Hyper Turbo
Hyper turbo is a very fast tournament format in which the blinds rise rapidly, sometimes every three minutes. Stacks are small compared with the blinds, so most of the play is short-stacked.
The simple explanation
In a hyper turbo, the blinds go up so quickly that you cannot wait for good cards. Players tend to push all in or fold, because they have only a few big blinds. A hyper turbo can end in minutes. It is a format for fast, high-variance poker.
A closer look
Because the stack-to-blind ratio is shallow almost from the start, the game is mostly about push-or-fold decisions. Knowing the right ranges for these decisions is central. Bankroll requirements are high because of variance. The format is common in sit and gos and in some online tournaments, and a player's skill shows over many games.
A practical example
A hyper turbo starts with 500 chips and blinds of 10/20, and the blinds increase every three minutes.
Full explanation
Hyper turbo is a very fast tournament format in which the blinds rise rapidly, sometimes every three minutes. Stacks are small compared with the blinds, so most of the play is short-stacked.
A hyper turbo is a tournament with blinds that rise very quickly, often every three minutes.
Stacks are short, so players often shove all in.
The games finish quickly.
The variance is high, so a bankroll must be large.
Alternative spelling: hyper-turbo, hyperturbo