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A shootout is a unique event. It starts out as a series of single table satellites with the winner from each table moving on. In this case, 210 players started, so 21 players would advance. It took nearly 8 hours before the final table had reached its winner and play resumed until they had reached the magic 21. Now play reverted to normal tournament play with each player starting out with the number of chips they ended up with after winning their table. One problem though... only 18 were to be paid. Fortunately, the remaining 21 were able to come to an agreement that let the 19th-21st place finishers get their buy in + $1 back. read more in pokerworks.com