What is a shootout?
• A shootout is a special kind of multi-table tournament. Normally, when you play in a multi-table tournament, players are moved from table to table to balance the number of players at each table. In a shootout, no such table balancing is done. You are stuck at your original table until only one player is left standing. If you win that table, you advance to another table and repeat the process against players who each won their first table. Note: One of the more notable Main Event shootout winners was Greg “FossilMan” Raymer. Greg won the last PokerStars $160 Main Event shootout in 2004 and turned it into a $5 Million Main Event payday.
