| # of players | # of tables |
| 8 - 11 | 1 |
| 12 - 20 | 2 |
Depending on how many players register, one or two tables will play at each event. The tables will play independantly of each other, with their own respective winners, runners-up, etc.
During the first hour of play, players may each rebuy once for the original buy-in amount and receive full starting chips. Players also have the option of adding on chips, and can do so on one occasion, any time within the first hour, and with any amount of chips. The addon chip amount will be the same as the starting chip amount.
Blinds will begin at Level 0, and will stay constant until the rebuy/addon period has elapsed (1 hour). They will then go up according to the following table:
| Level | Time (min) | Blinds ($) |
| 0 | 60 | .25 / .50 |
| 1 | 30 | .50 / 1 |
| 2 | 30 | 1 / 2 |
| 3 | 30 | 1.50 / 3 |
| 4 | 30 | 2 / 4 |
| 5 | 15 | 3 / 6 |
| 6 | 15 | 4 / 8 |
| 7 |
N/A |
5 / 10 |
All players will start with 25.00$ in chips. Chips breakdown will be as follows:
| Chip Denomination ($) | Chip Amount (pcs) | Dollar Amount ($) |
| 0.25 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 0.50 | 10 | 5.00 |
| 1.00 | 10 | 10.00 |
| 5.00 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Total | 41 | 25.00 |
Each session, all players will receive one or more tournament points, which will be added to their cumulative total.
To the right is an example breakup of points for an 8-handed table:
Note that last place, no matter how many players, will get 1 point. First place will always get [n + 2] points, where n is the number of players at the table. All other players will make [n + 2 - p]
points where p is their place (2nd = 2, 3rd = 3, etc).
The top 50% of players, according to points total, will advance to the final table. It is thus necessary to attend every event possible, otherwise you won't have enough points to play at the final table and cash out big - essentially, you have to win your seat through doing well in the satellite events. |
| Place | Points Earned | | 1st | 10 | | 2nd | 8 | | 3rd | 7 | | 4th | 6 | | 5th | 5 | | 6th | 4 | | 7th | 3 | | 8th | 1 |
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To be able to play, every player will have to pay an
upfront tournament fee of 50.00$. This is to not only fuel the final table prize pool, but to confirm and reserve your seat in each event. A small portion of this money will be used to buy the trophy/bracelet, and the rest will be added to the final table winnings (thus a guaranteed amount will be instantly established).
In addition to the tourney fee,
every event will cost you 10.00$ buy-in (And at max, 10.00$ more for rebuy/addon).
| Place | Prize (% Pot) |
| 1st | 60 |
| 2nd | 30 |
| 3rd | 10 |
As far as prizes, each session, all buy-ins will be rewarded to the
top 3 players at each table (assuming minimum 8 players at each table). The percentages will be according to the table to the right.
The final table will require all players to buy-in as usual, and all rebuy/addons rules will apply unchanged, only on this occasion all the 'down-payments' from all players will be
added to the prize pot. This means that the winner could easily make
over 500$ in this final sitting alone.
The winner of the final table will also win the
prestigious tournament trophy/bracelet (valued at
under 40$!!!).
Do some math and you'll find that this might cost you alot of money... initally, yes, it seems like alot of money. In the long term however, its only a bit more than if you buy lunch daily, not to mention you can win money along the way (assuming you know how to play NLHE, that is!)
Initial assumptions:
- 16 players.
- 10 events.
- 6 of the 8 players at your table rebuy/addon weekly (on average) = total pot of 140$.
- 60/30/10% payout split.
Assume you win two events, place second twice, third once, and bomb or bubble the rest (ouch).
| Place |
Winnings |
Buy-In / Rebuy |
Net $ |
| 1st | 140$ * 60% = 84$ |
( 10$ ) |
74$ |
| 1st |
140$ * 60% = 84$ |
( 20$ ) |
64$ |
| 2nd |
140$ * 30% = 42$ |
( 10$ ) |
32$ |
| 2nd |
140$ * 30% = 42$ |
( 20$ ) |
22$ |
| 3rd |
140$ * 10% = 14$ |
( 10$ ) |
4$ |
| 4th | 140$ * 0% = 0$ | ( 10$ ) |
( 10$ ) |
| 4th | 140$ * 0% = 0$ | ( 10$ ) |
( 10$ ) |
| 4th | 140$ * 0% = 0$ |
( 20$ ) |
( 20$ ) |
| 4th | 140$ * 0% = 0$ | ( 20$ ) |
( 20$ ) |
| 4th | 140$ * 0% = 0$ | ( 20$ ) |
( 20$ ) |
| Total: |
266$ |
( 150$ ) |
116$ |
Now let's say that that this data is good enough to get you to the final table (it probably would be):
First off, we'll say you win the final table, bringing your total winnings to:
| 116$ + [(50$ * 16) + 140$] * 60% - 10$ = 670$! |
Then we'll change to say, third place, which would mean you cash out with:
| 116$ + [(50$ * 16) + 140$] * 10% - 10$ = 200$! |
Finally, we decide that you pull a Matusow blow-up in last place, you'd still walk away with:
Each session will be held at Murray's house. This will be the case unless players offer the use of their houses for an event (or more).
Address and directions will be up soon.
