The Tournament of Champions is where the best of the best square off in a playoff series of games to determine the All inPlay Draw Poker Grandmaster. Those who have had their names etched onto the Millionaire's club are eligible to compete. Everyone is invited to follow the action and listen to the live broadcast of the finals round (to take place on Saturday, August 27, at 4:00 pm US Eastern/1:00 pm US Pacific/2000 GMT).
Badger, Cougar, Cyber Blink, Dutch, Hastler, Jackie Girl, Jazz, Jennifer, King with an Ax, Letty, Mags, PokeChop, Rebel, Rickster, Robbin Hood, Rocky, Scottie, Shadowcole, Start Button, Sweetness, Trixter, Visionary, Wolf, and X Sighted.
Deadline for qualifying for the Tournament of Champions. To qualify, a player must either a) already have their name in the Millionaire's Club or b) have more than a million chips and have emailed support@allinplay.com to request a reset.
All inPlay will send out invitations to all qualified participants using the email addresses associated with their accounts. Due to the bugginess of the Internet and anti-spam software, it is possible some qualified members will not find the invitation in their in-box. If this is the case, they may feel free to email support@allinplay.com or call 413-585-9690 to let All inPlay know they wish to play. When All inPlay receives an acceptance, we will send back an email confirmation.
All inPlay will publish the list of those players who we know to have accepted the invitation. This will allow all qualified players a chance to make sure their name is on the list. If it is not, they may feel free to email support@allinplay.com or call 413-585-9690 to let All inPlay know they wish to play. The list of confirmed contestants will appear on this page in the section titled "Official List of Contestants."
Deadline for players to have informed All inPlay of their intent to participate. If any last-minute invitation acceptances come in, the Official List of Contestants (on this web page) will be updated within 24 hours of the deadline.
The "Playoff Round" of the Tournament of Champions begins. This round is open to all contestants and runs for four hours. Players begin with 100,000 "Silver Bars." All tables will have the following rules: ante=1000, betting style=no limit, maximum number of raises per round=5. At the end of this round the ten players with the most silver bars will earn the title "Poker Prince" (or "Poker Princess," as appropriate <smile>).
The "Semifinals Round" of the Tournament of Champions begins. This round is open to the Poker Princes/Princesses. Players begin this round with 100,000 "Gold Bars." All tables will have the following rules: ante=2000, betting style=no limit, maximum number of raises per round=6. At the end of this round the four players with the most gold bars will earn the title "Masters."
The "Finals Round" of the Tournament of Champions begins. This round is open to the top four players from the prior round. Should one or more of the top four be unable to participate due to a conflict, their seat in the finals will be given to the next highest scoring player. The finals will be broadcast live (subject to availability of our broadcasters For-The-People and WBBY) for the entire community and anyone else interested to enjoy.
Rules for the Finals Round
- The objective of the finals round is to bankrupt one's opponents.
- This round is open to the Masters only.
- Finalists begin this round with 100,000 "Gems."
- All finalists start at a table with the following rules: ante=2,000, style=no-limit, maximum number of rasies=7
- If 20 minutes after the start of the Finals Round there is more than one player left with gems, the ante is raised to 5,000.
- If 40 minutes after the start there is more than one player left with gems, the ante is raised to 10,000.
- If 60 minutes after the start there is more than one player left with gems, the ante is raised to 20,000.
- If 80 minutes after the start there is more than one player left with gems, the ante is raised to 50,000. Finalists play with these rules for up to twenty additional hands. If the tournament has not ended already by this time, it ends after the 20th hand. This is to show mercy to the players, audience, and the All inPlay moderator.
- The player with the most gems wins the title of "All inPlay Draw Poker Grandmaster."
- All other players maintain their title of "Master" and their relative rank is determined by their gem-count or by when they went bankrupt (first to go bankrupt is 4th, next to last to go bankrupt is 3rd, etc.)
The most important prizes for our players will, naturally, be the bragging rights that winning an intense tournament where all your opponents are fellow topnotch players.
1st place wins the title of Grandmaster, a free year of Membership, and the 2005 Grandmaster TrophyA player maintains bragging rights any title they win (Prince, Princess, Master, or Grandmaster) until the next Tournament of Champions. At that time the bragging rights are transferred to the next winners. Please note that the historic achievement of all title-winners will be recorded and displayed on the Hall of Fame for as long as All inPlay believes it makes sense (which is probably a long time).
All inPlay actively monitors tournaments, logs all chat and betting, and immediately removes and/or disqualifies anyone found cheating or being disruptive.
* There is no fee to participate in the tournament and it
is open to all Members who qualify (as defined above).
* Each All inPlay account must be played by its owner, not by any surrogate.
* Players who receive and keep large "donations" of
chips from other players will be removed from the tournament by All inPlay.
* This tournament is void where prohibited. We don't know where that is, but hey, if you live there, you should know! <smile>
* All decisions by All inPlay concerning removal of players believed to be cheating or disrupting the game are final.