Yes there is an online tournament that is all-in or fold and still a bounty tournament. It is a very unusual tournament but an intriguing indeed, For people who don’t know an all-in or fold tournament is a tournament where each round preflop you have to go all-in or fold your hand, it is different from the all-in type tournament which requires you to go all in every time which requires no strategy at all but just luck. A bounty tournament is when you get a bonus for knocking out a player. In this type of tournament the prize pool is less because half goes to the bounties. This tournament has a lot of elements and new strategies.

One thing for sure this type of tournament will cure you of the nasty habit of limping in to pots. It’s impossible to limp in during an all-in or fold tournament. It’s a good lesson to learn. Limping in most cases is a bad habit and a bad poker play. Also, you better play with a good hand. Players are either going all-in with top hands or folding bad ones. This teaches you the disciple of only playing top hands before the flop. A very good skill to have in your poker game. And something that will surely come in handy when you’re playing at any online gambling sites accepting us players.

You better play with a top starting hand in late position. If you think about the strategy of these types of tournaments, players are playing the very top hands in early and middle position. They know a small hand in these positions are going to get beat by a good late hand. So remember that in late position with no one all-in front of you, a hand slightly lower than the top hand could be played here to steal blinds.

Stack size is so important in these tournaments. Remember that the starting stack size is the same for all at the beginning of the tournament. So really hand strength is the only variable at the start. Later in the tournament the stack sizes are much different and are starting to become a weapon to be reckoned with. Two things are going on here. First, the larger stacks can play a little more aggressively because if they gamble a bit an lose to a smaller stack they are not out of the tournament. This play puts pressure on short stacks and if the play borderline hand they are gone.

Now for the cash and prizes. The best thing about this is you can knock players out and get their bounty. If you play top hands you can very quickly get you entry fees back and then you are playing for free. Remember all players have a bounty and all but the winner loses theirs. So the bounties can get you profitable quickly. For the tournament prize money it is usually 50 percent less due to the bounties, but enough there to play for. Follow these strategies we mentioned above and you will be getting plenty bounties and finish at the final table.

In this article we found a unique tournament that is very fun to play, with some very strict strategies, and it teaches the players some very good discipline and tools for your poker game. We have only played these tournaments at Carbon Poker and Pokerhost Poker both US poker sites. They seem to be hard to find, but are well worth it when you do.

Rich Vial is a webmaster for US Poker Sites visit: playingpokerusa.com


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