Info 2011

Tournament information Pokerfinnkampen 2011 – Main Event

To be able to participate in the tournament the player must be able to show a valid Passport at the time of Casino Registration. At the casino there is an age limit of 21 years. Clothing should be smart casual but during the tournament it is suggested that you also dress up in your national colors. Registration to Main Event closes on Friday the 28th of October at 23:00.

Pokerfinnkampen 2011 Main Event is played as a no limit Texas hold'em freeze-out tournament. The tournament is played individually but for the honor of your country. The tournament is categorized in three different ranking systems: Best Nation (national ranking), Best Player (individual ranking) and Best Terminator. To be eligible to play Pokerfinnkampen for one of the two participating nations you need to be a resident or a citizen of said nations.

Tables will as far as possible be balanced so that both countries has an equal representation of players at each table. During the tournament there is at least a 20 big blind ratio to average stack. Day 1 play will continue until a final table of 9 players is reached. Table seating redraws will be conducted when there is 3 and 1 table(s) remaining.

The Tournament Director and Floor Personnel are to consider the best interest of the game and fairness as the top priority in the decision-making process. Unusual circumstances may on occasion dictate that decisions in the interest of fairness take priority over the technical rules. The decisions of the Tournament Direct and/or Floor Personnel are final.

The tournament will start at 12:00 on Saturday the 29th of October and continue until final table is reached. On day two, Sunday the 30th of October, the tournament will start at 12:00 and finish by 15:00.

Payout structure

10€ from each participants contribution to the Prize pool will be withheld and presented to the winner of the terminator ranking prize. The reminding Prize pool will be distributed as follows:

National ranking system

The national score is given by adding all the individual scores together. In the event that there would be more players representing one nation than the other, the tournament is balanced in such way that the casino is not counting the ranking points and terminator chips for the first X amount of busted players of the nation with more players attending.

Example; The tournament starts with 65 Swedes and 62 Finns. Since the difference X here is three, the tournament director will instruct and ensure that the terminator chips from the 3 Swedes that busts first will be taken out of the game. Also, these three individual Swedes ranking points will not be contributing to the national score of the event.

Individual ranking system

Positional rank system - the score for each individual is based on multiplying the factors (A), (B) & (C).

Example: 130 participants, buy-in €350, final position 4th (A)=1, (B)=1, (C)=60 -> total points 1*1*60 = 60 points

Terminator ranking system

Players in the tournament will also receive 20 points for every person they eliminate that are not representing the same country as themselves and they will lose 10 points for every countryman they eliminate. This adds a lot to the national competition between Sweden and Finland!

Example: A player representing Sweden busts 3 Finns and 1 Swede. The terminator points for the player would then be: (3*20) + (1*-10) = 50 Terminator points.

Total ranking

All points (Individual + Terminator) will be added together in order to decide the total ranking winner and hence the actual Champion of Pokerfinnkampen 2011.

Tournament Structure Pokerfinnkampen Main Event

The tournament will continue day 1 until a final table of 9 players has been reached. Day 2 will begin as a final table only and the tournament clock will be reset from the beginning of level 20.