- Winamax will be running its first-ever Knockout-exclusive tournament series,
- Buy-ins to the KO Battles will be between €10 to €100.
- KO Battles starts just after PokerStars’ Carnival Series wraps up in the same market on March 1.
Winamax will be running a knockout-exclusive online tournament series, KO Battles, in the segregated Southern European market serving French and Spanish players.
KO Battles guarantees €2 million across 49 bounty-exclusive tournaments.
It is double the guarantees of what is understood to be its only previous knockout-exclusive series, Winamax Nitro, which ran in 2018.
All events will play in the traditional (non-progressive) knockout format, where half the buy-in goes toward the prize pool and the other half goes on the “head” of each player as a bounty. This is awarded in cash to whoever knocks out a player.
In KO Battles, all games will be played in a fast structure—either Semi-Turbo, Turbo or “Deglingo.” This latter format, meaning “crazy” (they are called “Dementes” in Spain), are an ultra-fast format when players start with just 500 chips and blinds increase every two and a half minutes.
