How do you feel about PokerStars Bounty games?

SteveAsh7 · Jul 8, 2022

What do you guys make of the bounty knockout games on Pokerstars? Do you have much success with them and would you recommend them to get your stack up and make some cash quickly.

fundiver199 · Jul 11, 2022

These days PKOs are way more popular than normal MTTs on PokerStars. For instance in the early european morning hours there is a 5,5$ PKO called "Micro Pacific Rim" with a guarantied price pool of 2.000$, while the 5,5$ "Deep Stack" only has a guarantied price pool of 500$. Big fields and large pricepools are not nessesarely a goal it itself, but the more popular events will also tend to be the softer ones, since each reg can only enter a tournament once. Even the Sunday Million has been changed to the PKO format. So if you want to play MTTs on PokerStars, PKOs are simply, where the bulk of the action is.

aissam18 · Jul 11, 2022

Bountys in general are great to play and i think it's better to play them because it's a great value game

888NOX888 · Jul 11, 2022

Yes, without a doubt, knockout tournaments are very popular now. But I like to play regular tournaments more. There are fewer people going into all-in at an early stage. I played knockout tournaments for $ 2 and $ 5, a couple of times for $ 20, but I did not achieve serious success there.

Ketienne · Jul 11, 2022

I like the format. It's often a great way to get the buy in relatively early back without having to go through the bubble. It's nicely action-packed, strategic and a great change from classic No Limit Holdem.

messats · Jul 11, 2022

poker stars always takes a new approach to poker to keep their players interested, i like that the mix things up every now and then

mina271 · Jul 11, 2022

I like them too and like to play them every now and then, but I usually play them in micro and am generally happy with them. You usually get your buy-in back very quickly and you don't have to worry that you'll lose your money in the tournament. Of course, sometimes things go wrong and you don't get a knockout and fly without winning anything. But this risk always exists in every tournament that you fly out too early. But if you manage to win such a tournament then it is simply wonderful you not only get the ITM share but also the ko's and that counts up quite a bit.

SteveAsh7 · Jul 11, 2022

aissam18 said:
Bountys in general are great to play and i think it's better to play them because it's a great value game

I agree they are great value that's why i wanted to post it on here to see if it was too good to be true. I actually think for once they actually are lol

888NOX888 said:
Yes, without a doubt, knockout tournaments are very popular now. But I like to play regular tournaments more. There are fewer people going into all-in at an early stage. I played knockout tournaments for $ 2 and $ 5, a couple of times for $ 20, but I did not achieve serious success there.

I still like to play regular tournaments too, i won't just discard them altogether. Bounties seem to be the way forward though they are just great value i think.

Ketienne said:
I like the format. It's often a great way to get the buy in relatively early back without having to go through the bubble. It's nicely action-packed, strategic and a great change from classic No Limit Holdem.

Yes this is where they offer value the most imo. Getting your stake back really early on and not having to worry about getting in the money (placement) if you do get in the top 20/10/5 then that's just an added bonus too.

fundiver199 · Jul 11, 2022

SteveAsh7 said:
I still like to play regular tournaments too, i won't just discard them altogether. Bounties seem to be the way forward though they are just great value i think.

PKOs are not "better value", since the rake is the same. But if you want to make money in poker, you need to go, where the recreational players are. So if the majority of recreational players prefer one format over the other, then that format will be the one, thats mainly played. And at the moment its pretty clear, that recreational players on PokerStars prefer PKOs over traditional tournaments. You can see it in the SnG lobby as well. The 11$ "on demand" PKO usually attract at least 120-130 players, whereas the 5$ "on demand" games often attract no more than 20-25.

SteveAsh7 · Jul 11, 2022

fundiver199 said:
PKOs are not "better value", since the rake is the same. But if you want to make money in poker, you need to go, where the recreational players are. So if the majority of recreational players prefer one format over the other, then that format will be the one, thats mainly played. And at the moment its pretty clear, that recreational players on PokerStars prefer PKOs over traditional tournaments. You can see it in the SnG lobby as well. The 11$ "on demand" PKO usually attract at least 120-130 players, whereas the 5$ "on demand" games often attract no more than 20-25.

