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TLPT Local Stars Invitational Tournament

2009 Local Stars InvitationalGroup Play:
The league members will take part in 6 preliminary tournaments (Group Play) randomly drawn.  At the end of these 6 events, the points are tallied and the pairings are finalized. Prize points are awarded as follows:

Winner: 10 points + 60% of prize pool
Runner-up: 7 points + 40% of Prize Pool
3rd place: 5 points
4th place: 3 points
5th place: 1 point
6th place: 0 points

In either an 18 or 24 person league, only the top 12 Advance. 
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Elimination Round of 12:
Players will start with T$25,000 chips for every point earned in the opening 6 tournaments. 
The 12 will be split down into 3 pools of 4 players. Seeds for this round will be based on performance in the Group Play. 
Table 1: Seeds # 1, 6, 7, 12  - Table 2: Seeds # 2, 5, 8, 11  - Table 3: Seeds # 3, 4, 9, 10 
Note:  Actual Seating is drawn at random prior to game play for EACH match.

Points & Prizes are awarded as follows:
Winner:  10 points + 100% prize pool
Runner-up: 7 points
3rd place: 4 points
4th place: 0 points

The points are accumulated from these 3 matches and the players with the highest points then progress to the quarter finals.

Quarter-finals
Players start with T$50,000 chips per point earned in the elimination round of 12.
The quarter-finals are 2 groups with 4 players in each group seeding is again based on performance from the previous round. 
Table 1: Seeds # 1, 4, 6, 8 -  Table 2:  Seeds # 2, 3, 5, 7

Each group will play 2 matches where the top two finishers from each group will advance to the semi-finals.

Points & Prizes are awarded as follows:
Winner:  10 points + 100% prize pool
Runner-up: 5 points
3rd place: 3 points
4th place: 0 points

Semi-finals:
The winners of the quarter-finals matches will start the semi-finals with T$1,000,000 in chips while the runners up will start with T$700,000.   These matches will be settles in a best two out of three heads up matches. The pairings are set up so that the winner of Table A plays the runner up of Table B and the winner of Table B plays the Runner up of Table A.

Finals:
The winners from the semi-final matches play each other for the title. Both players start with 1,000,000 in chips.  And the winner is crowned in a best two out of three heads up match.

Event Structure FAQ

Group Play Blind Structure:
Starting Chip Count: T$250,000 per player
Round 1: T$500 / T$1000
Round 2: T$1,000 / T$2,000
Round 3: T$1,500 / T$3,000
Round 4: T$2,000 / T$4,000
Round 5: T$2,500 / T$5,000
Break
Round 6: T$3,500 / T$7,000
Round 7: T$4,500 / T$9,000
Round 8: T$5,500 / T$11,000
Round 9: T$6,000 / T$12,000
Round 10:  T$8,000 / T$16,000
Break
CHIP-UP T$500 & T$1,000
Round 11:  T$10,000 / T$20,000
Round 12:  T$15,000 / T$30,000
Round 13:  T$20,000 / T$40,000
Round 14:  T$30,000 / T$60,000
Round 15:  T$40,000 / T$80,000
Round 16:  T$50,000 / T$100,000
Break
Round 17:  T$70,000 / T$140,000
Round 18:  T$100,000 / T$200,000
Round 19:  T$150,000 / T$300,000

All rounds last for 20 minutes. 
All Breaks last for 15 minutes.

 

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