Promotions - Daniel Negreanu's Protege

How Do I Win?

Ultimately, you must win a 10-person live event freezeout tournament called the Grand Prize Final Table Tournament (GPFTT).

The GPFTT will be played live at a casino in North America with the location details to be determined shortly. During the time between December 2005 and March 2006, ten people will qualify for the GPFTT and meet at the casino to battle to become Daniel's protégé. This LIVE final table event will take place around the third week in April 2006, and the 10 qualifiers and one guest for each player will be awarded all-expense paid trips to the event.

How do I become one of the ten GPFTT qualifiers?

There are 10 unique paths to qualify for the live Grand Prize Final Table Tournament (GPFTT). This allows you to search for the path that best compliments your poker-playing style, or for the hardcore players, you guys can attempt to qualify via multiple paths and increase your odds of earning a GPFTT seat.

As you can see in the image above, there is a different seat number assigned to each of the player-silhouettes around the Grand Prize Final Table. Each seat number represents one of the unique paths to this GPFTT. Each of the 10 paths has a Semifinal Tournament:

• 8 of which are played online at FullContactPoker.com
• 1 of which is played online at FullContactPoker.net
• 1 of which is played live at a Red Hot Poker Tour event in Canada

The winners of these Semifinal Tournaments earn a seat to the GPFTT. As the winners of the Semifinal Tournaments are announced, the player-silhouettes will turn purple and the winner's name or username will be added.

10 Different Paths to Earn a Seat at the Grand Prize Final Table

• Seat #1: FCP Charter Members
• Seat #2: FCP Poker Forum Junkies
• Seat #3: First 2,000 Players
• Seat #4: FullContactPoker.net
• Seat #5: High Roller Seat
• Seat #6: Sunday Weekly Winners
• Seat #7: Top 100 FCP Points
• Seat #8: Top 500 FCP Points
• Seat #9: Top 1,000 FCP Points
• Seat #10: Red Hot Poker Tour T.O.C. Winner

Seat #1: FCP Charter Members

Every FCP Charter Member who has simply created an account at FullContactPoker.com by December 31, 2005 will be eligible to play in a multi-stage online tournament.

All the FCP Charter Members that have created accounts by Dec. 31st will be eligible to play in ANY 1 of 10 Round 1 MTT Restricted Freerolls. If you are eligible and participate in one of these ten Round 1 Freerolls, and then finish in the Top 40, you will advance to the next round of 400 qualifiers.

1. These (10) Round 1 MTT Restricted Freerolls will be scheduled within approximately 2 weeks after December 31, 2005

This group of 400 qualifiers will play a Round 2 MTT Restricted Freeroll to cut the field down to the final 40 qualifiers.

1. This Round 2 MTT Restricted Freeroll will be scheduled within approximately one week after the last Round 1 MTT is played

These final 40 qualifiers will play a Semifinal MTT Restricted Freeroll and the 1st place winner will earn Seat #1 of the Grand Prize Final Table Tournament.

1. This Semifinal MTT Restricted Freeroll will be scheduled within approximately one week after the Round 2 MTT is played
2. All players finishing in the Top 10 of this Semifinal MTT Restricted Freeroll for Seat #1 will win a custom FCP Hockey Jersey with their username on the back

Seat #2: FCP Poker Forum Junkies

This Seat #2 rewards those members of the FCP Community who have been the most active over the years. Having said that, it should also be noted by all the FCP Forum Members that making hundreds of unnecessary posts just to increase your total number (for future promos like this one) will do you no good. This exact format for the Forum Junkies Seat is a one-of-kind and won't be replicated going forward.

You are a Forum Junkie if you are an FCP Forum member with at least 20 posts as of November 20, 2005, AND you are eligible to play in this freeroll for Seat #2 if you have set up a real money account at FullContactPoker.com by December 31, 2005.

There will be 10 Quarterfinal MTT Restricted Freerolls scheduled within approximately 2 weeks after December 31, 2005.

