Poker in the Pub Online League
The second Poker in the Pub Online League starts on Sunday, 3rd August 2008 at
4pm, and will run for the next 10 successive Sundays thereafter. This league
will be hosted on the TheRivercard.com, which will run hand in hand with the
live Poker in the Pub league, and offer Regional final qualifications (subject to Terms
and Conditions) to the top online Poker in the Pub players.
In essence, this is a Poker in the Pub game, but online. We are not trying to detract from
players supporting their local venues, we are trying to offer more chances
for players to qualify for their Regional finals, and this could also create
more spaces within local venues also.
The first online league ran from May 25th to July 13th and over 120 people
have played on the league with the top 7 qualified people getting a seat in
July's Poker in the Pub Regional Finals.
How it works
Every Sunday for 10 weeks, a tournament will be created on TheRivercard.com that
is a Poker in the Pub NLHE Multi Table Tournament. Players will register and
play the tourney to its completion, and score points for their finishing position,
which will
then be recorded and uploaded into a cumulative League table, and displayed
on both the Poker in the Pub website and The Rivercard forum.
The top percentage of players, providing they fulfil qualifying criteria, at
the end of the season, will win a place in their respective Poker in the Pub Regional final
at the end of the season:
1 - 10 players per week 3 Regional places
11 - 20 4 places
21 - 30 5 places
31 - 40 6 places
And so on.
There will also be a cash prize pool, taken directly from the individual
tournament buy ins, which will be awarded to the next percentage of players
once the Regional places have been awarded.
These will be distributed as follows:
1 - 10 players per week top 3 Regionals, 4th gets 70% cash pot, 5th gets
30%
11 - 20 top 4 Regionals, 5th gets 55% cash pot, 6th 30%, and 7th 15%
21 - 30 top 5 Regionals 6th gets 40% cash pot, 7th 30%, 8th 20%, and 9th 10%
31 - 40 top 6 Regionals, 7th gets 30%, 8th 25%, 9th 20%, 10th, 15%, 11th and
12th 5%
And so on.
Every week, within 24 hours, the results from the tournament will be collated
and points awarded, using the same Poker in the Pub points scoring system as usual, and
the updated league table displayed.
How much does it cost?
The buy in for a normal weekly game is $4 + $0.40 – a few pence over £2, which
equates to 50p over what would cost to play Poker in the Pub at your local venue on a pay
to play basis.
Freeroll
Once the league is complete every player that has played for 7 – 10 weeks will
be eligible to enter a Freeroll and compete for a money prize.
Qualifying Procedures
As previously stated we do not want this to detract in any way from live Poker in the Pub
venues, and feel this should not be the case, as it is aimed at those who find
it easier to play online than maybe attend certain venues during the week and
also aims to create more qualifying spaces. This aim is primarily to give another
dimension to playing Poker in the Pub and also attract new players.
However, whilst the online league is open to all and sundry via TheRivercard.com,
there are strict rules in place to enable players to qualify for the Poker
in the Pub Regional finals.
Terms & Conditions
Please read the Terms and Conditions carefully before playing the Online Poker
in the Pub Sunday league:
- Anyone/everyone is welcome to play a weekly tournament. However,
no cash will be paid out until the end of the season (no weekly cash prizes,
just Poker in the Pub
points for the online league being played for per week
- Anyone who finishes
in a Regional final qualifying place MUST HAVE PLAYED AT LEAST 5 GAMES
THAT SEASON IN A LIVE Poker in the Pub VENUE, OR CUMULATIVELY OVER THE
SEASON AT MULTI VENUES. IF YOU DO NOT, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REGIONAL
FINAL SEAT. However, you would be eligible for the cash prize payouts.
- Any
player who qualifies for Regional finals via the online Sunday league AND
by playing a live Poker in the Pub venue, will qualify through the online
league, thus creating another place in that venue for the next placed HSQ
- again,
more
chances for people to qualify.
- Any eligible qualifying player for the Regional
Finals will attend the Regional final local to that player and their venue
in line with times/dates
as advertised on the Rivercard forum.
- Players winning cash prizes at the league
end will have these paid direct into their Rivercard account with 72 hours
of the league completion.
A full notice of "who has won what" will be displayed on the league website/forum.
The format of the games will be similar to a usual Poker in the Pub format – 2,000
starting chips, usual blinds, though levels will last 10 minutes, as opposed
to the usual 15.
For more information please contact us at info@therivercard.com or call +44
1752675394.