Biba Poker Grand Prix 2010

updated 6 July, 2010

Conditions of Entry

Entrants into the Poker Grand Prix must be Biba members and must be registered to play in the backgammon before being allowed to enter the poker. The initial poker fee can be collected during the backgammon registration by admin staff on the front desk - however, the final entry time will be 6.30pm exactly!

Click here for Grand Prix 2010 Placings & Fund

Click here for Grand Prix winner's table

2010

All tournaments will be £35 no limit Texas Hold 'em, with 4000 deep stack starting chips. All entry fees can be paid when registering for the backgammon or at any time before 6.30pm. Entries after 6.30pm will not be allowed. All the entry fees will be returned in prizes minus 10% rake off for the end of the year.

The blinds will start at 25/50 and rise to 50/100 after 20/30 minutes and 100/200 after a second 20/30 minutes, Thereafter the blinds will increase every 20 minutes according to either schedule.


150/300 200/400 300/600 500/1000 700/1500 1000/2000
1500/3000 2000/4000 3000/6000 5000/10000 7500/15000 10000/20000
15000/30000 20000/40000 30000/60000 50000/100000 75000/150000 100000/200000

and onward in proportion if required.

10% of the prize fund at each tournament will be held back to fund cash prizes for the top three Grand Prix performers at the end of the year. The remainder will be divided as follows (if there are fewer than 30 players):

1st
50%
2nd
30%
3rd
20%
If there are 30 players or more the split will be . . .
1st
40%
2nd
25%
3rd
20%
4th
10%
5th
5%

 

Pos.
 Points
16th
15th
14th
13th
12th
11th
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12 (+3)
14 (+4)
16 (+5)
18 (+6)
20 (+7)
22 (+8)
24 (+9)
26 (+10)

The poker grand prix is to function as the backgammon grand prix inasmuch as the leader after the December event will be the Poker Grand Prix Champion and the prize money accrued over the year will be paid out according to the listing to the Top Five placed players thus: 1st 40%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 20%, 4th 10% and 5th 5%. To encourage (and reward) regular entry the qualifying minimum number of events needed to qualify for a Top Five place will be five (out of a possible 12). Once a player reaches five entries they can replace lower scores with higher ones.

Players making the final 8 will get bonus points of 3 to 10 for position 8th to 1st. Thus in a 16-player tourney the last-placed person scores 1 point, second to last 2 points, third to last 3 points and so on until we reach 8th place where the bonus kicks in and 8th place gets 12 points and 9th 8 points. It is recognised that making the 'final' table is an achievement and is therefore rewarded by the new points allocation.
.
.



Poker Grand Prix Championship 2010

NB: To qualify for the Championship, players must enter a minimum of 5 events.

If a player enters more than 5, then the GP points will be their 5 highest points total.

#

Poker Grand Prix Championship following the Biba World Championship, 7 July, 2010

Although Vicki remains at #1, Lawrence Powell and Mark Calderbank (swapping positions) are snapping at her heels and it is going to be very difficult for her to remain in the top five for much longer without a couple of big wins.  Andy Darby drops down to #5 as Simon K Jones takes over his #4 slot and Phil Tutchings is just elbowed out.

We are just halfway through now (it ends in December), so there is bound to be a few more changes in the Top 5 as each entrant jockies for position.

Click here for annual winner's list

Poker Grand Prix Championship 2010

(43 entrants)

Players can now see which (if any) scores they can drop to better their GP Total

The score to drop is the first shown after 5 results (Qualifying) have been posted

Fund = £370
GP
Player
Events
Top 5 (or fewer) scores
£148.00
£92.50
£74.00
£37.00
£18.50
106
101
99
97
90
77
53
45
44
43
80
67
44
39
37
31
31
29
26
25
25
23
23
20
17
15
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
9
9
8
7
6
5
5
3
3
2
Vicki Pemberton
Lawrence Powell
Mark Calderbank
Simon K Jones
Andy Darby
Phil Tutchings
Myke Wignall
George Hall
Marcus Wrinch
Mick Harris
Rosey Bensley
Tony Fawcett
Dan Tutchings
Martin Barkwill
John Wright
Rob Tutchings
Paul Gilbertson
Carl Dell
Al Hogg
Ann Pocknell
Dave McNamara
Paul Lamford
Vaidas Novicenko
Jonathan Frame
Raj Jansari
John Batty
Billy Sharp
John Hedge
Paul Gillam
Cecilia Sparke
John Frame
Chris Evans
Eddie Barker
Mick Vacarey
Danny Cohen
Julian Fetterlein
Angie Dell
Stewart Pemberton
Kevin Stebbing
Tony Lee
Carol
Roy Hollands
Alexis Hogg

Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
15 + 19 + 21 + 22 + 29
17 + 18 + 20 + 21 + 25
16 + 18 + 19 + 23 + 23
8 + 8 + 25 + 27 + 29
5 + 12 + 18 + 22 + 33
8 + 14 + 16 + 17 + 22
5 + 7 + 10 + 15 + 16
4 + 6 + 7 + 13 + 15
3 + 5 + 8 + 13 + 15
3 + 3 + 9 + 14 + 14
1 + 21 + 27 + 31
9 + 11 + 20 + 27
20 + 24
6 + 9 + 24
2 + 14 + 21
1 + 12 + 18
6 + 6 + 19
10 + 19
26
4 + 5 + 8 + 8
25
23
23
20
17
2 + 13
14
1 + 12
12
11
10
10
10
1 + 2 + 2 + 4
9
8
7
6
1 + 4
5
3
3
2

.

Poker Grand Prix 2006

Myke Wignall

Tony Lee

Paul Gilbertson
Poker Grand Prix 2007

Tony Fawcett

Paul Gilbertson

Paul Watts

Poker Grand Prix 2008
Paul Gilbertson
Tony Fawcett
Myke Wignall
Poker Grand Prix 2009
Myke Wignall
John Hedge
Rosey Bensley