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Whitehall
Vegas-in-the-Ville: Rio Carni-Ville
Saturday September 24, 2011
CHARITABLE POKER TOURNAMENT RULES
(GRAND PRIZE BASED UPON NUMBER OF ENTRANTS / PLAYERS)
$125 Entry Fee:
- $25
Admission Fee (Entitles players to General Admission)
- $100
Initial Buy-in (Entire buy-in paid to winners)
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or -
$180
Entry Fee:
- $80
VIP Admission Fee (V I P access grants you access to the formal
garden where there are special private gaming tables. You will
get access to a private V I P bartender, complimentary beverages,
upgraded cuisine and a respite from the crowd during and after
the tournament. This is how the good life lives!)
- $100
Initial Buy-in (Entire buy-in paid to winners)
Remember,
this is for charity. Let's have fun!
Rules
Disorderly
conduct or action detrimental to the experience for all players
is not tolerated. The Hosts reserve the right to remove disorderly
players - regardless of where they stand in the chip-count. Any
player so removed forfeits his/her entry fee and his/her chips
will be retired from play. There is no smoking in any building
or under any tented area.
- Check-in
starts at 5:00 pm. Play will begin at 6:00pm. Entrants will
be assigned to a table through a random drawing, with 8-10
players per table. The tournament is played until one player
has all the chips, or the time limit is reached. If the winner
has not been determined by the time limit expiration, the
winners will be determined by chip count (see below).
- Chip
Stack: Each player will begin with $3,000 worth of chips,
distributed at Check-In: After the contestant enters the playing
area, all chips must be visibly displayed at all times and
cannot me removed from the playing area. Tournament workers
will provide security if you leave the table. Absolutely no
co-mingling or sharing of chips between players (violation
will result in immediate forfeit).
- Re-buys:
There are NO REBUYS during this tournament.
- Add-On:
At any time up to the first intermission, each player is entitled
to purchase an additional $2,000 in chips at the cost of $50.
Each player is limited to one add-on. To be eligible, a player
must have at least one chip in his/her possession at the time
of purchase.
- Chip
Race: From time to time, we will "color up" chips
by replacing lower denomination chips ($25, $50, etc.) with
higher ($500, $1000, etc.). As chips are taken out of play,
the odd chip(s) at each table will go into a pot. A card drawing
will be held and the odd chips will be awarded to the player
with high card. Those chips will then be replaced with higher
denomination chips.
- Full
Tables: As the tournament progresses and players are eliminated,
tournament "pit bosses" will combine tables and
try to maintain an equal number of players at the remaining
tables. Players going from a broken table to fill in seats
assume the rights and responsibilities of the position. The
can get the big blind small blind or dealer button.
- Seat
Position/Dealing: Dealing will be handled by the players,
until the last table at which time one of the Pit Bosses will
deal. The dealer button and seat position for the first hand
will be randomly determined. One card will be dealt to each
player - the recipient of the highest card deals the first
hand. The remaining players will rearrange their positions
at the table and sit to the left of the dealer in order, high
card to lowest. If two or more players draw the same card,
the first card dealt gets the higher value.
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Blinds
The game will be played with two blinds (the "Little
blind" and the "Big blind"). The Big Blind
will start at $50 and the Little Blind will be $25. The
blinds will be increased every 20 minutes (See schedule
below). A player who cannot pay 100% of a Blind is simply
"All In."
- Betting:
The minimum bet is equal to the value of the Big Blind.
| Round |
Little |
Big |
Ante* |
Color Up |
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1 |
25 |
50 |
0 |
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2 |
50 |
100 |
0 |
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3 |
100 |
200 |
0 |
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4 |
150 |
300 |
0 |
$25 Green Chips$50 Red Chips |
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5 |
300 |
600 |
0 |
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| BREAK |
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6 |
500 |
1,000 |
0 |
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7 |
800 |
1,500 |
0 |
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8 |
1,000 |
2,000 |
0 |
$100 Black Chips |
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9 |
1,500 |
3,000 |
0 |
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10 |
2,000 |
4,000 |
0 |
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| BREAK |
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11 |
3,000 |
6,000 |
0 |
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12 |
4,000 |
8,000 |
0 |
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13 |
5,000 |
10,000 |
0 |
$500 Purple Chips |
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14 |
7,500 |
15,000 |
0 |
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BREAK BEFORE FINAL TABLE
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15
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10,000
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20,000
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0
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16
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15,000
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30,000
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0
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* Each Player pays ante, including the blinds
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Final Table:
a. When the tournament is down to its final 10 players, the
"Final Table" round will begin.
b. The seat position and dealer button for the final table
will be randomly determined (See Rules No. 6 and 7).
c. Players at the Final Table will play until a chip winner
has emerged or Rule No. 12 (Time Limit Rule) is invoked.
d. If two or more players get eliminated in the same hand,
the player who started the hand with the most chips gets the
higher finish and awarded the corresponding prize for that
placement.
e. When two players remain in the tournament, the player due
to receive the big blind will do so and the player in the
small blind position will inherit the dealer button.
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Prizes: 100% of all players' initial entry fees (buy-in) will
be placed into the prize pool. (The $25 Admission fee is not
part of the prize pool.) The prize structure is based approximately
on the following distribution and will be announced at the
first break.
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# Players
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35
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to
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44
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45
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to
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54
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55
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to
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64
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65
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to
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74
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75
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to
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84
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Prizes
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$3,500
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$4,400
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$4,500
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$5,400
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$5,500
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to
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$6,400
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$6,500
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to
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$7,400
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$7,500
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to
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$8,400
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# Pay Outs
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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1
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$1,750
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to
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$2,200
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$2,025
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to
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$2,430
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$2,338
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to
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$2,720
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$2,600
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to
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$2,960
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$2,925
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to
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$3,276
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2
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$875
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to
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$1,100
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$1,125
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to
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$1,350
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$1,114
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to
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$1,296
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$1,300
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to
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$1,480
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$1,425
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to
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$1,596
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3
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$525
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to
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$660
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$675
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to
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$810
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$935
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to
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$1,088
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$1,040
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to
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$1,184
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$1,125
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to
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$1,260
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4
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$350
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to
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$440
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$450
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to
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$540
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$660
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to
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$768
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$715
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to
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$814
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$750
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to
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$840
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5
|
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$225
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to
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$270
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$275
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to
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$320
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$455
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to
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$518
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$525
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to
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$588
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6
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$179
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to
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$208
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$260
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to
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$296
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$375
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to
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$420
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7
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$130
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to
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$148
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$225
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to
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$252
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8
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$150
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to
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$168
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9
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10
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Total
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$3,500
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to
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$4,400
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$4,500
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to
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$5,400
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$5,500
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to
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$6,400.00
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$6,500
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to
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$7,400
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$7,500
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to
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$8,400
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