Hi, this is the official thread for the FCPPC high buyin event. If you couldnt figure out that from the title, go kill yourself. Now that I got that out of the way, onto business. All announcements and such for this event will now be made here instead of the original thread found here.

Here is the website where you can find schedules, results, videos and more...
http://home.comcast.net/~zsta2k5/FCPPC/index.htm

Below is all the information in the original thread...

Money is due by the end of August
If you do not pay by then, your seat will be forfeited.

To pay, first, you must put the buyin amount ($50 or $250) into your cashiers account, then email bob at pokermanager@fullcontactpoker.com with your forum and poker room name, and buyin, from the email address listed under your poker account. he will then extract the money from your account, let me know, and you will be in. Please note he has a player list, so no trying to sneak in!

Format: Based off of Poker Superstars 2/3
24 players, each playing 5, 6 player prelim matches, with points given for finishing position.
The top 16 advance into 4 seeded groups of 4, who will play 2 matches each, top 2 finishers in each group advance.
Those 8 will be split into 2 groups of 4 and will play one match each, top 2 advancing to the semis.
Semis are a best 2 of 3 heads up match, with the winners advancing to the best 3 of 5 finals.

Schedule: 90% sure Prelim matches will take place on weeknights (excluding wednesday) between 9-10 EST starting after labor day. Saturday is also possible but not preferred.
Players will play once a week during prelims, each playing 5 matches, playing everyone else at least once hopefully. Round of 20 will take place in week 6 and 7, same schedule, once again each player playing once a week.
Week 8 will close out with the 2 quarterfinal matches, the two semifinal best of 3 series, and closing with the best of 5 finale. As this schedule is so spread out, the low and high buyin events will more than likely be run simultaniously.

RULES:
Table Setup:
Game - No Limit Hold'em
Buy in - $5+.50
Blind Structure - Slow (15 minute levels)
Starting Chip Stack - 1,500

Tournament Structure:
This is a multi-round tournament with 32 entrants

Preliminary Stage - Each player plays 5 preliminary matches against 7 opponents, with points given for place.
1st-10 pts
2nd-8 pts
3rd-6 pts
4th-5 pts
5th-4 pts
6th-2 pts
7th-1 pt
8th-0 pt
The top 20 will advance to the next round.

Round of 20 - Players will be grouped together based on place in the preliminary stage.
Each group will play one five handed match, the winner advances to the quarterfinals.
Then the group will play one four handed match, the winner of that also advances to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals - Players will be grouped together based on place in the round of 20.
Each group will play one match, with the top 2 in each group moving onto the semifinals.

Semifinals - The winner of one quarterfinal will be paired against the 2nd place finisher of the other.
Each pair will play a best of three heads-up series with the winner advancing to the finals.

Finals - The two semifinal winners will play a best of five heads-up series to determine the winner of the tournament.

Payout Structure:
Preliminary win: $75 (20 winners)
Round of 16 win: $100 (8 winners)
Quarterfinal loss: $125 (6 winners)
Quarterfinal win: $250 (2 winners)
Semifinal loss: $250 (2 winners)
Semifinal win: $400 (2 winners)
Final loss: $800 (one winner)
Final win: $2000 (one winner)

General Tournament Rules:
Groupings - Preliminary groupings will be randomly assigned using a specialized program written in Java which I will make available for download.

Tiebreakers - At the table - In the event two players are knocked out in the same hand, the player entering the hand with more chips will place higher. In the event the players have the same amount of chips when eliminated, the players will take the average of the points awarded. For example, with four players left, two players with the same amount of chips are knocked out, the players will each be awarded 3rd place for 4 points (3rd + 4th, divided by 2).

In the preliminary - In the event two or more players have the same amount of points, the tiebreakers will be as follows
1. Wins
2. 2nd place finishes
3. 3rd place finishes
4. 4th place finishes
5. Head to head place (place in groups where matches were played together)
In the event the players are still tied after these tiebreakers, and the 20th and 21th position are involved in a tie, a tiebreaking match will take place. If 20th and 21th place are not involved, a tiebreaking match is optional, and may be played by the tied players if they wish.

