Roberto Romanello, a professional poker player from UK, has developed an innovative tournament format of poker called Multi Prizepool Poker (MPP).
As its name suggests, MPP has more than one prize pool. An MPP tournament has 3 buy-ins and all players can win a share of the prize pool formed by the lowest of them.
Players who buy-in for larger amounts, on the other hand, stand the chance of winning parts of the other prize pools too.
If a player at Level 1 (lowest buy-in) wins, he/she will get the top prize of the Level 1 prize pool. On the other hand, the Level 2 winner will get not only the top prize of the Level 2 prize pool, but also the top prize of the Level 1 prize pool as his buy-in has contributed to both prize pools. Similarly, a Level 3 winner will receive the prizes for all the three prize pools.
For example, a Level 1 player who finishes first will receive the top Level 1 prize and a Level 1 player who finishes second will receive the second Level 1 prize. A Level 2 player who finishes third in the tournament will win the third prize for Level 1 and the first prize for Level 2 as he is the last man standing in Level 2. A Level 3 player who finishes fourth in the tournament will receive the fourth Level 1 prize, the second Level 2 prize, and the first Level 3 prize.
Consider that there are 100 Level 1 players, 40 Level 2 players, and 20 Level 3 players. The buy-ins for Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 are $25, $50, and $100, respectively. The prize pool for Level 1 is, therefore, the total number of players in the tournament multiplied by $25 or $4000. The prize pool for Level 2 is the total number of Level 2 and Level 3 players multiplied by $50 or $1,500. The prize pool for Level 3 is the total number of Level 3 players multiplied by $100 or $1000.
The goal of MPP is to enable low-stakes poker players to play against high-stakes professional poker players without worrying about the cost. The format also aims at creating larger player fields, bringing under a single umbrella those players who would, under normal circumstances, play in different tournaments.
The format will be launched at Dusk Till Dawn Casino, Nottingham, on Jan 10.
