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Making A Point
Rules
When
Every Tuesday evening, with each Series starting the first Tuesday
of every third month (January, April, July, October). Registration
will begin at 6:15pm, players seated at 6:52pm, and cards dealt
at 7:00pm SHARP. The series will run for 12 weeks - 10 weekly
games and a Season Ending Tournament (SET) on the final two
Tuesday's of the Series. All games will be played at Southmead
Park in Oshawa (103 Kawartha Avenue), just off Simcoe St. S. in
Oshawa.
Cost
The cost for an entire Series is $190 for the full 3-month Series
All players must pay for all remaining weeks of the Series they
wish to register for – weekly payments will not be accepted.
Players may join the Series at any time, and a pro-rated fee will
apply, with the total cost depending on the week players join the
Series. If paid and are unable to attend, your blinds will be
posted until you either show up, or are blinded out, and all SET
chips accumulated will count. However, any points earned by
players not showing up will not be credited.
Points
As well as earning money, each weekly game will give every
player who has paid (including those who did not show up, or
“dead” players) points. These points will be transferred to chips
at the SET. The more points you accumulate, the more chips you
begin the SET with. “The dead” players points will count
towards chips for the SET (see below), but will not count in the
standings.
Series Ending Tournament (SET)
The SET is open to anyone who has participated in any the
weekly games for the Series, and will not cost a monetary fee.
However, a food donation will be required. All that is needed to
enter is to have earned a single point! There will be an average
of 30,000 chips per player in play at the SET. The amount of chips
given to each person at the start of the SET will depend solely on
the number of points accumulated through the weekly games.
This is determined using an exact ratio of points accumulated to
total points given out, and this ratio is then applied to the total
chips in play.
The Game
The game will be regulation No-Limit Hold’em Poker. For 1-11
people, there will be a single table. For 11+ players, tables will
be divided as equally as possible, with a maximum of 8 players
per table where at all possible. Tables will be merged when fair
and possible. Each player will start with 2500 chips. The blinds
will start small at 5 / 10 and increase every 10 minutes. Due to
the success of the Series, it has been decided that the game will
be split into two completely separate games. Thus, each week
there will be two winners, and two sets of prizes. The players
will be randomly seated each week, with each week having no
bearing on any other week in regards to seating. The final tables
will begin with 9 players.
Winnings
The weekly prize money will consist of $10 multiplied by the
number of players paid that week. Thus, if 35 players pay
(including those who paid in full in advance, but did not show
up), there will be $350 in prize money that week. The number
of prizes available to be won each week will depend on the
number of players who showed up to play that week. There will
be a prize for every 8 players, plus two extra prizes. Thus, if 35
players show up, there will be 6 prizes (1st through 6th). The
player with the highest point total at the end of the weekly
games will win a cash prize. In fact, at least the top 6 point
getters will win money. Prize money will be given to the top 10
finishers of the SET (those who have reached the final table, plus
the bubble). The amount of money to be divided will depend on
the numbers of participants during the weekly games.
High Hand
Each week, the OPS will award the player who achieved the
highest ranking hand of the night. The amount of this prize will
depend on the number of players participating that night, at $1
per player. 35 players, $35 for the High Hand. This cost is
included in your entry fee.
Last Man Standing
All players who play in a Series from the first week are
automatically entered into the Last Man Standing (LSM) contest.
Each week, a number of players are eliminated from the LSM.
This continues until Week 10 of each Series, where the last
player remaining wins a free entry into the next Series.
Royal Flush Jackpot
The OPS has a Royal Flush Jackpot that runs through ALL their
Tuesday OPS games. Any player who hits a Royal Flush using both
of their hole cards will win the jackpot. The prize begins at
$100, and increases $5 each week that it is not won. Should a
player hit a Royal Flush using only one of their hole cards, they
will win a $50 prize, and $50 will be removed from the jackpot.
This jackpot is included in all Tuesday OPS games, including the
SET, Freerolls and other “special games.”
Player of the Year
Each year, the OPS gives out a Player of the Year (PotY) award.
To determine the PotY, the OPS uses a complex formula which
takes into account each players weekly finish, points and
winnings. No updates on the PotY are given at any time during
the year, and the final results, which will include EVERY player
that participated in an OPS weekly game during the calendar
year, are counted down on our Oshawa Poker Series (OPS)
Facebook page. The winner of the PotY receives a free entry
into all 4 of the following year’s Series.
Discounts
The OPS is often asked to run events and tournaments for various
organizations. Players who are registered with the OPS at the
time of the event will receive discounts into these events and
tournaments. In order to get your discount, you must pay for
and show up at the event, and then show up for any OPS game
on Tuesday, where you will be refunded the amount of the
discount.