The Compound presents - "Merry Xmas Madness 2019" - Sat. Jan 18th at 2pm (K/W)
2019 Merry Xmas Madness
No-Limit Hold'em Tournament
Saturday, Jan 18th at 2pm.
(doors open at 1:30pm)
No-Limit Hold'em Tournament
Saturday, Jan 18th at 2pm.
(doors open at 1:30pm)
The Xmas season is all about gift giving (and getting!) and beating those mad rushes to get the best gifts while the clock ticks down to Christmas Eve. The Merry Xmas Madness tournament contains all the best (and worst) aspects of the season and should make for that tournament that's... very interesting. This tournament is a little less serious that some of the others. The details....
$5 Entry for 1,000 chips.
(PLUS: BRING A SECRET SANTA GIFT!!)
Unl. rebuys in the first 4 levels (2.5 hours); $5 for 1,000 (you must bust out to rebuy)
One add-on available at the end of Level 4. $5 for an extra 5,000 chips.
And... a Bag 'o Presents available at every table!!
Payout: (rounded to nearest $5)
1st place - 35%
2nd place - 20%
3rd place - 14%
4th place - 11%
5th place - 8%
6th place - 6%
7th place - 4%
8th place - 2%
We will try to accommodate as many people as possible, but I may need help with chairs.
At the beginning of the tournament, each table receives one "Bag 'o Presents". If one of your hole cards is the 2h or As, you could win a present. See the rules below for more info!
PLEASE NOTE: We may be changing up some of the rules this year, so consider the chip amounts and what they do tentative. Except the "Red Chip" There will always be a red chip. :smilie:
Three black 100 chips
Three purple 500 chips
Three yellow 1,000 chips
Three "Special" green chips
Three "Special" White chips
Three "Special" Blue chips
Three "Special" Red chips
Three "Special" Light-Blue chips
Three->Six "Special" Pink chips
Three "Special" Orange chips
Three "Special" Grey chips
The "Special" Chips.
(Changes to chips this year are in italics)
White - "Merry Christmas!" - The player pulling this chip may exchange it for one free re-buy or add-on.
Blue - "The Perfect Gifts" - Draw 5 cards from the "Perfect Gift" deck (a separate deck of cards) and keep them face up in front of you. If you showdown (or choose to show) a winning hand with one of those, gain 1,000 from the bank and discard it. If you can win with all 5, get a 5k bonus! After the first break, all perfect gifts are discarded
Red - "Gift Exchange!" - The player pulling this chip, exchanges all their chips with the all the chips of the player to thier left.
Light Blue - "Don't open your Presents Early!" - If this chip is pulled before the first break, you get a green 25 chip from the bank. If it's pulled after the first break, it counts as it's value (5,000)
Orange - "Christmas in Omaha" - At any point, trade in this chip for 2 more hole cards. Use both your hold cards, plus three cards on the board to make the best hand. If you still have this chip after the first break it becomes it's value (2,000)
Pink - "SUPER ULTRA-SECRET XMAS PRESENT!!!11OMG1!!" - Go find Rob. Spin the Spinner! What will your present be?!? If you don't like the result you may spin again up to twice more, but you have to keep the third and final spin.
Grey - "Bah Humbug!" - Keep this chip until you win a pot, bust out, or choose to get rid of it, but only if you've been the big blind with it. While you have this chip you only get dealt one hole card. If you win a hand holding this chip, get a 2,000 bonus from the bank! If you still have this chip after the first break you can exchange it for a black "100" chip. Bah-Humbug.
Green - "Company's Coming!" - Exchanges places (not chips) with any player at any other table and that player takes your spot. If there are two floors of tables running, you also must switch floors. Take your chips with you.
Special rules for the "Bag 'o Presents"
1. You do not need to win the hand at showdown in order to claim a present. (But you do have to show your cards!) Your hand needs to either be still in play after the final round of betting, or All-In with at least one caller.
1.5 If you have both the 2H and AS, you draw twice. Resolved one after another.
1.6 (NEW!) If you win the hand before showdown, you can choose to show your hand to draw a present.
2. If you bust out (but win a present), the present you've drawn is applied after you re-buy. If you choose not to re-buy, you don't pull a present. If it's after the rebuy period and you bust out. You are still in the game with only the chip you pull from the bag. (We'll call it a "Last Minute Xmas Gift")
3. If you pull a present that's already been coloured up... the present is discarded. Tough luck! Feel free to shout, "Bah, Humbug!"
