Be careful not to value shove as frequently as you would in regular tournament pre-flop. Tip 2: The fold equity from moving all-in and bluffing is much weaker when there is a bounty on your head. Also remember that in most bounty MTTs you only need to knock out 3 players to break even. Tip 1: The “fun” element of these games tends to attract more recreational players which means they normally have worse/looser players than normal. This requires looser calls with marginal positional hands e.g. calling a 3bet with QKs from LP. Strategy 2: Focus your play on maximizing bounties. Strategy 1: Play like a regular MTT, aim for a money finish and naturally collect bounties along the way. Two common playing styles or methods can be used in bounty games. It changes the positional and marginal hand ranges too, putting more emphasis on your opponent’s stack size. The rewards of calling a player and knocking him out neutralizes a lot of the risks. The tournament equity decisions are completely different when you have an effective stack or face a multi-way pot full of short stacks. The addition of bounties means your playing style needs to adapt.

I think loose-agressive players can make much more in these games then regular freezeouts because they reward agressive players who are prepared to build stacks quickly.īounty tournaments are identical to multi-table tournaments except each player has a bounty on his head given to the player who knocks him out. Both Full Tilt Poker and UB have introduced them into their daily schedule, and events such as the $215 Sunday Brawl have proved extremely successful. Bounty tournaments have become really popular in online poker.