WSOP Challenge 2011
1. The tournament series
consists of ten $20 Satellites w/rebuys, ten $180 ($160+20) Super Satellites
and a $1,300 ($1,200+100) Final Event which takes place on June 5th.
In the Super Satellites players can win direct access to the Final Event in form of a $1,300 seat or vouchers which can be combined and added up to pay for a full seat.
2. The Winner(s)
of the WSOP Challenge Final Event will receive $2,000 in cash for travel and hotel costs, plus a credit of $10,000 for the buy-in to the WSOP Main Event 2011 in Las Vegas.
If you win a $3,500 package you will receive the same $2,000 in cash to cover travel costs
plus a credit for a buy-in in either $1,500 WSOP event preceding the Main Event ($1,500).
3. The WSOP 2011 buy-in
to either $1,500 event or the Main Event is personal and non-transferable.
If the Winner(s) do(es) not show up in Las Vegas to sign up for the WSOP Event the entry fee(s)
will be added to the prize pool of the 3 Kings WSOP Challenge 2012.
4. Vouchers and seats
at the WSOP Challenge Final Event can be sold to anyone who has not yet won or bought a seat.
A player can win a second seat and start with a double chip stack at the Final Event.
Players already holding a Final Event seat can win vouchers and combine them to get a second seat.
If – at the end of the Super Satellite series – players have won vouchers for a combined value of more than $650 they will be allowed to “fill up” with cash to get a (second) seat,
if not they can cash in their vouchers at 100% of the value.
5. The money
in the Final Event prize pool will be divided into full WSOP packages of $12,000 each. Surplus money will be divided into packages of $3,500 to pay for a Vegas trip and buy-in to either WSOP $1,500 event. Any prize money left over will be paid in cash to the bubble player. Examples below:
Super Satellite: 14 players compete. The format is a freeze-out. The total pot is 14*$160 = $2,240, which will be awarded as 1 Final Event Seat ($1,300) to the winner and 1 voucher worth $940 to the runner-up.
Final Event: 17 players compete. The total pot is 17*$1,200 = $20,400 which will be awarded as 1 full WSOP Main Event package to the winner ($12,000), 2nd and 3rd place each receive WSOP packages worth $3,500,
4th place finisher gets $1,400 in cash
6. Playing dates:
| Date |
Event |
buy-in |
| 10-Nov |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 13-Nov |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 15-Dec |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 18-Dec |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 5-Jan |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 8-Jan |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 19-Jan |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 22-Jan |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 9-Feb |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 12-Feb |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 9-Mar |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 12-Mar |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 6-Apr |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 9-Apr |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 20-Apr |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 23-Apr |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 11-May |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 14-May |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 1-Jun |
Satellite |
$20 w/rebuys |
| 4-Jun |
Super Satellite |
$180 freeze-out |
| 5-Jun |
Final Event |
$1,300 freeze-out |
7. Format
Satellites
Satellites have a buy-in of $20, starting stack $2,500.
Re-buys allowed when holding $2,500 or less in chips.
1 optional add-on ($3,500) at the end of the third level.
The total pot is split in x amount of $180 seats for the Super Satellite plus cash for the bubble.
Super Satellites
Buy-in $180, starting stack $15,000
20 min.levels
Freeze-out format
Final Event June 5th
Buy-in $1,300, starting stack $20,000
30 min.levels
Freeze-out format
8. Rules and their enforcement
The official WSOP rules apply as the winner(s) may as well get used to them and be prepared.
For instance a busted player will have to leave the table before cards are dealt for the next hand, no table talk during a hand in progress etc. Sanctions will also be enforced against excessively rude behavior, violations of the “one-hand-one-player” rule, collusion etc. with the following penalties (not necessarily in that order): Warning, sitting out for a number of hands, disqualification
9. Guanacaste's Player of the Year
All WSOP 2011 Challenge events count towards the GPOY 2010/2011
