PokerStars has changed the concept of the SuperStar Showdown quite a bit since Viktor "Isildur1" Blom left. The new challenge is called All-Star Showdown and 8 players will face each other in a heads-up tournament on PokerStars running from October 27 - November 4 (starting at 18:00 CET). Each match will take place over 4 tables at once and the blinds will double every 3,000 hands. Each match end[...] Read more » PokerStars All-Star Showdown
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 10090
well the concept itself is nice- 4 tables at once at hu poker doesn't suit my taste. i can barely play 2 hu tables max, so 4 would be way overboard- multitabling hu is totally different to sng's or mtt's. since they play at high limits rake will not have any decent impact, but i imagine same concept played at micro stakes- they would end up winners of the hu match but would have a little to show for it
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
The four table concept can be a bit weird. What happens if each one wins on two tables? It can happen, one can't put this aside, so, will there be a tie? It doesnt make big sense.
