Structure

The buy-in for our regular tournaments is either $60 (five events per season) or $90 (two events per season) and will be shown on the schedule.

Re-buys are allowed through six levels of play. Each player is allowed one re-buy per event.

The starting stack for our regular season events is 35,000 chips, for both the initial buy-in and any re-buys. For the championship game, the starting stack is 50.000 chips and there are no re-buys allowed.

Summary

Regular SeasonChampionship Game
Buy-In$60 or $90 (see schedule)
Level Duration20 minutes20 minutes
Re-buy Levels6n/a
Max Re-buys10
Starting Stack35,00050,000

Prize Pool Distribution

We reserve $5 from each buy-in for the Regular Season Points prize pool, and $5 for the Season Championship prize pool.

The remainder of the tournament buy-ins is paid out nightly as follows:

1-1415-2930-4445-5960-7273-8586-9899-110
1st50%40%37%35%33.0%31.5%31.0%29.5%
2nd30%25%25%22%22.0%21.0%20.5%19.5%
3rd20%20%17%15%13.5%12.5%12.5%12.0%
4th15%12%11%10.5%10.0%10.0%10.0%
5th9%9%8.5%8.5%7.5%7.5%
6th8%7.0%6.5%6.0%6.0%
7th5.5%5.5%5.0%5.0%
8th4.5%4.0%4.0%
9th3.5%3.5%
10th3.0%

Tournament Structure (Blinds and Antes)

LEVELSBBBBB ANTE
1100200200
2200400400
3300600600
4400800800
550010001000
660012001200
7100015001500
8100020002000
9150030003000
10200040004000
11250050005000
12300060006000
13400080008000
1450001000010000
1560001200012000
1680001600016000
17100002000020000
18150002500025000
19150003000020000
20200004000040000
21250005000050000
22300006000060000
23350007000070000
24400008000080000
2550000100000100000
2660000120000120000
2780000160000160000
28100000200000200000
29150000250000250000
30150000300000300000
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Phil Gordon