1. Q MTT #1- Top 50 posters
2. Q MTT #2- Top 100 posters
3. Q MTT #3- Top 200 posters
4. Q MTT #4- Top 400 posters
5. Q MTT #5- Top 700 posters
6. Q MTT #6- Top 1000 posters
7. Q MTT #7- Top 1300 posters
8. Q MTT #8- Top 1600 posters
9. Q MTT #9- Top 1900 posters
10. Q MTT #10- Top 2200 posters

So, the Top 50 posters (as of Nov. 20, 2005) are eligible to play in all 10 Quarterfinals and the Top 100 posters are eligible to play in 9 of the Quarterfinals and so on...

Please DO NOT send us an e-mail asking if you are one of the 2200 forum members who has made at least 20 posts by Nov. 20, 2005. Those of you who qualified will receive an e-mail from Full Contact Poker explaining which freeroll tournaments you are eligible to play.

The Top 4 places in each of the ten Q MTT Restricted Freerolls will play in a 40 person Semifinal MTT Restricted Freeroll - to be scheduled within approximately 1 week after the last Q MTT

1. Those eligible are allowed to finish in the top 4 of any Q MTT Restricted Freeroll they enter. If a player achieves this scenario, then the Semifinal MTT will register less than 40 players, and he/she will have in effect increased the overall odds for the field to earn the GPFTT Seat #2

The Winner of this Semifinal MTT Restricted Freeroll earns Seat #2 at the GPFTT

1. All players finishing in the Top 10 of this Semifinal MTT will win an FCP Chip Set

Seat #3: Frequent Player

All FCP players that have opened a real-money account, deposited at least $50 and have earned at least 2500 FCP Points by 6:00 pm EST, February 12, 2006 will be eligible to participate in the Seat3 Restricted Qualifier Tournament.

Between February 18th and February 25th, there will be eight (8) Seat3 restricted qualifier tournaments. If you meet all eligibility requirements, you should receive in your player account one (1) restricted freeroll tournament ticket by Friday, February 17, 2006. You can use this ticket to register for ANY, BUT ONLY ONE, of the eight Seat3 qualifiers.

Sat, February 18th at 6:00 pm EST
Sun, February 19th at 5:00 pm EST
Mon, February 20th at 8:30 pm EST
Tues, February 21st at 8:30 pm EST
Wed, February 22nd at 8:30 pm EST
Thur, February 23rd at 8:30 pm EST
Fri, February 24th at 8:30 pm EST
Sat, February 25th at 2:00 pm EST

The winner of each Seat3 Qualifier will advance to the 8-player Seat3 Semifinal to be scheduled Wednesday, March 1st at 8:30 pm EST.

The winner of this Semifinal STT will earn Seat #3 at the Grand Prize Final Table live event.

1. The players finishing 2nd through 8th during the Seat3 Semifinal will win an FCP Chip Set.

Seat #4: FullContactPoker.net

One of these ten qualifiers has a chance to earn his/her seat by participating in a qualifying tournament conducted by the FullContactPoker.net website.

FullContactPoker.net has teamed up with ESPN Poker Club to award Seat #4 to the Protégé Final Table. Here’s how it works:

Anybody who has activated a Play Money account at FullContactPoker.net will be eligible to register for a 2000-player Free Tournament held at FullContactPoker.net around the beginning of March 2006. This Free Tournament opportunity will be awarded on a first come first serve basis, so once the open registration date and time are announced, you will want to attempt to register for this Free Tournament, at that time, because this tournament will fill up fast. The registration date and time will be announced on the FullContactPoker.net website by February 15, 2006.

The Top 50 places in this Free 2000-player Tournament will advance to play the top players from the ESPN Poker Club in a free play tournament hosted on www.espn.com/poker. Emails will be sent out to the Top 50 FCP Winners with information on how to sign up and play in the Semifinal Tournament. There will be 350 total players. The winner of this 350-player Semifinal Tournament will earn Seat #4 at the Grand Prize Final Table (live event) to become Daniel Negreanu's Protégé.

