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When Full Tilt Poker offered Rush Poker, "the world's fastest poker game," tournament players awaited the day when they adapted this exciting new game type into a tournament format. Now they have.

Introducing... Rush Poker MTTs, "the world's fastest poker tournament." Rush Poker MTTs takes everything that people like about Rush Poker, but with with the structure of an MTT. This article will explain the basics of this new format and what you need to know to win.

In rush poker tournaments, the action is much quicker than standard MTTs because instead of staying at a table, participants are moved from one table to another every hand. There is also a "Quick Fold" button that will immediately abandon your cards so you don't have to wait for other players to act. Playing in a Rush Poker MTT means you will play up to 250 hands per hour, making it the fastest poker game in the world. With enough people in the tournament, this also means that getting reads on your opponents is nearly impossible.

But the name "Rush Poker Tournaments" doesn't only refer the number of hands you play. These games end far sooner than a standard tournament because the blinds go up every three minutes! A large event can end in under four hours, so winning a Rush Poker MTT requires that you build your stack quickly. Patience and discipline are essential for regular events, but Rush Poker Tournaments are designed for speed and endurance.

However, don't be too quick to fold a hand just to get a new hand. In Rush Poker MTTs, as in Rush Poker, the big blind is assigned to the player that has gone the longest without posting. In other words, those extra blinds will cost you if you go too fast. In a Rush Poker MTT, the blinds are chosen by both hands and clock time, so if you go too slow or deliberately stall, you will pay the blind more often as well.

When only 30 entrants remain in a Rush Poker MTT, the tables become short-handed to keep the Rush Poker format running smoothly. At this point, the player pool is small enough that you can actually start collecting reads. When a final table is reached, the Rush Poker MTT becomes standard and plays one hand at a time until the event is over.

What are you waiting for? Start the Full Tilt Poker Download now and get in on the action! Rush Poker is an online favorite because of its energetic game play, intense action, and innovative format. Rush Poker MTTs are likely to be a big success for the same reasons. With their big prize pools, fast blinds, and short events, Rush Poker MTTs might be the most action-packed events anywhere online. If not that, then they're certainly the fastest.