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New Matrix SnG format adds an interesting twist to multi-tabling
Last week Full Tilt introduced a new twist to the old standard SnG’s by creating Matrix Tournaments. The premise is simple, you play 4 seperate Sit ‘n Go’s against the same group of players with a prize pool for each table plus a pool for the best showing in all 4 combined. “Points” are awarded for knockouts and each player outlasted. All the information is located in the lobby and easy to follow along.
When I’m playing SnG’s I generally prefer to play in multiple tournaments to keep the action going. On occasion you will run across the same players on other tables but they’ll be disbursed amongst the rest of the fish. In the Matrix Tournaments you play against the same players in each tournament giving you the chance to take information from every game to use against them.
The premise is simple enough. The buyins are split evenly between the 4 separate tournaments and the overall top players. In each tournament you receive 1 point for each player you outlast and 2 points for each player you knockout. In the lobby you will find the status of each individual table as well as the overall score. The score table will show you each players current score, the maximum points they can win and the “projected” score.
With the scoring format, there is an obvious incentive to go for the knockouts to get both the KO points and the outlast points. It also gets interesting as players who have already finished watch the last tables to see how the final performance payouts are completed.
When the games were first offered you could only find No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha Hi but more were added over the weekend. You can now find HORSE and Limit or Pot Limit Omaha/8. There are also full table or 6-max options and turbo games are also available.
I decided to fire up a few Matrix Tournaments over the weekend and check them out. I wasn’t sure whether the format would fit my tight/weak/wussy style of patience and setting up the other players. I’ve never had the best game for the knockout formats but even an old dog can learn new tricks. I tried some of the Limit Omaha/8 tournaments (the preferred game of tight/weak donkey bloggers) and a few NLHE games.
It was interesting to sit at the same 4 SnG’s with the same 8 other players. Player seating is different at every table and I liked being able to take player information from one table to be used against them at another. With the added KO points, I saw some players taking unnecessary chances and they became easy enough to identify to pickoff at each table.
The only drawback I will be sorted out with time. It seems there are a few players not accustomed to multi-tabling SnG’s and the play can slow down waiting on their action. That will change as more players expand their game and the higher levels played.
I enjoyed the games and anything that helps me open my game up a little more can’t hurt. It doesn’t take long for rivalries to get started early even in a single table games. Rewarding a prizepool for overall performance adds a new strategy to the standard SnG format.
Go ahead and give them a shot, they are currently being played for stakes as low as $1+.25 and as high as $2,100+90. Some red letter pros have been trying them out and the late night action has been hot and fast.
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Sainath Says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:18 amSuperb Article! Really impressed to see the blog. Great job……..
