Recently, one of the most popular online poker rooms in the world, Full Tilt Poker, introduced Matrix Sit and Gos. The concept is pretty symbol: battle against eight other online poker players on four different tables at the same time. It’s an ideal situation for any multi-tabling enthusiast and takes its name and likeness from the 1999 movie of the same name. Matrix tournaments are quickly becoming all the rage on Full Tilt.
A Matrix tournament with a $10+1 buy-in has a prize pool of $90. At the end of the day, it is divided as follows:
Payouts for Individual Matrix Sit and Go Tables
First Place: $9.00
Second Place: $5.40
Third Place: $3.60
Payouts for Overall Matrix Results
First Place: $9.00
Second Place: $5.40
Third Place: $3.60
The overall matrix payouts are determined by a player’s Earned Points, which is the total of each person’s Knockout Points and Survival Points. A Full Tilt Poker player accrues two Knockout Points for every person they bust out from the tournament. These can add up fairly quickly depending on the aggressiveness of the table. For every person that a player outlasts, they’ll gain one Survival Point. Full Tilt Poker will also give the maximum number of points and projected score for each player in the tournament lobby so that players can get an accurate idea of where they stand.
If a player wins each of the four sit and go tables, he or she will be deemed the “Dominatrix” and take home the entire $90 prize pool. To register, head to the Full Tilt Poker lobby, click on the “Sit and Go” tab, and then click the “All” or “Matrix” tabs. In order to be able to play in a Matrix Tournament on Full Tilt Poker, five windows must be opened (four tables plus the lobby). The site warns, “If this exceeds the number of tables that you are able to open, you’ll need to close some of your other tables that are open in order to ensure that all four Matrix Tournament tables can open.”
Full Tilt is the second largest online poker room on the planet in terms of traffic next to PokerStars. As such, it offers a cavalcade of high-stakes tournaments every Sunday that attract thousands of poker players weekly:
The Sunday Brawl – The $256 buy-in tournament begins at 14:00 ET. The tournament puts a $40 bounty on the head of each player and comes with a $350,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The $750K Guarantee – The $216 buy-in tournament regularly awards over $130,000 to its winner, changing lives every week. The $750K Guarantee begins every Sunday at 18:00 ET and is one of the largest online poker tournaments held regularly.
The Sunday Mulligan – It is one final opportunities for players to take home big money on Sundays. The Sunday Mulligan has a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and starts at 19:05 ET.
Full Tilt Poker accepts players from the United States. One of its main selling points is its distinguished roster of pros, which includes Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, John Juanda, and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson. The staffs of the CardRunners poker training site and the Hendon Mob are also members of Full Tilt’s team. Juanda just won the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event for more than $1.5 million. That tournament’s final table lasted nearly 20 hours, ending in London at the same time that many of the city’s residents were taking their lunch breaks the day after it started. Juanda followed that win up with a $570,000 payday for placing second in the European Poker Tour’s £1 Million Showdown in London.
