Deal Making

Deal Making enables Players on the final table to make deals regarding the final prizes. Deal Making is used in Single or Multi-Table Tournaments and enables Players to settle tournaments without playing to the end.

In Multi-Table Tournaments (MTTs), deal making is only allowed on the final table. The maximum number of people for deal making is set up by Microgaming at the time the tournament is created. When this number is reached, deal making is enabled and the Make Deal icon is displayed as shown in Figure 7 – Deal Making Icon.

Figure 7 – Deal Making Icon

How a Player Proposes a Deal

• During a hand a Player clicks the Make Deal icon.
• A Deal Making dialogue box pops up for the Player who proposed the deal. He can then configure the deal during the hand as the hand continues.
• Once the hand is complete, the tournament pauses and all the Players receive a message saying that Player X is proposing a deal.
• A maximum time allowed to propose the deal is configurable. It is initially set to 60 seconds. If this time expires, the proposed deal is cancelled and the game continues.
• If the Player completes the proposal within the allotted time, a Deal Making dialogue box will pop up on all the Players’ screens, and they can choose to accept or reject the deal.
• The maximum time allowed to accept or reject the deal is also configurable. It is initially set to 30 seconds.
• If the Players do not act in the allotted time, the deal is rejected. If a deal is rejected, the game continues immediately.

Default Deal Values

Default deal values are based on the percentage of chips each Player holds at the start of the round when the deal was proposed. However, the proposing Player can alter these values and set up a custom deal. When a deal is proposed, the current hand is finished and the deal is shown to all Players, including the proposing Player. Players then make their decisions about the deal, as shown in Figure 8 – Confirm Deal.

Note:
Chip percentage refers to the number of chips that each Player has relative to all the chips on the table.

Figure 8 – Confirm Deal

Custom Deal

If a Player drops out during a hand after a deal was proposed, the proposing Player is presented with the Deal Making dialog box again. This enables the proposing Player to change the deal to exclude the Player who dropped out. If the proposing Player does not change the deal, it is presented as the proposing Player first set it up. Changes in chip percentages during the hand do not affect the deal.

Default or System Deal

At the end of the hand, the deal is altered to reflect prizes based on each Player’s chip percentage.

The proposing Player is not asked to propose again because each Player can only propose a deal once during an elimination round. Players can only propose deals after another Player is knocked out. If a Player requested a deal but never actually proposed it, it is still considered as a proposal.

If all Players accept a deal, the tournament ends and the position and monies are divided as specified in the deal.

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