It is happened.
Never doubt us.
We have discovered the secret.
We now know what it is.
We understand the power of the Terminator Chip and there will be another tournament harnessing the force of this awesome chunk of plastic next week at the Olympic Casino Lietuva, Lithuania.
The tournament forms part of the Olympic Open Championship 2008 which is currently rampaging through the Baltics. This weekend will see it tear through the Voodoo Casino in Riga, Latvia, and interested parties can buy in for €1000 to play the venue’s main event at 6pm today. However, it is time to divulge the secret of the terminator chip.
In ‘Terminator Tournaments’, a certain part of the buy-in, usually 10-20%, is allocated to the value of the chip of death. Every player receives one and the tournament follows standard NL structure. If you eliminate an opponent, you win his terminator chip. It doesn’t add any value to your stack but it is a bounty for his scalp. You can trouser it and cash it out later or you can follow local custom which is to buy a beer for the player with the biggest stack at the table.
Upon first reading, that might seem to be capitalism at its cruellest: a broke punter is hoofed out of the tournament, desperate for some alcohol to dull the pain and is presented with the sight of his moolah paying for the richest guy to enjoy a free cold one.
However, it might be more about wealth redistribution that it first appears. Think about it: the guy doing well could end up with a lot of free beer. After a while, he could be bear-hugging his fellow players, singing Sinatra and blowing his stack. Suddenly, he’s not chip leader and someone else is pursing their lips around the free chalice of beer.
The custom has the genius of Shakespeare and the same potential to end in tragedy or comedy, depending on whether the table finishes littered with bodies or with a rendition of New York, New York and a young couple retiring to a hotel penthouse.
Never doubt us.
We have discovered the secret.
We now know what it is.
We understand the power of the Terminator Chip and there will be another tournament harnessing the force of this awesome chunk of plastic next week at the Olympic Casino Lietuva, Lithuania.
The tournament forms part of the Olympic Open Championship 2008 which is currently rampaging through the Baltics. This weekend will see it tear through the Voodoo Casino in Riga, Latvia, and interested parties can buy in for €1000 to play the venue’s main event at 6pm today. However, it is time to divulge the secret of the terminator chip.
In ‘Terminator Tournaments’, a certain part of the buy-in, usually 10-20%, is allocated to the value of the chip of death. Every player receives one and the tournament follows standard NL structure. If you eliminate an opponent, you win his terminator chip. It doesn’t add any value to your stack but it is a bounty for his scalp. You can trouser it and cash it out later or you can follow local custom which is to buy a beer for the player with the biggest stack at the table.
Upon first reading, that might seem to be capitalism at its cruellest: a broke punter is hoofed out of the tournament, desperate for some alcohol to dull the pain and is presented with the sight of his moolah paying for the richest guy to enjoy a free cold one.
However, it might be more about wealth redistribution that it first appears. Think about it: the guy doing well could end up with a lot of free beer. After a while, he could be bear-hugging his fellow players, singing Sinatra and blowing his stack. Suddenly, he’s not chip leader and someone else is pursing their lips around the free chalice of beer.
The custom has the genius of Shakespeare and the same potential to end in tragedy or comedy, depending on whether the table finishes littered with bodies or with a rendition of New York, New York and a young couple retiring to a hotel penthouse.
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