In the Quarterfinal - In the event two or more players have the same amount of points, the tiebreakers will be the same as the preliminary tiebreakers.

Substitutions:
One substitution will be allowed during the preliminary stage. I must be notified by email or PM at least one hour before the match or your substitute will not be allowed to compete.

Consolation Tournament:
The 12 people eliminated in the round of 20 of the high buy in will be invited to play in a $350 added tournament. This tournament will follow standard rules. Buyin and payout are still yet to be decided.

What is the exact amount of money I have to deposit onto FCP? Does the $250 that I deposit into FCP and that Bob takes cover the 5.50 SnG each week? I'm sure this has been asked but I did not see an answer, thanks a lot.

$277.50 will be required to complete the preliminaries if you dont win one. Buyins will be reimbursed after the season to try to keep no-shows low, and so they dont effect payout.

so do i need to put 250 or 277.50 in my cashier account, im a little confused.

How many times can this question be answered.

Put 250 in your cashier account
When you join the table each week it will cost you $5.50. Then at the end of the series, you will be refunded the $5.50 for each week that you play.


If you couldnt figure this out from this explanation, which is about the 10th, go kill yourself.

Wow, nice reply commish...that makes me want to invest money in one of your leagues...NOT

ive seen him say 250 and 277.50, i wanted to know which one, dont be such a jack ***.

From the first post here.

To pay, first, you must put the buyin amount ($50 or $250) into your cashiers account, then email bob at pokermanager@fullcontactpoker.com with your forum and poker room name, and buyin, from the email address listed under your poker account. he will then extract the money from your account, let me know, and you will be in. Please note he has a player list, so no trying to sneak in!

I am not the comish, just a player. Lighten up Francis.

1st of all, i didnt call you commish, 2nd of all, i know it says 250$ in this thread, like i said in my 1st response to you, ive seen him say its 277.50 in a different thread...3rd of all, there is no need for you to be a jack *** .

I think zsta2k6's reply of "277.50" only pertains to those who currently has a zero balance or a balance less than $277.50. For example, for someone who's only joining/creating an account to play this event, a deposit of $250 won't be enough because Bob will be withdrawing the $250 from your account (for the prize pool) which will leave you with nothing to pay for the 5 prelminary matches at $5.50 (5x $5.50 = $27.50). So $277.50 is the minimum amount you need to have in order to register and then play the 5 preliminary matches.

Vatche, you don't need to move funds around...(i.e. from poker account to cashier) Bob will withdraw from the poker account I believe. Just make sure your 5K is in the poker account and not in the casino account for craps

ahh, i see, thx seac...

check your g mail.

OK. How about a truce. From here on out it is only happy posts from me. I apologize for being a jack***.

no worries, its all good...see you on the felt.

thanks seacucumber from stopping the mutiny... he hit it spot on.

am I reading something wrong, in the OP is says "24 players, each playing 5, 6 player prelim matches" but the schedule has all the SNG's at 8 players? Oh and any chance that me and Seacumber are not in 4 of the first 5 matches together , I wouldnt want seac to be at that huge of a disadvantage right from the start.

Glad I was able to help. Now remember to send those pocket rockets my way in these events Commish



Actually, you're in all 5 of my first 5 matches... so how much did you pay the Commish to make sure that you have the dead money sitting in all your matches?

i coulda swore last week it was 4/5, but cool , plus we ahve gil in 3 of them...this should be interesting as Gil Quads me over and over

sheesh... I need to work on my scheduling program to try to fix the apparent problem with people being in more than 3 matches with other opponents.

Im In. I just emailed Bob.

is there still room left?

going to depend whether or not everyone pays...if you want in, i suggest talkin to zstaks and telling him you'll play, and having $250 in your cashier's account soon. the deadline to pay is tomorrow i believe, so if someone hasn't paid there should be a spot or two open.

