So I've taken a long hard look at my schedule in 2020, and I'm just too busy with life (mostly work and family) to undertake such an ambitious project this year. Work is going to crank up in the spring and then I'm going to Japan with my girls during the WSOP, so it doesn't make too much sense for me to invest a lot of time and energy on Vegas this summer.
So - I'm going to leave this post up as a template for the future.
In the meantime, I will likely be playing in the WSOP this year, but it will be a quick weekend - probably the Monster Stack or similar. Also, I will for sure have a satellite in my home game for all who want to take a shot at a seat - it will likely be a $150 satty for a single seat. We will see.
So we took a break for 2019 but we are back for 2020!
Here's the details - then read on for an in depth explanation.
DETAILS -
6 Tournaments - $100 each for the first 4 you play, remaining tourneys are free.
Last Friday of each month except for May.
- Friday 8pm, January 31
- Friday 8pm, February 28
- Friday 8pm, March 27
- Friday 8pm, April 24
- Friday 8pm, May 8
- Friday 8pm, May 22
Only 4 best results count towards earning chips towards our FINALE at 1pm on Saturday, May 23
Chip payouts -
- All players get 6K for participating.
- 3rd place gets 8K
- 2nd place gets 10K
- 1st place gets 12K
Cash payouts -
- 1st place - $100
- 2nd place - $60
Winner of the FINALE gets a $1500 seat in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Depending on number of participants we may send 2 players to the WSOP.
Must play in at least 4 tournaments to qualify for FINALE.
EXPLAINED -
When last we ran this type of series - we ended up sending two people to the WSOP.
BOTH of them cashed - one of them for almost $10,000.
I firmly believe this is because we had a series of tournaments where all of us were open to talking about poker and helping each other to get better. I would love for that to happen again in 2020.
In other words, it's not just a series of tournaments - it's an open lab where we can all talk freely about the hands as we play (after the hands are over of course) - talking poker with friends is the number one recommended approach by most top pros for good reason. We all make each other better.
If I didn't care about getting better, or if I didn't care about others getting better before they went to the WSOP with some of my money, I would just hold a single satellite.
FINE DETAILS -
Tournaments also pay out on the day -
1st gets $100, 2nd gets $60
FINALE will award $1500 to first place plus up to $200 more in travel money.
Second place may get $1000 for a WSOP seat plus up to $100 more in travel money.
Exact payouts will be determined and agreed upon before the FINALE gets underway.
It is going to be tough to approximate a WSOP structure - as the starting stacks are now all huge and vary wildly. Here is what I had in mind.
30K to start. 20 minute levels.
100-100
100-200
200-300
Dinner break. (Big Blind Ante Now in Play)
200-400/400
300/600/600
400/800/800
600/1200/1200
800/1600/1600
Short break color up 100s & 500s
1000/2000/2000
1000/3000/3000
2000/4000/4000
3000/6000/6000
5000/10000/10000
8000/16000/16000
For the FINALE we would deepen the structure, adding 250/500, 500/1000, 4000/8000, 6000/12000 levels as well.
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