2011 GPN Online Point System and Schedule

I apologize for not getting this information posted sooner (I thought I would have more time over the holidays to post this stuff).  The point system has been slightly revamped from last quarter as follows:

·       All players will receive Tournament Leader Board (TLB) points for every game that they play.

·       The points are determined using the same formula that Poker Star uses to determine their TLB points, which is:  TLB points = 10 * sqrt(P)/sqrt(F)…where P = number of players and F = how you finish.  For example, if 10 players play and you go out 5^th, then you would be awarded 14.14 points

·       There will be a quarterly TLB and a yearly TLB (for this first quarter, the yearly TLB will not be posted until the 2nd quarter as it will be the same as the first quarter points).

·       The leader board points are just meant to give regular players something to shoot towards and count for nothing more than “bragging rights”…if you are an occasional player and don’t want to commit to a weekly game, then come play when you can, and don’t worry about it if you can’t.

·       Again, this is open to friends and families…feel free to invite them.  Just email me with their PS user name, real name, and email.

·       Each game is $5.00 + $0.50 on Poker Stars and starts at 8pm on most Thursdays.

·       Schedule

o   The game is every Thursday except for every 3^rd Thursday of the month (as that is when GPN Live League plays).

o   The schedule for this year is listed in the table below.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
	01/13/11	04/07/11	07/07/11	10/06/11
	01/27/11	04/14/11	07/14/11	10/13/11
	02/03/11	04/28/11	07/28/11	10/27/11
	02/10/11	05/05/11	08/04/11	11/03/11
	02/24/11	05/12/11	08/11/11	11/10/11
	03/03/11	05/26/11	08/25/11	11/17/11
	03/10/11	06/02/11	09/01/11	11/24/11
	03/24/11	06/09/11	09/08/11	12/01/11
	03/31/11	06/23/11	09/22/11	12/08/11
		06/30/11	09/29/11	12/15/11

·        The yellow highlight dates in the table above indicate special game formats.  I’m thinking of changing up the format a bit on those dates…perhaps run a matrix event where we have 4 games running at the same time, or we play Omaha Hi/Lo, or we play HORSE, or we play 8-game.  I’m up for suggestions…pretty much every game that PS offers, we can schedule as a private tourney, so provide suggestions.  I think for the first highlighted event we will play a matrix event.

I think that’s it…nice call, good game and good luck!