The Deal The Deal
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Key Takeaways
  • The all-in shootout lottery style tournaments, where players need take no action because they are automatically all-in on every hand, have come of age.
  • The trend for distributing promotion prizes randomly, to give recreational players a more even chance of winning, but still encourage extra play, is the most persistent marketing device of 2014.
  • This week, 888poker and PKR Poker join the trend with their own lottery tournament formats, and WSOP New Jersey plays along despite not having any poker software tailored to the all-in shootout game.

The all-in shootout lottery style tournaments, where players need take no action because they are automatically all-in on every hand, have come of age.

The trend for distributing promotion prizes randomly, to give recreational players a more even chance of winning but still encourage extra play, is the most persistent marketing device of 2014.

This week, 888poker and PKR poker join the trend with their own lottery tournament formats, and WSOP New Jersey plays along despite not having any poker software tailored to the all-in shootout game.