Seat #5: High Rollers

Starting around December 19, 2005

Monday - Friday there will be two levels of sub qualifier opportunities to win entries into the weekly $300 + $20 High Rollers Weekly Qualifier MTT

1. 3x a day there will be a $5+$0.50 Sub Qualifier MTT to earn an entry into the $50+$4 Sub Qualifier MTT
2. 1x per day there will be a $50+$4 Sub Qualifier MTT to earn an entry into the $300+$20 High Rollers Weekly Qualifier MTT

Each Saturday is the High Rollers Weekly Qualifier MTT to earn a seat into the Seat #5 Semifinal Single Table Tournament Restricted Freeroll

1. $300 + $20 Buy-in
2. Or, win a Monday-Friday $50+$4 Sub Qualifier to earn a ticket into this High Rollers Weekly Qualifier
3. The winner earns a typical 1st place % of the tournament pot PLUS one of the ten Semifinal STT Restricted Freeroll tickets

The winner of this 10-player Semifinal STT Restricted Freeroll will earn Seat #5 at the GPFTT

Seat #6: Sunday Weekly Winners

Starting around December 19, 2005, every Sunday for 12 weeks at 3:00 pm EST there will be a $30+$3 MTT with a regular tournament payout structure for the top finishing players PLUS a special tournament ticket for the Top 3 places

Each Sunday for 12 weeks, the (3) top place finishers of this special MTT will earn a ticket/entry into a Semifinal MTT Restricted Freeroll for the 36 total qualifiers

This Semifinal MTT Restricted Freeroll will be scheduled around the third week in March

The winner of this 36-player Semifinal MTT will earn Seat #6 into the Grand Prize Final Table Tournament

Seat #7: Top 100 FCP Points

FCP Points are the loyalty points that are earned by players as a reward for playing ring games and tournaments. A player can accumulate a lot more points in a shorter period of time by playing the various Ring Games.

In the Daniel's Protégé section of the Full Contact Poker website, a Top 100 Leaderboard shows the Top 100 players based on total FCP Points accumulated during a specific period of time. It typically takes 24 hours for your newly earned FCP Points to be credited to your account.

Shortly after each specified time period, the Top 100 players will be awarded tournament tickets to play in a Quarterfinal MTT Restricted Freeroll and the Top 3 places will earn an entry ticket into the Semifinal STT Restricted Freeroll (9 players) to be scheduled around the end of March 2006.

1. The first specified time period is December 6, 2005 through January 15, 2006
2. The second specified time period is January 16, 2006 through February 15, 2006
3. The third specified time period is February 16, 2006 through March 15, 2006
4. NOTE 1: The Leader Board rankings reset at the beginning of each new specified time period, and all players start on an equal playing field.
5. NOTE 2: Even though your Leader Board points appear to reset to zero each new time period, this does not affect the total number of FCP Points you've earned as a player since setting up your account.
6. NOTE 3: If you redeem any of your FCP Points for merchandise, this will NOT affect your Leader Board point totals for any specified time period (withdrawals are ignored).

The winner of this 9-player Semifinal STT Restricted Freeroll will earn Seat #7 at the GPFTT

Seat #8: Top 500 Club Points

FCP Points are the loyalty points that are earned by players as a reward for playing ring games and tournaments. A player can accumulate a lot more points in a shorter period of time by playing the various Ring Games.

In the Daniel's Protégé section of the Full Contact Poker website, a Top 500 Leaderboard shows the Top 500 players based on total FCP Points accumulated during a specific period of time. It typically takes 24 hours for your newly earned FCP Points to be credited to your account.

Shortly after each specified time period, the Top 500 players will be awarded tournament tickets to play in a Quarterfinal MTT Restricted Freeroll and the Top 3 places will earn an entry ticket into the Semifinal STT Restricted Freeroll (9 players) to be scheduled around the end of March 2006.

1. The first specified time period is December 6, 2005 through January 15, 2006
2. The second specified time period is January 16, 2006 through February 15, 2006
3. The third specified time period is February 16, 2006 through March 15, 2006
4. NOTE 1: The Leader Board rankings reset at the beginning of each new specified time period, and all players start on an equal playing field.
5. NOTE 2: Even though your Leader Board points appear to reset to zero each new time period, this does not affect the total number of FCP Points you've earned as a player since setting up your account.
6. NOTE 3: If you redeem any of your FCP Points for merchandise, this will NOT affect your Leader Board point totals for any specified time period (withdrawals are ignored).

