If the 'buy-in' is less than $12 and the average bounty value is less than $10.80 (your bounty value will be $10.80 in $12 tournament because of 10% rake) after eliminating an opponent, you will get 50% of their bounty value added to your bounty value and 25% + a lottery based percentage immediate bounty. Whether or not a 10% rake can be beaten at $25 or $60 stakes is not obvious and will depend on the number of weaker players entering these limits. This sounds big, but due to the rules as long as you keep winning your 4-way 'races' you advance further without paying rake so the rake is paid for the course of several tournaments which may make these tournaments possible to beat to a professional player which is especially true at lower stakes. There are following buy-in options available:Īll Kick-Off tournaments have a 10% rake. Behind tricky definitions and obscure phrases like 'sprint' or 'finish line' hides a 4-way fast-paced PKO (Progressive Knockout) tournament, with large blinds, the majority of hands played at the push/fold stage, and no classic prize pool.Īll prizes are given for eliminations of other players, so the bounty prize pool is equal to the entire Kick-Off prize pool. Kick-Off is the new poker format available on PokerStars. Practicing Kick-Off Poker Strategy in MTT Coach.

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