New Automatic Tournament Deals Option

Full Tilt Poker Offers a New Automatic Tournament Deals Option

Finally, here’s your opportunity to take control when you get to the final table in a tournament and want to deal. With Full Tilt Poker’s Automatic Tournament Deals option, tournament players now have a whole new set of possibilities with newly offered options! And they are all handily available once they reach the coveted final tournament table.

Players can now choose from one of three methods to strike a deal, for just a portion of the prize money or for all of the remaining prize pool. In addition, you can discuss the terms of the deal at hand and take part in deciding the tournament payout structure with the remaining players. By selecting either the automatic or custom deal structures, it will be up to the players to decide how the prize pool is awarded, not Full Tilt Poker. The types of deals that players can choose from include three different formats, specifically for determining final payouts through the deal chosen by the players.

First, there is the Independent Chip Modeling (ICM) option that actually calculates the probability of each stack finishing in each prize position. This will determine the true equity for each player and then compute the fair payouts based upon a players current chip stack. The values for all players and all positions are computed recursively, so the chance of a player finishing first is assumed to be directly proportional to their fraction of the chips.

The next option is the Chip Ratio, using this method, payouts are awarded in direct proportion to stack size, with the exception, of course, that no payout can exceed the possible minimum or maximum (1st place) prize. In comparison to the ICM method, the Chip Ratio sometimes tends to give too much to the larger stacks at the expense of the smaller stacks. In a winner take all situation, both methods are basically equal, however, for tournaments having multiple prizes this would not be the fairer method of the two.

Last but not least, is the Custom Deal option, in which the player having control of the deal can enter proposed payout amounts into the Custom fields and continue to make adjustments until all players agree to the terms of the deal.

When players reach the final table, they may then choose to make a deal no matter whether they have made it to the money or not. Only when all players at the final table have selected ‘Make a Deal’ will the Make a Deal screen appear, allowing them to discuss terms of a proposed deal in the dedicated Tournament Deal chat box.

By default, the chip leader will initially have “control of the deal” and will have the responsibility for selecting proposed deal terms and completing all required fields based on input from all the other players. Any player may choose to decline a deal at any point in the deal-making process simply by selecting Cancel Deal. The chip leader can also choose to ‘Pass Control of Deal’ option and then select another player to control entry of the details into the Make a Deal screen.

Tournament play will be paused for up to a maximum of 20 minutes during the deal making process, with only players involved in the deal being able to communicate within the Tournament Deal chat box. If a deal cannot be completed in 20 minutes, it will automatically be cancelled and normal play will be resumed. Players have the option to accept or reject the terms of a proposed deal and for a deal to be confirmed, all players involved must select the ‘Accept’ button. Once a deal is accepted by all participating players the conditions will be final.

For the full details, just visit Full Tilt Poker and get the information you need to take advantage of the Automated Tournament Deals, to ensure that you can strike your best deal the next time you find yourself sitting at a final table!