- Winamax is known for its innovations, and its latest provides a sit & go format tournament that could help revive a flagging sector of the market.
- The new Sit & Go Killer tournaments distribute the entire prize pool as knockout bonuses.
- The €1 buy-in version creates a prize pool of €5.40, with €0.60 going in rake – there are five knockout bonuses of €1.08, so even knocking out one other player makes a profit.
French market leader Winamax has introduced a new tournament format, dubbed Sit & Go Killer, where the entire prize pool is distributed as knockout bonuses.
A format familiar to multi-table tournaments but untried in single-table tournament sit and gos, knockout bonuses distribute some of the prize pool to players who knock out, or “bust,” their opponents at the table.
Normally this is a small additional prize alongside more traditional payouts for lasting longest in the tournament. Less frequently, knockout bounties can represent some or all of the prize pool.