OVPOKER
SYNDICATE 2008-2009 TOURNAMENT RULES
GENERAL
The tournament series will begin on
October 17, 2009 and will consist of 11 monthly tournaments followed by a Final
Tournament. Any player who participates
in at least three
tournaments during the regular season may elect to play in the Final
Tournament. Chips at the final table
will be awarded based upon the points earned during regular season play (as
described below).
The tournament dates are as follows:
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OCTOBER
17 - 2009 |
NOVEMBER
14 – 2009 |
DECEMBER
12 – 2009 |
JANUARY
23 - 2010 |
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FEBRUARY
20 – 2010 |
MARCH
13 – 2010 |
APRIL
17 – 2010 |
MAY
15 - 2010 |
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JUNE
12 – 2010 |
JULY
17 – 2010 |
AUGUST
21 - 2010 |
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FINAL
TOURNAMENT TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 11 - 2010 |
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Tournaments will be held as
scheduled above. If, for any reason,
fewer than 8 players participate in any tournament the points earned will not
be counted towards the yearly point total.
Additionally, there will be no $5/player contribution towards the final
tournament for that specific monthly tournament.
GAME TIME
NEW FOR 2009-2010 – ALL TOURNAMENTS WILL BEGIN ON
TIME (GENERALLY 7:30 – TO BE DETERMINED BY THE HOST). A PLAYER WHO DOES NOT ARRIVE ON TIME (OR WHO
DOES NOT CALL AHEAD) MAY NOT BE ALLOWED A SEAT.
IF A PLAYER ARRIVES LATE AND THERE IS A SEAT AVAILABLE THAT DOES NOT
REQUIRE THE ADDITION OF A TABLE, THE LATE PLAYER MAY BUY IN FOR THE RE-BUY
PRICE OF $15 ($10 RE-BUY AND $5 FOR YEAR END TOURNEY). THIS PLAYER WOULD RECEIVE 750 CHIPS. NO ADDITIONAL RE-BUYS OR ADD-ONS WOULD BE
AVAILABLE TO THIS PLAYER. IF A PLAYER
DOES NOT ARRIVE BEFORE THE SECOND BLIND ADVANCE, THEY CANNOT BUY IN, UNLESS
THEY HAVE CALLED IN ADVANCE. A PLAYER
WHO CALLS IN TO SAY THEY WILL BE LATE WILL PAY ALL APPROPRIATE BLINDS IN THEIR
ABSENCE. THEIR CARDS WILL BE FOLDED EACH
HAND UNTIL THEY ARRIVE.
START TIMES MAY BE ALTERED AT THE DISCRETION OF
THE HOST IN THE EVENT OF POOR WEATHER, EMERGENCY, OR OTHER REASONABLE
CAUSE.
BUY IN/PRIZES
The buy in for each tournament shall
be $30 (except for the Final Tournament which shall be a $25 buy in).
New to the 2009-2010 season is the addition of a re-buy/add-on. A player who busts out (completely) may
re-buy 750 chips for $10. This player must buy in immediately if they wish to
continue playing. A player who does not bust out before the first break may
elect to add-on 750 chips at the first break for an additional $10. A player is limited to 1 re-buy or add-on per
tournament. Re-buys and add-ons are not
available for the final table.
Re-buys/add-ons will be in
effect for 3 months. A vote will be held
at the beginning of the 4th tourney to determine if the option to
re-buy/add-on will remain in effect for the remainder of the year. Each player who is present at the 4th
tourney and who has played in one previous tourney this tourney year shall have
one vote. For the re-buy/add-on to
remain in effect, a simple majority is needed.
$25 from each player’s buy in during the
regular season will be paid back out to the top three finishers each month; 50%
to the winner, 35% for second place and 15% for third place. New this year, if more than 16 players play in any regular
season tourney the payouts will be 40%, 30%, 20% and 10% for each place first
through fourth respectively. The
remaining $5 will go towards prizes for the Final Tournament. Additionally, $6 for each re-buy/add-on will
be paid out that night ($3 to first place, $2 to second, and $1 to third) the
remainder of all re-buy and add-on monies will go to the final tournament
payouts. The Final Tournament payouts
are as follows:
1st
place – 40% 2nd place – 22.5% 3rd place – 17.5% 4th place – 12.5% 5th place – 7.5%
POINT SYSTEM
Points will be recorded throughout
the season and will be available on line at www.ovpokersyndicate.com
Players are personally responsible
for recording their finish position for each tournament on the provided sign
out sheet.
A. Player Points
“Player
Points” will be earned for each tournament in which an individual player
participates. Points awarded to a player
each month will be based upon an inverse of the total player field for the
month. For example, a person who
finishes first in a 20 person tournament would earn 20 points. A player who finishes in 13th
place in the same tournament would earn 8 points. Note:
The minimum player points a person can earn will be 3. That is, if you show up and participate you
are guaranteed at least 3 points.
B. Bonus Points
“Bonus
Points” will be earned in addition to player points for the players who finish
in the first three positions each month.
The winner of each monthly tournament will be awarded 6 bonus points. The runner up will be awarded 4 bonus points and the third
place finisher will be awarded 2 bonus points.
FINAL TOURNAMENT
Any player
who participates in at least three regular season games may elect to
participate in the Final Tournament. The
buy in for the Final Tournament shall be $25 except for the top three regular
season point leaders. The regular season
point leaders (3) shall be permitted to play at the Final Tournament for no
additional fee. The regular season point
leaders shall be determined by adding the total points earned in each monthly
tournament.
A players starting chip stack for
the Final Tournament will be determined by the following formula:
500 chips + 25 chips per point earned during the regular
season.
Date of the Final Tournament is tentatively scheduled for
September 11, 2010. The players who are
in the top 5 positions based upon points earned at the beginning of the July
2010 tournament shall vote to decide when the Final Tournament will take
place. These 5 players must come to a
unanimous decision as to when the tournament will be held. If a unanimous decision cannot be arrived at,
the tournament will be held on September 11, 2010.
BLIND STRUCTURE:
|
LEVEL |
SMALL BLIND |
BIG BLIND |
ANTE |
LENGTH |
|
1 |
10 |
20 |
0 |
20 MIN |
|
2 |
20 |
40 |
0 |
20 MIN |
|
3 |
30 |
60 |
0 |
20 MIN |
|
4 |
40 |
80 |
0 |
20 MIN |
|
BREAK |
|
|
|
10 MIN |
|
5 |
50 |
100 |
25 |
20 MIN |
|
6 |
75 |
150 |
25 |
20 MIN |
|
7 |
100 |
200 |
25 |
20 MIN |
|
8 |
150 |
300 |
25 |
20 MIN |
|
9 |
200 |
400 |
25 |
20 MIN |
|
BREAK |
|
|
|
10MIN |
|
10 |
250 |
500 |
25 |
20 MIN |
|
11 |
300 |
600 |
25 |
20 MIN |
|
12 |
400 |
800 |
25 |
20 MIN |
|
13 |
500 |
1000 |
25/100* |
20 MIN |
|
14 |
750 |
1500 |
25/100* |
20 MIN |
|
15 |
1000 |
2000 |
25/100* |
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Antes go to 100 chips when the field is reduced to 3.