A shootout is really just a series of single table tournaments.Take, for example, a field of 81 players.In a normal tournament, as soon as 1 player is eliminated (assuming max table size=10), one table will be broken and its members moved to another table, to "balance" out the tables.In a shootout, though, for a 81 person tournament, you will have 9 tables of 9. Each table will play until there is only 1 person left at that table, with no "balancing" from other tables. The 9 table winners will then play another table to determine the final ranks 1-9.You will sometimes see terms like "Double Sh