I'm very confused

You say that PKO's are not better value and then you say immediately after that "But if you want to make money in poker, you need to go, where the recreational players are. So if the majority of recreational players prefer one format over the other, then that format will be the one, thats mainly played. And at the moment its pretty clear, that recreational players on PokerStars prefer PKOs over traditional tournaments."

Was this a typo or something LOL

fundiver199 · Jul 11, 2022

"Better value" mean, that the poker site makes something a better deal, and this is not the same as soft games. For instance any tournament with a guarantied price pool, which runs with a substantial overlay, is good value. But it might not be soft. Another example is R+A tournaments, where only the intial buyin is raked but not the rebuys and addons. They are also good value, because the effective rake is lower than other similar tournaments. But they might not be soft, if they mainly appeal to good players.

SteveAsh7 · Jul 11, 2022

fundiver199 said:
"Better value" mean, that the poker site makes something a better deal, and this is not the same as soft games. For instance any tournament with a guarantied price pool, which runs with a substantial overlay, is good value. But it might not be soft. Another example is R+A tournaments, where only the intial buyin is raked but not the rebuys and addons. They are also good value, because the effective rake is lower than other similar tournaments. But they might not be soft, if they mainly appeal to good players.

What do you mean by rake, is this what the tournament host makes? Also what do you mean by soft? Thanks.

greenlarrow · Jul 11, 2022

I have now switched to fully playing tournaments with bounties. It is no longer customary to play without a bounty

fundiver199 · Jul 11, 2022

SteveAsh7 said:
What do you mean by rake, is this what the tournament host makes? Also what do you mean by soft? Thanks.

Yes rake is the part of the tournament buyin, which is kept by the poker site. Sometimes also called tournament fee. On PokerStars when you buy into a 5,5$ MTT, 4,9$ is added to the price pool and 0,6$ is retained by PokerStars. Those 0,6$ is rake / tournament fee. Soft mean that the average quality of play is low, and this is of course a very subjective thing.

SteveAsh7 · Jul 11, 2022

greenlarrow said:
I have now switched to fully playing tournaments with bounties. It is no longer customary to play without a bounty

Yeah me too bro

SteveAsh7 · Jul 11, 2022

fundiver199 said:
Yes rake is the part of the tournament buyin, which is kept by the poker site. Sometimes also called tournament fee. On PokerStars when you buy into a 5,5$ MTT, 4,9$ is added to the price pool and 0,6$ is retained by PokerStars. Those 0,6$ is rake / tournament fee. Soft mean that the average quality of play is low, and this is of course a very subjective thing.

Ahh i see.. Very informative thank you

77ecos · Jul 12, 2022

they are very good and being the poker site with the most traffic of players that helps a lot to achieve good bountys at all levels

n0n4m3 · Jul 13, 2022

This is the first time I've ever heard about this.

SteveAsh7 · Jul 13, 2022

Sashok19967 said:
This is the first time I've ever heard about this.

You should look into it, they will change your life bro

Djon25 · Jul 13, 2022

It's a pity that knockout tournaments without increasing rewards have disappeared. And so the game is for an amateur.

SteveAsh7 · Jul 13, 2022

Djon25 said:
It's a pity that knockout tournaments without increasing rewards have disappeared. And so the game is for an amateur.

How do you mean? I don't understand.

jleon_zat · Jul 13, 2022

I think it is very fun to play, you can go to the top very quickly or leave one of the tournaments, it is a lot of luck and strategy in late stages, I like it, I am not much of playing them but I like the format

SteveAsh7 · Jul 14, 2022

Yeah the format definitely is fun for sure, it breathes new life into poker and mixes it up a bit.

venycyos · Jul 14, 2022

I like them, the little joys are worth money, on lucky days we get good money with them. But when fate turns, it frustrates much more. It's a game of greater variance.

wavetune · Jul 14, 2022

knocked out 10 injections - get tickets to the freeroll with a prize pool of $10,000: knocked out 25 opponents - get tickets for 2 freerolls with a guarantee of $10,000 each time: ending with a victory of 100 knockouts - here is a present in the form of tickets for 3 freerolls with a prize fund of 10,000 each.I don’t understand the logic, knocked out 10 opponents you get 1 ticket, for 100 opponents you get 3? although I understand that few people will pay attention to these tickets

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