Las Vegas Team Challenge - New Season

[morlspin]

Following the enormous success of the original Las Vegas Team Challenge, we are delighted to announce the imaginatively named “Las Vegas Team Challenge II”, a bigger, better and more rewarding team poker event. We are offering at least $42,000 of prizes packages, plus some added value prizes to be awarded at the live final. Prizes First prize is a Las Vegas package worth $24,000, which equates to $6,000 per player in the winning team. Second prize is a European package worth $12,000 which equates to $3,000 per player in the runner up team. There is a further prize of a $6,000 Las Vegas package for the winner of the coveted Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. And as if that is not enough, the Live Final will feature over $6,000 in extra prizes. What is the Las Vegas Team Challenge II? It is an online team league, running from Monday 14th March 2011 to Thursday 19th May 2011. Each week there will be two league games taking place online, where 50% of the prize pool generated is retained to fund the Live Final Prizes. The other 50% is paid out to players as per the payout structures further down this page. Each week players earn points, which are totalled up to create a running total for your team. These points are converted into the starting stack, if you and your team qualify for the Live Final on the weekend of 28th and 29th May 2011. A player’s best score from the two league games, will be added to their team total. This means a player can choose to play in either or both of the weekly league games. The points structure for the weekly league games is further down this page, and varies dependant on the number of players in the league game. Teams must be between 2 and 4 players in the last date for team registration is Sunday 24th April, which gives enough time for the whole team to play in all 8 tournaments, over the remaining 4 weeks to qualify for the Live Final. Submit your team here. Where is the Live Final and what will it be like? The live final will be held at Circus Casino, Star City, Birmingham, B7 5SA. It will be a 2 day event and will start at 2.15pm on Saturday 28th May, finishing late on Sunday 29th May 2011. Players will play poker, having been initially drawn where possible on different tables to your team members, and will earn points (see further down) which go towards your team’s Live Final score. The team with the most points wins the $24,000 Las Vegas Team package, the runner up team wins a $12,000 European package. The prize pool to fund these packages is generated by us retaining 50% of the prize pools from the weekly league tournaments. In the event of there being any extra money in the pot, we will pay this out to individual players in the Live Final as per the payout structure on the Final Event page. In the event of their being less money in the pot than the $42,000 needed for the Main Event prizes and MVP Prize, we’ll make up the difference! Furthermore, we will be offering an additional prize of a Palm Beach Big Game seat package, worth over $2,250 for the player that wins the Live Final outright, plus another $4,000 in runner up prizes, in addition to bounties on certain player’s heads and a superb freeroll on the Sunday for those eliminated players. See the Live Final page for more information. In order to qualify to represent your team at this fabulous Live Final, you simply need to have played in at least 8 of the weekly tournaments. There are 10 rounds in total with 20 tournaments taking place. Note: A player joining late, or one who has missed some rounds is able to ‘catch up’ by playing both games in a single round, but only their best points score each week will contribute to their team total. Read all about the Live Final in more detail here. Most Valuable Player (MVP) The Most Valuable Player (MVP) prize is a fantastic $6,000 Las Vegas Package, and will be awarded to the Las Vegas Team Challenge II MVP. Individual Player points, earned during the 10 weeks of competition will be divided by 100 and will form your League MVP points for the Live Final. The Live Final points you earn will be added to your League MVP Points to create your overall MVP Points total. The player with the most points, wins the $6,000 Las Vegas Package. In the event of the winning MVP Playoff player also being part of the winning team, the MVP winner will be offered an alternative package so they can take advantage of both. Example; Paul earns 20,000 points during the 10 weeks of competition. He starts the Live Final with 200 MVP Points. Karl earns 15,000 points during the 10 weeks of competition. He starts the Live Final with 150 MVP Points. Gary earns 12,200 points during the 10 weeks of competition. He starts the Live Final with 122 MVP Points. Karl has to finish 51 points better off (51 places higher) than Paul to beat his Live Final MVP score, assuming they both finish in the top 100. Gary has too finish 29 points better off (29 places higher) than Karl, and 79 points better off (79 places higher) than Paul to beat them both to the MVP crown, assuming they all finish in the Top 100. If Paul finishes outside the top 100, Karl still has to finish 49th to beat Paul’s score. League Games Schedule There are 10 Rounds, each with 2 available games, one at 19:30 on Monday nights and one at 19:30 on Thursday nights. Therefore players are able to play in up to 20 tournaments. A player’s best score from each round counts towards their team total, so if Bob plays on Monday and scores 1000 points, and plays again on Thursday in the same Round, and scores 1500 points, he will generate 1500 points for his team and for his individual total.

Round	Day	Date	Game	Buy In	Fee	Type
RD 1	Mon	14/03/2011	NLHE	-	-	$5 Rebuy
	Thu	17/03/2011	NLHE	-	-	$5 Rebuy
RD 2	Mon	21/03/2011	NLHE	$10.00	$1.00	Freezeout
	Thu	24/03/2011	NLHE	$10.00	$1.00	Freezeout
RD 3	Mon	28/03/2011	PLO	$10.00	$1.00	$10 Rebuy
	Thu	31/03/2011	PLO	$10.00	$1.00	$10 Rebuy
RD 4	Mon	04/04/2011	NLHE	$10.00	$1.00	$10 Rebuy
	Thu	07/04/2011	NLHE	$10.00	$1.00	$10 Rebuy
RD 5	Mon	11/04/2011	NLHE	$20.00	$2.00	Freezeout
	Thu	14/04/2011	NLHE	$20.00	$2.00	Freezeout
RD 6	Mon	18/04/2011	NLHE	$20.00	$2.00	Freezeout
	Thu	21/04/2011	NLHE	$20.00	$2.00	Freezeout
RD 7	Mon	25/04/2011	PLO	$20.00	$2	$20 Rebuy
	Thu	28/04/2011	PLO	$20.00	$2	$20 Rebuy
RD 8	Mon	02/05/2011	NLHE	$20.00	$2	$20 Rebuy
	Thu	05/05/2011	NLHE	$20.00	$2	$20 Rebuy
RD 9	Mon	09/05/2011	NLHE	$30	$3.00	Freezeout
	Thu	12/05/2011	NLHE	$30	$3.00	Freezeout
RD 10	Mon	16/05/2011	NLHE	$30	$3.00	$20 Rebuy
	Thu	19/05/2011	NLHE	$30	$3.00	$20 Rebuy

