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 8.30pm exactly!

3 February, 2009

For 2009, Saturday night Texas Holdem tournaments will adopt a new format which will be a freeze out. All these tournaments will be £30 no limit, with 4000 deep stack starting chips, with the exception of the April, July and October events which will have an added twist of a bounty of £5 on your head (£35 entry fee). The Jarvis, County Cups, SAC, and Arthur’s 80th tournaments (Swiss events) will be a rebuy as last year’s format. All entry fees can be paid when registering for the backgammon or at any time before 8.30pm. Entries after 8.30pm will not be allowed. All the entry, rebuy and add-ons 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.

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):

Current standings for 2009

NB: To qualify for the payout, 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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Poker Grand Prix after the English Open, June 2009
Even when he's absent for the weekend, Myke Wignall is still hard to beat! He remains at the top with Paul Gilbertson still in 2nd place. John Hegde moves Tony Fawcett down (still not on form, eh Tony?) and Marcus Wrinch enters in 5th place and just into the money . . . for the moment.