Partypoker Launches Progressive Knockout Tournaments and Fast Five Cash Games
This was published 16-12-2016Partypoker is giving its tournament and cash games players an opportunity to enjoy an exciting new format by adding Progressive Knockout tournaments and Fast Five cash games to the site.
Progressive Knockout tournaments, that are also known as Progressive Bounty tournaments, offer players an opportunity to win huge amounts of money without being required to cash in the actual tournament and are, therefore, a popular variant in the online poker world.
The tournaments see each player commencing the tournament with a bounty on their heads which increases each time they eliminate an opponent, making that particular player a more attractive target for the remaining players at the time. The player who wins the tournament is awarded the first-place prize as well as their own bounty, which could be quite large by this stage.
Partypoker will be running Progressive Knockout tournaments three times per day to begin with but will probably be adding more to the schedule within the next few weeks.
Monday to Saturday Schedule
| Time (GMT) | Tournament | Starting bounty | Progressive bounty | Total buy-in | ||
| 8:00pm | $1,000 Gtd – Progressive KO Featherweight | $2.50 | $1.25 | $5.50 | ||
| 8:00pm | $2,500 Gtd – Progressive KO Middleweight | $10 | $5 | $22 | ||
| 8:00pm | $10,000 Gtd – Progressive KO Heavyweight | $50 | $25 | $109 | ||
| Sunday Schedule
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Tournament | Starting bounty | Progressive bounty | Total buy-in | ||
| 8:00pm | $2,000 Gtd – Progressive KO Featherweight | $2.50 | $1.25 | $5.50 | ||
| 8:00pm | $3,00 Gtd – Progressive KO Middleweight | $10 | $5 | $22 | ||
| 8:00pm | $15,000 Gtd – Progressive KO Heavyweight | $50 | $25 | $109 | ||
Fast Five cash games are six-handed no limit hold’em cash games that lead to fast and furious action with players sitting down with only five big blinds. Several of partypoker’s rivals who also offer this cash game variant call theirs “Push or Fold”.
The Group Head of partypoker, Tom Waters, commented on the new poker games by saying that they have launched two new products on partypoker that will suit both tournament as well as cash game players. He added that Progressive Knockout tournaments are a popular format in the poker community and it was, therefore, important to respond to feedback and offer these on partypoker. Waters also said that Fast Five is a fun, fast-paced cash game, suitable for players with only a short amount of time but wanting quick action.
