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Originally Posted by Reducto
I've always seen all chips removed from play when someone hits the milestone. It doesn't matter how far above the threshold you are.
Sorry, I missed an "at least" in there. If the chips stay in play, you can (and should) set the threshold to a higher number.
But if you remove all chips from play instead of only the average number, you're creating a scenario where no remaining player can reach the milestone which kinda defeats the purpose of the tournament because you're back to the usual collusion and stalling, especially with multiple tables left.
If one player advances for every 6.5 entries and you need a 7.5x stack to advance:
65 entries, 10 tickets. 10k starting stacks, so you need 75k to advance. Total number of chips in play 650k. Player A gets to 120k in a 60k vs. 60k all-in and advances. 530k chips left and 9 tickets. Same thing happens 4 more times and we're left with 50k in chips but 5 tickets.