I'm not sure if they're the same things you're talking about, but maybe a bounty on a certain player? Draw a name before it starts and whoever knocks that person out gets their entry fee in winnings. At least that much.Same with the shootout bit you mention. Don't know if you mean the same thing, but say if you had 36 people playing, have 6 tables of 6 and play each table down until 1 person remains. Then the 6 table winners meet at the final table. This works best if the people entered can be divided equally to fill tables, otherwise people will have a chip advantage at the final, inless you give them equal stacks to begin.