How a freezeout structure works, and how it differs from a cash table
In a freezeout, everyone pays the same entry once, receives the same chips, and plays until they have none. The chips are not money and cannot become money.
What blinds and antes are actually for
Forced bets exist to make a hand worth contesting. Rising forced bets exist to make a tournament end.
| Feature | Tournament | Cash table |
|---|---|---|
| Chips | Scorekeeping tokens with no cash value | The money itself |
| Leaving | Only by elimination or by the event ending | At any point, taking the stack |
| Forced bets | Rise on a fixed schedule | Fixed for the life of the game |
| Losing a stack | Ends participation | May be replaced by entering again |