Microgaming Online Casino Tournament Interface

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Online tournaments are a popular activity at Internet casinos. All online gaming software providers build in tournament structures into their software. However, online tournaments are inherently different from normal wagering at Internet casinos. The major factor in online tournaments is that the player’s performance is judged relative to the performances of other players. In normal wagering other players do not come into the equation at all. In normal wagering the player chooses his own bankroll, small or large, whereas in online tournaments the starting stack is fixed according to the rules of the tournament. Rebuy tournaments allow players to replenish their chip stacks for a fee. In normal wagering the player can wager for how long he wants whereas online tournaments usually stipulate a time frame for each player.

These differences necessitate that different parameters are tracked by players in online tournaments and they require different information so as to be able to make the best decisions. Microgaming understands this very well and therefore provides a slightly different screen for their games during tournament play. The basic game functions as usual, only the additional information required is provided in a clear and concise manner. This article explains the more important of the features that are tracked during tournaments and that appear in the Microgaming tournament interface. This interface appears in three columns on the left-hand side of the bottom toolbar.

• Win Box: The Win Box appears in the left-most column just below the alias of the player. The amount of coins that are won in the tournament by the player, which decide his position in the leader board is displayed here.
  
  
• Coins: This is displayed just below the Win Box. The amount displayed here represents the chip balance available with the player for wagering. Once this is used the player will need to rebuy.
  
  
• Play Time: The Play Time is displayed in the middle column just above the game statistics and options buttons. In online tournament each player is given a fixed time to wager. The Play Time indicates the amount of time left for the player to complete his participation in the online tournament. Once the play time reaches zero the tournament session will automatically close.

The right-most column shows three tabs each of which provides relevant information of the player’s position vis-à-vis other players.

• My Place: My Place displays the player’s rank on the leader board with the players immediately above and below him. It also displays the amount won by him.
  
  
• Top 5: Top 5 displays the rank, names and balances of the top five players in the tournament and gives the player and idea of how many more chips he needs to accumulate in order to figure in the top five.
  
  
• Show in Window: The Show in Window link takes the player to the complete leader board in a different window. Since the number of players in an online tournament can run into several hundreds or even thousands the complete leader board is split into a number of pages that can be navigated using the arrows. The information displayed includes the player’s position, alias, coins and win box.
  
  
• Where am I?: In case the player wants to locate his entry on the full leader board described above he can have to scroll through a large number of pages. In order to save him time Microgaming has incorporated a "Where am I?" link on the first page itself that will take the player directly to his entry.

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