How do you feel about PokerStars Bounty games?

SteveAsh7 said:

How do you mean? I don't understand.

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When KO tournaments were originally introduced, it was a fixed bounty of for instance 25% or 50% of the buyin. So for instance an 11$ KO MTT would be 5+5+1 with 5$ added to the pricepool, 5$ for knocking a player out and 1$ retained by the poker site. The problem with that format is, that when you are deep in the tournament, the bounty is no longer significant compared to payjumps, so now its almost like, you are playing a 5,5$ MTT rather than an 11$ MTT.

The solution to that was the PKO or progressive knockout format, where you are only rewarded half the bounty, and the other half goes on your own bounty. So for instance in an 11$ PKO (5+5+1) you are only rewarded 2,5$ for knocking someone out, but your own bounty now increase to 7,5$. So the player knocking you out is rewarded 3,75$, and their own bounty goes up to 8,75$. And so on and so forth. In that way the bountys are still relevant even at the final table, and the PKO format has become vastly more popular than the KO format.

Micro PKO Tournaments are worthless, If you play a bounty tourney play an 11$ buy-in or plus tournament.
I played once a 55$, Knocked out 4 players in one hour (50$), that was the only time I played a good bounty tournament.

I like the format but I noticed that I often fold the winning hand; because a lot of big stacks go all in on the flop with nothing.
I have yet to learn more about this game cause I am new at it.
But I find it more exciting and less boring than the regular games.

I only prefer spins and go.
Tournaments sometimes but they are so long and bored...
All these KO is only marketing and provoke you to be more risky and finish the game faster.

Great format, my favorite!

SteveAsh7 said:

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.

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excellent poker mode it is very popular I think you should delve into it and play

Don't like bounty games. They lower the skill level.