CHIPS 2011
Format
of Play
Welcome
to the information page for the 2008 Huyton Constitutional Texas Hold’em Open
Ranking Series. 2008 will see two events. The first runs from Jan – June and the
seconds from July-Dec. Each series is run in its own right and neither is
dependant on the other. For this reason I will describe the format and rules of
the first of the events which will be referred to as 2008 Open Ranking Series 1
(The event in the second half of the year will be called 2008 Open Ranking
Series 2)
Events will be held on Friday’s and Sunday’s unless
otherwise stated in advance and the final will take place over two days on a Fri
and a Sun TBA. Dates will be confirmed nearer
the time.
We will be aiming for approx 32 events over approx 24
weeks and players will use only their best 24 events towards their final tally
of ranking points. Should there be more or less events then the proportion will
be the same i.e. 75% of the number of events played in total will be the
maximum that any player can use points from. More details of this will be given
as the final month approaches.
The reason for this is simple. It is to try and bring
closer together the gap in those players who can only make (say) Friday’s
events and cannot play on a Sunday or vice versa. For those who can play both
then fine, but you will still only be able to use ranking points from 75% of
the total number of tournaments in the whole series.
As an example if there are 32 tournaments then any player
playing in all 32 tournaments will only be able to use ranking points from
their best 24 tournaments. A player playing in only 14 tournaments will be able
to use all of the ranking points from all the 14 tournaments they entered so as
to maximise their chances of qualification.
There will be double ranking points in the final Friday and
Sunday event of the series. You can only use double points from one of these
one of these towards your total. If you enter both then the lesser of the two
will counts to your total as single points.
All finals (i.e. when there are two players left) in an
event must play at least 10 hands before play closes. So even if time is up the
largest chip stack will only win once 10 hands have been played. This is to
avoid slow play from chip leaders towards the end of events.
Entry fee for
the tourneys will be as follows:
£18 for
5000 chips buy-in
Unlimited
rebuys will be offered for the first 45 minutes of any tournament. Rebuys are
offered in three values. These are:
£15 for
5000 chips
£12 for
4000 chips
£9 for
3000 chips
All players
no matter how many chips they have will be offered the chance of one Add-on at
the first break, which will be after 55 minutes. After this no player may
Add-on or rebuy.
£4 from
every £18 buy-in will go towards the top ten final table prize fund.
£1 from
every rebuy or Add-on will also go towards this prize fund.
The final
table will comprise the top ten in the rankings. The entire top 10 seated at
the final table will pay £5, which will go towards any buffet or additional
Mystery prizes on the night. There will also be a bounty prize for the player
knocking out the player who finishes 1st in the order of merit
leading to the final. All ten players will receive a cash prize based on a
percentage of the total prize fund that has been accumulated over the series
preceding the final.
Player
will accumulate ranking points as they go through the series of events leading
to the final table. The points they accrue will then be converted to chips at
the final table. There will be no rebuys or add-ons at the final table. It will
be a purely Freezout and once a player loses their chips they are eliminated
from the tournament.
The
structure of the blinds and the timed intervals for the blinds will remain
pretty much as it is with only minor changes to reflect the new amounts of
starting chips.
Any probs,
questions or suggestions please let me know.