 60 seconds left of the elimination level. You are holding pocket kings, but four players playing behind you are short stacked - in DANGER, and bound to go all in pre-flop scraping to avoid elimination, what do you do?”

1. Risk your stack and play, knowing you will be going into a coin flip situation and face possible elimination.
2. Be safe, fold, and survive another level, leaving the short stacks to scrap it out amongst themselves.

“You are in DANGER of being eliminated. You have less than 60 seconds left to survive, what do you do?”

1. Do nothing, get eliminated and fizzle out.
2. Risk your stack and go all in, hope to hit and survive. If not, at least you went out in a blaze of glory! Yeah baby!

Rewards are great as all survivors share equally in the booty! Above are the Icons that will appear on the table to indicate YOUR survivor status during the game:

• SAFE Status: represented by a Full Heart indicates that YOUR chip stack should be large enough to avoid elimination at the end of the current level. Sit back and relax.
• WARNING Status: represented by a Half Full Heart indicates that YOUR chip stack is nearing the threshold amount required to avoid elimination. You will need to be wary going into the last minutes of the elimination level.
• DANGER Status: represented by a Skull & Cross Bones indicates that YOU are short stacked and have fallen below the required threshold amount .YOU are in danger of being eliminated! Do something drastic to boost your chip stack before the end of the level.

The tournament will end once the final number of players has been reached.

[GaF]

Re: Ladbrokes: Survivor tournaments There's a $5 one starting at 17:45. "At the end of each level the bottom 10% of the field will be eliminated ... 2000 starting chips 5 minute blinds" I'm not clear what the payout structure is nor the time limit on the game....