A Player must play at least 8 of the weekly tournaments. There are 10 rounds in total with 20 tournaments taking place. Note: A player joining late, or one who has missed some rounds is able to ‘catch up’ by playing both games in a single round, but only their best points score each week will contribute to their team total. League Points (Chip Points) Points are awarded to individual players based on finishing position, with an individual’s highest score each round being added to their team total. The points earned by a team will determine the number of chips they receive at the live final, see Live Final page for details. Points earned also determine which 10 players reach the MVP playoff and how many chips they start with.

10 to 49 Entrants

Position	Rounds 1 to 4	Rounds 5 to 8	Rounds 9 & 10
1st	1000	1500	2250
2nd	750	1000	1750
3rd	500	750	1000
4th	350	500	800
5th	300	400	600
6th	250	300	450
7th	200	300	350
8th	150	200	250
9th	100	125	175
10th	50	75	125
11th to 20th	25	50	100

50 to 100 Entrants

Position	Rounds 1 to 4	Rounds 5 to 8	Rounds 9 & 10
1st	2000	3000	4500
2nd	1500	2250	3375
3rd	1000	1500	2250
4th	750	1125	1700
5th	600	900	1350
6th	500	750	1125
7th	400	600	900
8th	300	450	675
9th	200	300	450
10th	100	150	225
11th to 20th	75	110	165
21st to 30th	50	75	110
31st to 50th	25	35	50
41st to 50th	10	15	25

101 to 250 Entrants

Position	Rounds 1 to 4	Rounds 5 to 8	Rounds 9 & 10
1st	3000	4500	6750
2nd	2250	3375	5000
3rd	1500	2250	3375
4th	1000	1500	2250
5th	800	1200	1800
6th	650	975	1500
7th	575	875	1300
8th	450	675	1000
9th	350	525	800
10th	250	375	550
11th to 20th	200	300	450
21st to 30th	125	185	275
31st to 50th	100	150	225
41st to 50th	75	110	165
51st to 60th	55	85	130
61st to 70th	45	65	100
71st to 80th	35	55	80
81st to 90th	25	30	45
91st to 100th	10	15	25

More than 251 Entrants

Position	Rounds 1 to 4	Rounds 5 to 8	Rounds 9 & 10
1st	3500	5500	8250
2nd	2500	3750	5500
3rd	1750	2625	4000
4th	1250	1875	3000
5th	1000	1500	2250
6th	800	1200	1800
7th	650	975	1400
8th	500	750	1125
9th	400	600	900
10th	300	450	675
11th to 20th	250	375	550
21st to 30th	150	225	350
31st to 50th	125	185	275
41st to 50th	100	150	225
51st to 60th	75	110	165
61st to 70th	50	75	110
71st to 80th	40	60	90
81st to 90th	30	45	70
91st to 100th	20	30	45

Note: The minimum number of players needed for a weekly league game to start is 10. Players are able to play either or both events in each round, however only their best score will count towards their personal or team total. Weekly League Games Payout Structure The Prize Pool generated per Event, will be subject to a 50% deduction (which funds the Live Final Prize Pool) and will be paid out thus:

Position	10-50 Runners	51-150 Runners	151-250 Runners	251-350 Runners	351-450 Runners	451-550 Runners
1st	35.00%	30.00%	30.00%	29.00%	28.00%	27.00%
2nd	25.00%	19.00%	19.00%	19.00%	18.00%	18.00%
3rd	18.00%	13.00%	12.50%	12.70%	12.50%	12.50%
4th	13.00%	10.00%	9.80%	9.80%	9.60%	9.60%
5th	9.00%	8.00%	7.20%	7.20%	7.20%	7.10%
6th		6.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%
7th		5.00%	4.00%	3.70%	3.70%	3.50%
8th		4.00%	3.00%	2.70%	2.70%	2.50%
9th		3.00%	2.00%	1.90%	1.90%	1.70%
10th		2.00%	1.50%	1.50%	1.50%	1.30%
11th to 20th			0.60%	0.40%	0.38%	0.37%
21st to 30th				0.35%	0.33%	0.32%
31st to 40th					0.28%	0.27%
41st to 50th						0.22%

Due to the nature of the prize pool, the payouts will be made manually, within 24 hours.

[andybell666]

Re: Las Vegas Team Challenge - New Season i am up for playing if anyone wants to form a team?

[Haichan]

Re: Las Vegas Team Challenge - New Season I was orginally going to opt out. However they have changed the format. Final table will all be paid. In addition you only have to play 8 of the 20 events as their are 2 a week but only your best weekly score counts towards the final. Finally as we saw at the last final, starting with a chip disadvantage as we did is no problem. In effect even if you play every week you will be buying into the final for $90 this time. Last time it was $150. With a wider range of prizes I think its better value this time. So Andy happy to join you in a team

[spike]

Re: Las Vegas Team Challenge - New Season guys if your are still looking for people to join a team, I'm looking to play in this so happy to join up with you as well