
Sophie, Jim and Carlos take turns picking a ticket. There are three envelopes, one has $100 in it and the other two have nothing in them. If that does not convince you, consider this toy game example. A neutral EV proposition You have no control over where the bounty is There is no difference between this scenario and a regular Mystery Bounty tournament, except for the illusion of control humans have in the second situation. If 100 players were in the bounty portion of the tournament and nobody opened their envelopes until the tournament was over, your chances of winning the big prize are 100-1 for each elimination you made. My elevator pitch answer to this question is as follows. When to pull the ticket is a neutral EV proposition. Neither of those theories, or anything in-between, is correct. Most believe that it is better to go and get their ticket right away while they know the big bounty is still in play, but a few others think that waiting until a portion of the field has busted means you have fewer players between you and the big prize. Everyone has established their own pet theories about when to pull the ticket. One of the most frequent things I get asked by poker players about this format is when to pull the bounty ticket.

You can go straight away or you can hoard your tickets and take them all at once.


Most Mystery Bounty tournaments allow you to collect your bounties as soon as you have eliminated a player.
