$25,000 Season 5 Finals Venue and Changed Format.

[Garth Kay]

NPL Victoria’s Season 5 $25,000 State Finals – with added Bonus.

After the success of Season 4 State Finals at the Dingley International Hotel; we have decided to host our Season 5 finals at the Dingley International once again.

Details:
Date: Weekend of January 17th and 18th, 2009.
Venue: Dingley International Hotel, 334-348 Boundary Rd, Dingley, 3172

The $25,000 State Finals will be played on Sunday, but we have decided to add a few tournaments to be played on the Saturday for all of those interested in a warm up tournament.

We will also hold out first ever regional team event on the Saturday night. The top ten from each regional leaderboard will form a team to represent their region and compete against the best from other regions for their slice of the $1,500 prize pool. This event will be a shootout format with points awarded to the winner and runner up of each subsequent level.

Saturday

$1,000 Warm up and last chance Satellite.

Registration: 11am – 12pm.
Tournament Format: Multi Table Tournament Freezeout.
Start Stacks: T3,000
Blind Levels: 20 minutes.
Qualification Criteria: Open to all players. All players who make the final table auto qualify for State Finals.

$1,500 Regional Teams Event.

Registration: 6pm – 8pm.
Tournament Format: Shootout Format.
Start Stacks: T3,000
Blind Levels: 20 minutes.
Qualification Criteria: Top ten from each regional leaderboard will qualify.

Sunday

$25,000 Season 5 State Finals.

Registration: 9am – 10.30am
Tournament Format: Muti Table Tournament Freezeout.
Start Stacks: T5,000
Blind Levels: 30 Minutes
Qualification Criteria: Top 50 from the State Leaderboard and subsequent top 5 from each event leaderboard.

$500 Secondary Shootout.

Registration: 3pm – 4pm
Tournament Format: Tiered Shootout Format.
Start Stacks: T1,000
Blind Levels: 10 Minutes



We hope all players find this format exciting, for anu more questions that need answering please write an email to support.vic@npl.com.au or go to the forum http://www.nplforum.com.au to post your queries or thoughts.

Please Note: Players will only be registered with photo ID. No ID - no play.

[Bauer_Adama]

Sounds like a good format Garth, looking forward to it! Hopeing to still make it with all these DD points flying around.

[Garth Kay]

LOL.

I am getting more and more of those comments. Not many things I regret but DD is turning into one of them, although I have also had a lot of people comment on the fact they like it.

But right now it's definitely 60% don't like it, 40% do.

If you don't qualify there is always the Saturday morning event and final table that.

[Bacon]

garth, i see the sat morn 1k sat is open to all, and the final table gets into States. What if all those players have already qualified?

[Garth Kay]

<stares blankly>

<shrugs>

[Garth Kay]

If all of the final table, from the 1K warm up, have already qualified then noone qualifies through the final table.

[Garth Kay]

BUMP

Qualifiers for all finals are now listed on the npl.com.au website.

[queen9]

It's a pity that when the season began on 13/10/2008, that we didn't know what we would be playing for at the end. The new 2 day finals event looks very inviting, however, it was not announced until 11/12 - and with dd in place, it made it very hard for me to qualifiy and I lost interest in playing at all.

Pre-Garth: this happened all the time ... with Garth, this was not going to happen ... you wanted to know and here is your answer.

we start season 3 last year looking at a prize pool for the state leaderboard of one figure and it was halved 10 days before the end of the season. (admittedly some common sense prevailed and some restoration was made). we started the season with one set of rules, and 10 days before the end of the season, the criteria was changed.

season 1, 2008, we began the season working toward a state final with a $10k first prize. this was changed - ON THE DAY! - It was announced that it would be reduced to $5000 but the prize money would go down to the final 30? players.

Over 12 months ago, I was told that the communication breakdown was the biggest issue NPL had and it was a priority that it be fixed. this forum allows us to communicate with NPL and explain our frustrations at certain things.

All this will stop if players/people like D.O.N.K's wife, Bob and others, are belittled or made feel foolish for their thoughts. after some of my initial posts you asked me if there was anything positive about NPL - I can tell you heaps, but telling you the good things does not fix the bad, or the problems players have or the issues.

now, I know we have been through this Garth, and without knowing the past, you told me you can not fix the future - but a detailed picture of the past has been painted for you, so please tell me when this is going to get fixed.

On 11/12/2008, the details of the season 5 final and new format and qualification methods (ie: top 10 on regional leaderboard will partner up for a teams/partners event) was announced ... and I believe the end of the season was 21/12/2008 - only 10 days later.

Perhaps if we knew there was something else worth playing for, we would have made more of an effort to get there. and note - there has been no mention of prizemoney - that is not the drive behind this event- it is the rivalry of supporting our region against the others.

we can't smile all the time and pretend things are great when some of us don't feel that way. so you have to take the negative comments as constructive and when you do that, you will find that some players will come and play more NPL games.

It may not always be the same thing that is changed, but the effect and timing just keeps reminding us what we have been through in the past and puts a damper on everything else.

you know that saying, one bad apple ... anyway, I am sure we will butt heads in 2009 too ... so I hope you had a great christmas and we'll talk again in 2009. have a happy and safe new year everyone. Q9

[PS]

Hello,

My name is Peter Sheary. member no: v79777

I came 4th at Highways Tabaret this season.

Ive looked at the state qualifier board and my name is not there.

H ave i been missed?

Regards

Peter sheary

[Brett Kay]

Pete i see what the problem is i am going to email Garth about it.