Scream if you want to go fasterThe latest trend coming out of PokerStars HQ seems to be an increased guarantee on more and more turbo tournaments. Following on from the successful Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) which now appears to sit alongside the other annual series of the SCOOP and WCOOP, PokerStars today announced a regular schedule of daily turbo tournaments with increased guarantees.
The
Hot Turbos consist of 13 daily tournaments ranging from a 55c buyin right up to a $109 buyin. Staggered through the day from 7:30am (GMT) to the early hours of the morning, the guarantees on these tournaments should prove very popular with those players looking for more of a quick fix. Unlike most of the PokerStars turbo events, late registration appears to be a full 60 minutes, meaning you could join with your 3000 stack to blinds at 150/300/40.
Full Schedule| Tournament | Buy In | Time (GMT) | Guaranteed Prize Pool |
| | | |
| The Hot $109 | $109 | 7:30 | $10,000 |
| The Hot $2.20 | $2.20 | 9:30 | $4,000 |
| The Hot $3.30 | $3.30 | 11:30 | $6,000 |
| The Hot $4.40 | $4.40 | 12:30 | $8,000 |
| The Hot $33 | $33 | 15:30 | $10,000 |
| The Hot $11 | $11 | 17:30 | $25,000 |
| The Hot $16.50 | $16.50 | 18:30 | $25,000 |
| The Hot $75 | $75 | 19:30 | $30,000 |
| The Hot $55 | $55 | 20:15 | $20,000 |
| The Hot $0.55 | $0.55 | 21:45 | $2,500 |
| The Hot $44 | $44 | 23:30 | $25,000 |
| The Hot $5.50 | $5.50 | 00:45 | $5,000 |
| The Hot $22 | $22 | 03:45 | $10,000 |
The connoisseurs of skilled poker amongst us will probably turn their noses up at the continuing increase in the turbo or hyper-turbo offerings, but there is clearly a demand for these structures. Players seem content to forgo a level of skill to gain a potential return in a shorter space of time and I'm sure somewhere down the line will come the HTCOOP.
A number of sites have offered coinflip satellites for some time where each player is allin every hand. I've never really understood the point of them, you may aswell try and spin up your buyin at the roulette table. Although the rake is significantly reduced in these quickened up tournaments, surely we are all playing poker to, well, actually play some poker.
I'm sure the
Hot Turbos will achieve their guarantees and I'm sure you will find me playing a number of them when I've some time to spare.
And if I do take one down, I'll tell you it was all down to skill, judgement and poker ability.
Believe that if you will.
