The 2005 Bristol Street Merry Xmas Maddness
No-Limit Hold'em Tournament
Friday, Dec 30th at 7pm.
The gift giving season IS BACK!!! The Xmas season is all about gift giving (and getting!) and beating those mad rushes to get the best gifts while the clock ticks down to Christmas Eve. The Bristol Street Merry Xmas Maddness tournment contains all the best (and worst) aspects of the season and should make for that tournament that's... very interesting. (Please note, to celebrate the coming New Year, this tournament is a little less serious that some of the others) The details....
$5 Entry for 1,000 chips.
Unl. rebuys in the first 4 levels (2 hours); $5 for 1,000 (you must bust out to rebuy!)
One add-on available at the end of Level 4. $5 for an extra 2,000 chips.
And... a Bag 'o Presents available at every table!!
Payout: 1st: 45%, 2nd: 25%, 3rd: 15%, 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%
Maximum number of Players: 32 - 4 tables of eight (Please RSVP)
At the beginning of the tournament, each table recieves one "
Bag 'o Presents". If you play a hand down to the river and one of your hole cards is the "
2 of Hearts" -OR- the "
A of Spades". You must pull one present (at random) from the Bag 'o Presents. Each Bag will contain the following...
One green 25 chip
Two black 100 chips
Four purple 500 chips
Two yellow 1,000 chips
Two "Special" White chips
Two "Special" Blue chips
Two "Special" Red chips
Two "Special" Light-Blue chips
Two "Special" Pink chips
Two "Special" Orange chips
Two "Special" Grey chips
The "Special" Chips. White - "Merry Christmas!" - The player pulling this chip may exchange it for one free re-buy or add-on.
Blue - "Secret Santa!" - The player pulling this chip is feeling especially generous and will be moving All-In blind on the very next hand
Red - "Gift Exchange!" - The player pulling this chip, exchanges all their chips with the all the chips of the player to thier left.
Light Blue - "Don't open your Presents Early!" - If this chip is pulled before the first break, you get a green 25 chip from the bank. If it's pulled after the first break, it counts as it's value (5,000)
Pink - "Christmas in Omaha" - At any point, trade in this chip for 2 more hole cards. Use any combination of the board cards and your four hole cards to make the best hand.
Orange - "Presents for Everyone!" - Give each player from the table a number of chips from your stack equaling the total of the blinds. Start with the player on your left and go clockwise around the table.
Grey - "Bah Humbug!" - Keep this chip until you win a pot. While you have this chip you only get dealt one hole card.
Special rules for the "Bag 'o Presents"
1. You do not need to win the hand at showdown in order to claim a present. (But you do have to show your cards!) Your hand needs to either be still in play after the final round of betting, or All-In with at least one caller.
2. If you bust out (but win a present), the present you've drawn is appiled after you re-buy. If you choose not to re-buy, you don't pull a present. If it's after the rebuy period and you bust out. You are still in the game with only the chip you pull from the bag. (We'll call it a "Last Minute Xmas Gift")
3. If you pull a present that's already been coloured up... the present is discarded. Tough luck! Feel free to shout, "Bah, Humbug!"
4. The white, red and blue chips will be removed from the bag during the first break. For each one removed a yellow chip (1,000) will be put back in. Pink and Grey Chips get replace by Orange (2,000) chips.
5. If a table collapses and there are still presents on it, the presents are discarded. We will randomly determine the tables to be broken down, players will re-draw seats as each table collapse.
Blind Schedule (30 minute levels for 1->4, 20 minutes per level thereafter)
Level 1: 25-25
Level 2: 25-50
Level 3: 50-75
Level 4: 50-100
(BREAK: Race off the green 25 chips. Complete add-ons. Clean up the Bag 'O Presents)
Level 5: 100-200
Level 6: 150-300
Level 7: 200-400
Level 8: 300-600
(BREAK 10 minutes)
Level 9: 400-800
Level 10: 600-1,200
Level 11: 800-1,600
(BREAK: Race off the black 100 chips)
Level 12: 1,000-2,000
Level 13: 1,500-3,000 **estimated end of tournament
Level 14: 2,000-4,000
Level 15: 3,000-6,000
Level 16: 4,000-8,000
Level 17: 6,000-12,000
Level 18: 8,000-16,000
Level 19: 10,000-20,000
(Note: breaks after 100 race off will be on an as-needed basis)
Tournament Strategy.
With higher than normal starting blinds, your goal should be to double or triple through early. I'm keeping the cost of tournament and the rebuys low to help encourage lots of rebuys and to keep the attitude a fun one! Once the first break is done and the bag of presents are exhausted, play will obviously get more serious, but I really wanted to have a fun, crazy tournament to end the year. (So, if wild loose play with lots of bad suck-outs will greatly annoy you... you may want to skip this one.) With the requirement of needed to showdown the "2 of hearts", going for a present is a risky proposition! The payoff may be really good... or really bad.
So, what's the ultimate strategy......? HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please RSVP your spot, please send me a message. If there's a question you have, or if you discover a rules inconsistancy, please let me know! All tourneys at Bristol Street are rake free.
Rob.
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