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top and tail
i just tried out one of sky's new 6 man sng tourneys, "top and tail", where as i'm sure you're aware, payouts are awarded for first and 6th place.
on the first hand i was dealt 23s and was happy to go all in against 3 other opponents in the hopes of getting last place prize.
against me, to the best of my memory, were A5, A3, and Q10.
A5 hit and made a pair of fives, the rest of us missed, so i was expecting to win the prize for last place based on the fact that i had the worst hand after the river, only to find out that because of position, someone went out before me, even though we all went all in, with the same number of chips at the same time.
your views please Mr TK,
richard
on the first hand i was dealt 23s and was happy to go all in against 3 other opponents in the hopes of getting last place prize.
against me, to the best of my memory, were A5, A3, and Q10.
A5 hit and made a pair of fives, the rest of us missed, so i was expecting to win the prize for last place based on the fact that i had the worst hand after the river, only to find out that because of position, someone went out before me, even though we all went all in, with the same number of chips at the same time.
your views please Mr TK,
richard
Comments
If you had been following the thread "Just curious" you would have seen that several intrepid scientists spent 20 seconds this morning working out that when multiple players are eliminated with the same size stack on the same hand then the players are ranked in the order that they went all-in. The last person to go all-in is deemed to have finished higher. It strikes me as a fairly arbitary rule but that's how it seems to work.
I hadn't noticed the arrival of this type of game - it sounds a wizard wheeze by SkyPoker since I guess that the games finish extremely quickly and the turnover must be amazing.
If in doubt, speak or write to Customer Care.Hi Richard.
You've got me there I'm afraid, I'm not familiar with "Top & Tail", at least, not in a poker sense. The "other" Top & Tail, well, that'd be some story, but the Mods might get their ban-stick out if I Posted that......
I've had a look in the Lobby, & I cannot see one at the moment, either, perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place.
But from what you say, logically, I'd assume that PokerTrev has nailed it. It would be pretty common for 2 or more players to go Busto first hand, so there'd have to be a way to decide who was the "losing winner", & Pokertrev's reply makes sense to me.
I think, if I may say so, it's just "novelty poker", & many peeps enjoy that sort of thing, but I don't think it stands close scrutiny as anything other than what it is - a bit of fun..
Either you get knocked out and cash or you gain chips although possibly (but unlikely) only the blinds.
If everyone folds after you, it is definitely then correct for the BB to call since he is guaranteed to go out first or double up (or very occasionally split the pot with you).
It seems a very "solvable" game and a little odd.
I'd say that the person drawn UTG has a massive advantage in this type of game.