4. The white, red and blue chips will be removed from the bag during the first break. For each one removed a yellow chip (1,000) will be put back in. Pink Chips get replace by Orange (2,000) chips. Orange and Grey ship stay in the bag and retain their value (2,000 and 10,000)
5. If a table collapses and there are still presents on it, the presents are randomly distributed to the other bags. We will randomly determine the tables to be broken down, players will re-draw seats as each table collapse.
6. "The Night Before Xmas" When there are 10 minutes left in the 4th blind level, the clock is paused and play on all tables is paused once the current hands are done. The puck is moved and, starting with the small blind, each player may optionally draw once from the bag of presents. Once everything's resolved, the clock is unpaused and play continues.
Secret Santa
In addition to your $5 buy-in, you are to bring in a wrapped Secret Santa gift of undetermined value. This gift can really be anything you want; something cool, or something... not as cool. When you finally bust out of the tournament, you get to pick one of the Secret Santa gifts, open it, and display it proudly for everyone else.
Blind Schedule (1 hour for Level 1, 30 minute levels for 2->4, 20 minutes per level thereafter)
NOTE: Starting with this tournament, The Compound will start using Big Blind Antes for every tournament.
Level 1: 25-25 (1 hour)
Level 2: 25-50 (30 min)
Level 3: 25-75
Level 4: 50-100
(FOOD DINNER/BREAK: Complete add-ons. Clean up the Bag 'O Presents. Play any dinner break bonus games.)
Level 5: 75-150 (20 min)
Level 6: 100-200
Level 7: 100-200 (200)
Level 8: 150-300 (300)
Level 9: 200-400 (400)
Level 10: 250-500 (500)
(BREAK: Race off 25 chips)
Level 11: 300-600 (600)
Level 12: 400-800 (800)
Level 13: 500-1,000 (1000)
Level 14: 600-1,200 (1,200)
Level 15: 800-1,600 (1,600)
(BREAK: Race off 100 chips)
Level 16: 1,000-2,000 (2,000)
Level 17: 1,500-3,000 (3000)
Level 18: 2,000-4,000 (4000)
Level 19: 3,000-6,000 (6,000)
Level 20: 4,000-8,000 (8,000)
Level 21: 5,000-10,000 (10,000)
Level 22: 10k-20k (20k)
(Note: breaks after 100 race off will be on an as-needed basis)
Remember, the number one rule is.. HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cash games will be running as players bust out of the Main Tournament.
Please RSVP your spot, please send me a message. If there's a question you have, or if you discover a rules inconsistency, please let me know! All tourneys at Bristol Street are rake free.
Rob.
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Mark
One of your novelty chip rules has a wonky structure and fragmented sentences. Here's a corrected version of the second paragraph after the payout breakdown. Plus a rule question.
At the beginning of the tournament each table receives one Bag 'o Presents. If you win a hand or play a hand down to the river, and one of your hole cards is the 2 of Hearts or the A of Spades you must pull one present at random from the Bag 'o Presents. Each Bag will contain the following...
As it stands any winning hand on any street and all losing hands staying in to the river must show after resolution if they have either of the B'oP cards. Is your intent to have the rule only apply if you play to a river showdown? If so...
At the beginning of the tournament each table receives one Bag 'o Presents. If you play a hand down to the river and one of your hole cards is the 2 of Hearts or the A of Spades you must show the card and pull one present at random from the Bag 'o Presents. Each Bag will contain the following...
Mark
Thanks! I'll make the update. Also looking for feedback on the chip rules. As I recall, a couple of the new ones fell flat last year.
Bring back the omaha chip
This. But make it a real Omaha chip - must play exactly two cards
- If you win and showdown a hand with 2H/AS, you must pull a present.
- If you win a hand and CHOOSE to show the 2H/AS, you get to pull a present.
I'm also bringing back Xmas in Omaha, but adding in Moose's suggestion that you do have to use both of your hole cards.
Supper Shopper and Peaking at presents will get changed, (I recall that being very fiddly), so that will happen next.
I'm going to keep the change I made last year to Bah Humbug.
Al
(Rule) 1.5 - If a qualifing player has both 2H and AS they draw twice. The first is resolved before the second is drawn.
All the Rule 1 win/showdown/, may/must qualifiers are unchanged. Note when the Green Chip (Company Coming) is drawn first, the second draw takes place at the new table.
Ok. Made some final tweaks. I think the intent of the chip rule is better. (If you show down at the river and lose you still get to pull a chip).
Also adjusted the blinds to show BB antes.
And yes, if green chip, you’d move before the second chip
Almost forgot about this part. I bet I'm not the only one