Biba Poker Grand Prix 2012

 

updated 18 January, 2012

Click here for Grand Prix 2011 Placings & Fund

Click here for Grand Prix winner's table

 

2012 Details

All tournaments are no limit Texas Hold 'em with 5000 starting chips and one optional 2500-chip rebuy or add-on per player (details below). The entry fee is £30 and the re-buy / add-on costs £15. All entry fees can be paid when registering for the backgammon or at any time before 6:30pm. Entry after 6:30pm cannot be guaranteed.

The first three blind levels will be 30 minutes each, as follows:

25/50
50/100
75/150

 

During these three blind levels, a player whose stack stands at 2500 or fewer chips may, before the cards are dealt, choose to purchase 2500 additional chips for £15. Each player may exercise this option only once. At the end of this 90-minute period, players who have not yet bought additional chips may do so regardless of their stack sizes.

There is then a 15-minute break, after which the tournament continues as a freeze-out with no further chip purchases allowed.

The blind levels continue in 20-minute intervals:

100/200
200/400
300/600
400/800
600/1200
800/1600
1000/2000
1500/3000
2000/4000
3000/6000

 

and onward in proportion if required.

10% of the money taken at each tournament (rounded down to the nearest £5) will be held back to fund cash prizes for the top three Grand Prix performers at the end of the year. The remaining 90% will be divided among the top finishers, with the number of paid places depending on the total prize money. The details of this will be worked out in advance of the first event in January.

Poker Grand Prix Structure

 

Pos.
 Points
16th
15th
14th
13th
12th
11th
10th
9th
8th
7th
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
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The Poker Grand Prix functions as the Backgammon Grand Prix in that the leader after the November event will be the Poker Grand Prix Champion and the prize money accrued over the year will be paid out to the top three placed players thus: 1st 50%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 20%. To encourage (and reward) regular entry, the minimum number of events needed to qualify for a top three place will be five (out of a possible twelve). Each player's Grand Prix score will be the sum of his or her five highest tournament scores.

The December event will not be part of the Grand Prix, allowing freedom for a refreshing format change such as bounties and/or multiple re-buys, reflecting the generally distinctive character and festive spirit of the UK Finals weekend.

Points are scored as follows. With ten or more entrants, there will be a multi-table tournament, finishing with a final table of eight. Players receive a basic score according to their finishing position (e.g. in a sixteen-player tournament, 16 points are awarded for first place down to 1 for last place). In addition, the eight players who reach the final table are given bonuses from 1 to 8 points. So the full scores for a 16-player tournament are as detailed on the left.

When there are fewer than ten entrants, there will be a single-table tournament. The player in last place scores 1 point, the next 3 points, the next 5, and so forth. So in a nine-player event, the winner scores 17, the runner-up 15, and so on down to 1 point for 9th place.

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Poker Grand Prix Championship 2012

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.

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Following the final event, bwin.com/wsob Bright 'n' Breezy, 13-15 January, 2012

David Horner got off to a good start, so good that that he changed his Temporary membership to Full in order to have his score (and all other backgammon scores and awards) count towards the Championship!

Considering that Roy Hollands slipped and fell prior to the weekend starting, causing damage to his face and head that required hospital attention, he did very well in the poker. It'll take more than a blow to head to keep ex-boxer, Roy down for long, even if he is fast approaching 90 years old!

 

Click here for annual winner's list

 

Poker Grand Prix Championship 2012

(13 Full entrants : 11 Temporary entrants)

Players can 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

Players in red below are Temporary members and their points do not count

towards the Poker Grand Prix Championship (see here for reference)

Fund = £105
GP
Player
Events
Top 5 (or fewer) scores

£52.50
£31.50
£21.00

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David Horner
Roy Hollands
Marcus Wrinch
Julian Minwalla
Ann Pocknell
Jerry Limb
Rosey Bensley
John Wright
Mick Vacarey
Anabel Carrington
Paul Christmas
Mark Calderbank
Myke Wignall


Ali Farzan
Dan Tutchings
Clive Martin-Ross
Mo Vafaei
Andrew Gibson
George Hall
Tony Walters
Ryan Peyman
Andy Darby
Ray Fard
Vicki Pemberton

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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
Poker Grand Prix 2010

Andy Darby
Simon K Jones
Lawrence Powell

Poker Grand Prix 2011
Andy Darby
Lawrence Powell
Marcus Wrinch

 

2011: Andy Darby