Comments on: Is the Shootout Bracelet the Easiest to Win?

By: Poker Shrink

Poker Shrink — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:50:06 +0000

To win a MTT tournament you technically only have to eliminate one player and play one short-handed table. I’m just sayin’

By: DanM

DanM — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:58:47 +0000

(Katkin clearly is a shootout hater.)

By: DanM

DanM — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:57:45 +0000

Good point, BJ … I imagine some 2nd-place table finishers in the second round feel that way … in that had it not been a shootout, they woulda easily made the final table.

(and from there, of course, it’s anybody’s game.)

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:48:46 +0000

Statistically, it’s just as hard to win a 1,000-player shootout as a 1,000-player non-shootout. There is still only one winner for the 999 losers, regardless of how many you actually have to sit next to.

If you want to talk about the style of play, like KenP, then you could make some valid arguments. But just talking about the numbers? No, it isn’t any easier.

Ask everyone but Jeff Carris how easy it was to win this event …

By: KenP

KenP — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:49:57 +0000

The shorter the table the more need to gamble. I guess if you equate gamble to easy, you nailed it.

Differing skill set.

If you believe it is so easy, hit the 2 player ring tables and then get back to me

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:42:07 +0000

Shootouts are really easy, if you’re lucky.

By: Haley

Haley — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:18:14 +0000

My head is all a’splode now. I’ll be picking up the pieces over the next several days.

By: DanM

DanM — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:43:54 +0000

Wait, didn’t you also say shootouts were all luck?

http://pokerati.com/2009/06/10/shootouts-all-about-the-luck-of-the-draw/