Below are photographs from the early action in Event 10:
How many lives would you start with?
Event 10 has just begun here at the Playground Winter Festival, and it is a new format for our club. This $200 + $20 No Limit Hold’em has an interesting twist to it, as players begin with three tokens worth 10,000 chips, and can insert them into play anytime before the first break – in between active hands obviously.
72 players have already taken their seats, and the registration period will remain open for another 90 minutes or so, or roughly 9pm.
How many lives would you begin with in this format?
Three Lives tonight!
Tonight at 7:30 the Playground Winter Festival continues with a new event – a No Limit Hold’em 3 Lives tournament! We have frequently run 3 Lives PLO events, but this is the first time we’ve used this format for a Hold’em event.
The concept is simple. Instead of getting all of their starting chips at once, players receive 3 “Life Chips” each of which is worth 10,000 tournament chips. Everyone will start the event by redeeming one life chip, and therefore starting with 10,000 chips – but players may redeem either one or two more life chips at any time in the first four levels.
So, some players will choose to start with just 10K and keep both additional life chips in case they lose a big pot early – other players will use the power that a large stack gives them and redeem all three chips at once, starting with 30K.
Registration is open for four 20-minute levels, and any player who has not used all three life chips by the end of this period will be given their additional 10K stack(s) at this time.
Good luck!
