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PaddyPowerPoker Launches 5-A-Side Poker Championships
There is a new championship series going on now at the popular Irish online poker room, PaddyPowerPoker.com that features a very unique format. Players will join teams and compete against other teams for the chance at poker glory and loads of extra cash! “The Paddy Power Poker Five a Side Championships has started!” reads the promo page at the online poker site. “So get your team together, play your way to the Five A Side Poker Championship Final and have a share of over $100,000!
Each team will have, you guessed it, five players who will join forces to climb to the top in Multi-Table Tournaments and accumulate points towards their team’s score depending on what position they finish in. The poker room has also created a special Five a Side website for players to pick their teams and follow their progress which can be found on the Paddy Power Poker promo page.
Registration for the event began Monday, April 18 and will be open for three weeks, closing on the 8th of April. Starting May 9-12, 2011, there will be an organization period where players will need to prepare their teams and make any final changes to their Championship teams before the challenge begins. Players will need to assign roles to each of the five members of their teams- Captain, Midfielder, Defender, Keeper or Forward. Once the tough decisions have been made, here are the three steps to make it official:
1. The Captain creates a team in the promotion web page and each member of the team gets his role
2. The team members confirm their participation in the tournament lobby
3. The team members register to their weekly tournaments as per their role in the team
There are two different leagues to compete in for the weekly tournaments to fit each team’s stake level. The first is the Gold League which will be $30+ $5 and the second it the Silver League which is just a fraction of the buy-in of the Gold at a small $5+ $1.
But what if you don’t have a team? That’s okay! You can still play in the competition by registering through the special general registration tournament in the lobby and the site will provide you with a team based on first come, first serve basis. You will automatically be assigned a role and will still be able to enjoy the spirit of competition.
Here is the schedule for this wonderful new 5 a Team Poker Championship:
Date |
Event |
April 18th - May 8th |
Registration period |
May 9th - May 12th |
Lobby registration |
May 16th |
“The Five A Side Poker Championship” tournament Event #1 |
May 19th |
“The Five A Side Poker Championship” tournament Event #2 |
May 23rd |
“The Five A Side Poker Championship” tournament Event #3 |
May 26th |
“The Five A Side Poker Championship” tournament Event #4 |
May 30th |
“The Five A Side Poker Championship” tournament Event #5 |
June 2nd |
“The Five A Side Poker Championship” tournament Event #6 |
June 6th |
“The Five A Side Poker Championship” tournament Event #7 |
Jun 9th |
“The Five A Side Poker Championship” tournament Event #8 |
And here is the Playoff Schedule where the top 100 teams from each league will compete in the finals for more than $100,000 in guaranteed prizes:
Stage Name |
Date |
Time |
Number of Participating Teams |
Qualified Teams' Positions |
Prizes |
Quater Final |
June 13th |
8pm |
80 |
Positions 21-100 |
10 seats to the next stage |
Semi Final |
June 16th |
8pm |
25 |
Positions 6-20 and 10 qualifiers from the quater final stage |
5 seats to the next stage |
Final Defenders |
June 20th |
7pm |
10 |
Positions 1-5 and 5 qualifiers from the semi final stage |
Over $100,000 |
Final Keepers |
June 20th |
10pm |
10 |
Positions 1-5 and 5 qualifiers from the semi final stage |
Over $100,000 |
Final Forwards |
June 21st |
7pm |
10 |
Positions 1-5 and 5 qualifiers from the semi final stage |
Over $100,000 |
Final Midfielders |
June 21st |
10pm |
10 |
Positions 1-5 and 5 qualifiers from the semi final stage |
Over $100,000 |
Final Captains |
June 22nd |
7pm |
10 |
Positions 1-5 and 5 qualifiers from the semi final stage |
Over $100,000 |
Here is a look at how you’ll earn your way to the top of the leaderboard depending on your finishing position in each tournament:
Position |
Points |
1 |
25 |
2 |
20 |
3 |
17 |
4-6 |
15 |
7-10 |
13 |
11-15 |
12 |
16-20 |
11 |
21-30 |
10 |
21-40 |
9 |
41-50 |
8 |
51-60 |
7 |
61-70 |
6 |
71-80 |
5 |
81-100 |
4 |
101-150 |
3 |
151 and below |
2 |
For more information about prizes and how the cash prizes break down, visit PaddyPowerPoker.com today!
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