Well it's that time of year. We are pleased to announce that Royal Cup part VIII will be on Saturday April 24th 2010. Test your poker skills in this great day of poker. Your team could be the next champions. Take a crack at the 2 time defending champs Milton Rocks.
The Royal Cup of Poker VIII will take place at the same location as the last 7 Cups.
The Royal Cup is a team event, consisting of 8 players, in which each member of your team plays 3 different SNG's as well as one heads up NL match. Points are received based on finishing position in the SNG's and are accumulated between all your team members. The team with the highest point value at the end of the event are declared the champions. The point system is at the bottom of this thread for reference.
The schedule/blind structure will not change from what is posted below. Please arrive as early as possible
Schedule
10:00 - 10:30 Registration.
10:30-10:45 Rules. If you have questions before hand just ask.
CARDS FLY AT 10:45 Sharp.
Captains will collect their teams entry fees and pay me directly the full $400 amount.
Side pots are as usual. These are strictly optional but do add some fun to the day. The side pots are $2 each.
Our 50/50 Points draw is an event where you pull a players name out of a hat and if they are the days MVP you will split the pot with them. So the pot goes to the MVP and the person holding their card.
Also, each variation of poker that day will have a High Hand Jackpot.
Omaha
Stud
FL Holdem
NL Holdem
For all the SNGs you must show your hand to be eligible but a showdown does not need to occur. In the Hold em SNGs you must use your 2 hole cards to be eligible for the high hand jackpot.
So for $8 you can enter all the side pots.
10:45 - 1:45 Omaha/Stud
- Cards are in the air at 10:45am sharp if players are not there they will be blinded out.
PL Omaha Starting with 5000 Chips
15 min Blinds
25 50
50 100
100 200
150 300
Colour Up Break 10 mins
200 400
300 600
400 800
600 1200
800 1600
1000 2000
1500 3000
2000 4000
2500 5000
Basic Rules of Omaha are the same as Hold em with the exception of each player being dealt 4 pocket cards and when the showdown occurs the best hand must use 2 pocket cards and 3 community cards.
These will be the rules for the Stud SNGs
Antes are paid and then the dealer deals 2 cards down and one up per player
After the first three cards have been dealt, the player showing the lowest up card must make what is called a "bring-in" bet.
The bring-in bet, by the way, is the only significant time and place in poker where card suits come into play. The highest suit is spades, followed by hearts, diamonds, and clubs
After the action has been completed on the opening round, the dealer gives a face-up card to each player remaining in the game. The dealing will go in a tradition clockwise fashion. Unlike the first round, where the lowest hand was forced to start the action, in this second betting round, the highest hand on board has the option to start the betting; that is, the player showing the highest hand is called upon first to either bet or check.
On fifth street, you receive your third up card, and then there is a round of betting, again started by the highest hand on board. (This person may be different then the first bettor on 4th street).
Sixth street is virtually identical: an up card is dealt, the highest hand acts first.
The betting on seventh street is identical to sixth street, but the card dealt is the last card you will receive, and it is dealt face down.
There are 4 bets max per round unless heads up where the betting is unlimited.
All rounds of betting will be capped to four bets unless heads up where the betting is unlimited
5:00 to 6:00 Dinner
6:00 to 9:00 NL Hold em
NL will start at 6:00 sharp. Some FL games in the past limited the Dinner break for some. Have your teams pick something up for you if you are still in a battle.
NL Hold em Starting with 5000 Chips
15 min Blinds
25 50
50 100
100 200
150 300
200 400
Colour Up Break 10 mins
300 600
400 800
500 1000
600 1200
800 1600
1000 2000
1500 3000
2000 4000
2500 5000
9:00 to 11:00 NL Headsup
HU Matches should start as soon as you and your opponent are available. Grab a deck and some chips.
Heads Up Start with 5000 Chips
10 Hand Blinds
25 50
50 100
100 200
150 300
200 400
300 600 Capped
Closing Ceremonies. 11:00
PLEASE HAVE THE CHIP LEADER BUY UP ALL THE CHIPS FOR THE CHIP UPS. LEAVE THE LOWER DENOMINATION OF CHIPS IN A SAFE PLACE ON THE TABLE AS THEY WILL BE USED IN THE NEXT ROUND. THE STUD $5 CHIPS CAN BE ELIMINATED ALTOGETHER. THE CHIP LEADER AND THE SHORT STACK AT EACH TABLE ARE ASKED TO ENSURE THE CHIP UPS/CHIP RACE ARE COMPLETE ON THEIR TABLE (OF COURSE ANYONE WILLING TO HELP CAN)
REMEMBER THIS TOURNAMENT IS NUT FREE EVENT DUE TO SOME ALLERGY'S THANKS
Point System
DOH!! I just changed my avatar yesterday with the intention of advertising Ontario's second-most worthwhile poker event when moose informed me about this conflict.
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Originally Posted by Big Mike
I wish you all good luck. I just want to say I wish it were a different weekend.
I know I've only been to one RC but it was a blast. Ah well, there's always next time........
Any other weekend and I'm there for my 3rd consecutive Royal Cup event... but unfortunately the "Battle Of Ontario 2" has been in the plans for months, with this date set in stone several months ago...
For those who missed the first Battle Of Ontario (Toronto, Sept 2008), it had a smaller-than-anticipated turn-out, but several PCFers were in attendance including me, moose, Big Mike, DataMN, and Waltsfriend. We're expecting a much bigger turn-out at this year's event in Ottawa, including a few Ottawa-based pros... but I'm not supposed to say much about that yet.
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I mean, that gives an extra 15 mins. for breakfast, an extra 15 mins for kristy to look even hotter than usual (not sure if that is possible) , HBK would have an extra beer in them so would wolff. There would be a 1.4% better chance of the rocks showing up on time as we wouldn't alter their morning routine. And its just easier to tell my merry band of donks that the tournament starts at 11am not 10:45 so I dont have to hell for the 417th time the question of why does it start at 10:45?
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, HBK would have an extra beer in them so would wolff
. There would be a 1.4% better chance of the rocks showing up on time as we wouldn't alter their morning routine
. And its just easier to tell my merry band of donks that the tournament starts at 11am not 10:45 so I dont have to hell for the 417th time the question of why does it start at 10:45
?