The winner of this 9-player Semifinal STT Restricted Freeroll will earn Seat #8 at the GPFTT

Seat #9: Top 1,000 Club Points

FCP Points are the loyalty points that are earned by players as a reward for playing ring games and tournaments. A player can accumulate a lot more points in a shorter period of time by playing the various Ring Games.

In the Daniel's Protégé section of the Full Contact Poker website, a Top 1000 Leaderboard shows the Top 1000 players based on total FCP Points accumulated during a specific period of time. It typically takes 24 hours for your newly earned FCP Points to be credited to your account.

Shortly after each specified time period, the Top 1000 players will be awarded tournament tickets to play in a Quarterfinal MTT Restricted Freeroll and the Top 3 places will earn an entry ticket into the Semifinal STT Restricted Freeroll (9 players) to be scheduled around the end of March 2006.

1. The first specified time period is December 6, 2005 through January 15, 2006
2. The second specified time period is January 16, 2006 through February 15, 2006
3. The third specified time period is February 16, 2006 through March 15, 2006
4. NOTE 1: The Leader Board rankings reset at the beginning of each new specified time period, and all players start on an equal playing field.
5. NOTE 2: Even though your Leader Board points appear to reset to zero each new time period, this does not affect the total number of FCP Points you've earned as a player since setting up your account.
6. NOTE 3: If you redeem any of your FCP Points for merchandise, this will NOT affect your Leader Board point totals for any specified time period (withdrawals are ignored).

The winner of this 9-player Semifinal STT Restricted Freeroll will earn Seat #9 at the GPFTT

Seat #10: RHPT - T.O.C. Winner

January, 2006 starts a new season for The Red Hot Poker Tour™(RHPT) in Ontario, Canada! The RHPT coordinates weekly poker events at bars and restaurants and tracks its members' poker playing success.

Over the period of a few months, leader boards are populated and at season's end the RHPT coordinates a Tournament of Champions (T.O.C.) poker event.

The winner of the April 1st, 2006 RHPT - T.O.C. will be awarded Seat #10 at the GPFTT

Red Hot Poker Tour - FAQ

The following list of frequently asked questions have been modified from RedHotPokerTour.com. FCP encourages you to visit RedHotPokerTour.com for updates to the rules below as they can change at any time.

What is The Red Hot Poker Tour™?

The Red Hot Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments operated entirely free at bars with no currency involved in any way.

Is there any money involved in Red Hot Poker Tour™?

Absolutely not. However, like any sport people play, the fun is in the competition, improving your skills, not to mention the acknowledgement and bragging rights that come with proving you're the best!

How many people play in each tournament?

There is seating for 80 players and a waiting list of 16. No player, including waiting list players, will be seated after the first hour of play to ensure a quality tournament for all players. Waiting list players have their chip stack reduced by a set of blinds every twenty minutes.

Can I come just to watch a tournament?

Absolutely! It's fun to watch, especially a no-limit, all-in poker game.

How many people play poker?

There are more than five million poker players in Canada alone. With a reported sixty million poker players in North America, and over one-hundred million poker player world-wide, more people play poker than Golf, Billiards, or Tennis.

Who can enter Red Hot Poker Tour™ Tournaments?

Anyone can register and play as long as they are of legal drinking age (19 years old as tournaments are held in bars), have valid photo ID, and abide by the rules of the tournaments, which are explicit that no currency of any kind be involved.

How do I register to be a member of the Red Hot Poker Tour™?

Anyone can register for the Red Hot Poker Tour by completing an application at one of the Red Hot Poker Tour tournaments. When the application is completed and signed you will be assigned a member card and number and are immediately eligible to play and begin collecting points for entry to Red Hot Poker Tour's Tournament of Champions. It is recommended that new poker players arrive early to ensure timely registration to play that day or evening. Membership card and photo ID are always required.

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