I am out...so a spot just opened up.

shotty

I wonder how many people dropped out. Hopefully it will get filled up by next week.

4 people have dropped, all of them have been filled by alternates. 10 people are still yet to pay.

can i replace some1???

My alternate spot opened up today, I got the money to info bob and I'm taking this down!

here comes the dead money...

woohoo im in

I'm out...lost my interest in playing it

Unfortunately, due to people that signed up not paying, I am forced to push this back. The tournament will hopefully now start on the 18th (the scheduled week 2) with week one matches being pushed back to the current round of 20. Hopefully we can get 5 signups in that span of time.

Is it possible to just get one signup and have 28 people?

BTW my FCP name is FlippedOut0.

It's ridiculous that so many people bailed at the last minute. Why sign up if you are not committed to it? Why wait til the last minute to bail? For instance, I recall one guy (not sure who) saying he had to go to Korea. You didn't know about this in advance? (I'm asking - maybe he didn't, but trips to Korea don't come up out of the blue very often for most of us). Get your sh1t together people.

I'm in it to win it baby.

do u have me confirmed? i dont see myself on the Player list, and I already paid. Username on the poker site: Datrupoker

yes, the players list is not updated yet, but I have you down. As a matter of fact, here are the people I have down as paid:
Aasnake88
BrandonPL
Checkymcfold
copernicus
CrackerKid
EvilGN
FootballGuru
gobears
Groucho
GWCGWC
homer21
IBThePenny
Kestral123
mcpickl
msals11
Oziumrules
RDog
seacucumber
ShizzMoney
supertouch
TB17
theraflu
troyomac
Vatche
xzanos
ZIPPY COOTIE

I have everyone's poker name except msals11.

i'm coming for you cap.

Anyone interested in doing a 'test match' tomorrow at 10ish ET? Want to see how 15 minute levels effect the length of the match, and how it plays. if you are interested PM dna and he'll give you the password... no, wait, pm me.

For the hell of it I'm posting a link to the test match taped tonight... The torrent is below, and the google video link should be up as soon as the video is approved...

Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-699500874224778730

The video is less grainy if you use the google video player and download the video from google. I'm uploading the full res video to another site right now (245mb)

Wow, sure hope I don't have to play against that troyomac guy, he's GOOD!

Any idea when we will actually be starting?

the 18th is the first match. See http://home.comcast.net/~zsta2k5/FCPPC/hig...im/schedule.htm for the latest schedule.

I'm not on that schedule. Do you just have me playing under the name of someone I'm replacing?

huh, cant believe I didnt catch that. I forgot to replace gilbertology with your name, will be fixed in like 3 minutes

Also, I need a few people to make voluntary schedule changes in case we end up playing with 28 people instead of 32, this will spread the open spots evenly... need changes as follows:

Week 1: 1 from match 3 change into match 4

Week 2: 1 from match 5 change into match 7

Week 3: 1 from match 12 change into match 10

Week 4: 1 from match 13 and one from 14 change into match 15

Week 5: 1 from match 17 into match 20

If you guys could sort that out, it would be much appreciated and make this run much smoother if we end up with 28

you can move me for these two nights. if you do need to move me, let me know.

Thanks, you took care of the first 2 weeks and part of 4, still need the following:

Week 3: 1 from match 12 change into match 10

Have 27 people in, cmon people, hop on in... at least one person...

you can move me from 12 to 10

bump, cmon people, need one more person to join or we're gonna have to severely modify how this is run, or cut 3 people from our roster and go back to 6 handed. let's rally and see if we cant find one more willing participant.

zsta2k6-

if i'm involved in any of the possible switches, go ahead and move me.

also, if you need to drop 3 people in the end, go ahead and drop me. i'll stay in otherwise, though.

im in checkys's boat zs, if we dont get another player, you can go ahead and drop me, if we get the last player we need, ill play.