Season 1, 2008, State Finals

[Garth Kay]

Season 1, 2008 State Finals.

State Finals for Season 1 will be conducted at the Tea Tree Gully Hotel on Sunday the 30th March. This season has proven to be the biggest yet for NPL in SA and we will see over 770 people qualify for this event.
Due to the expected size of the field the day will be broken down using a flight system. Half the field, in each flight, will play for almost 4 hours. Flight one will commence in the morning and flight 2 will play in the afternoon. These two fields will then recombine in the evening and play until a winner is declared. Be prepared for a long day of poker as we do not expect the final table to commence until 10.30pm at the earliest.
More details will be released in the first week of the Season 2. Please make sure your mobile numbers and email are correct in your player profile as this will be the way we notify you of your start times and flights.
Remember that this season we are offering a prize pool of $20,000 in cash!

South Australia’s NPL Season,1 2008 State Finals

Date: Sunday, 30th March
Venue: Tea Tree Gully Hotel, 1349 North East Road, Tea Tree Gully, 5091
Starting Stack: 3000 chips
Blinds: 30 minutes for the first two levels then 20 minutes up until recombine, recombine will commence with 15 minute blinds.

FLIGHT 1: All qualifiers will be from the Gawler Barossa, Metro CBD, Metro NE Metro NW and Metro SW Regions.

FLIGHT 2: All qualifiers will be from Peninsula Hills, Metro E, Mid North, South East, Riverland, Metro South, Yorke and Port Lincoln regions. The State Top 50 will also be included in this flight.
PLEASE NOTE: Changing of flights will not be permitted.


FLIGHT 1: Registration commences at 9.00am and will be completed by 10.30am. All players must be registered by 10.30am to play in the tournament. Tournament will start at 11.00am sharp. Flight 1 will cease playing at 3.40pm.
Players will only be registered with photo ID. No ID – no play.

FLIGHT 2: Registration commences at 2.00pm and will be completed by 3.30pm. All players must be registered by 3.30pm to play in the tournament. Tournament will start at 4.00pm sharp. Flight 2 will cease playing at 8.40pm.
Players will only be registered with photo ID. No ID – no play.

RECOMBINE: All players who progress to the combine stage will need to be at the venue by 8.30pm, seating will commence at 9pm and play will commence just slightly after 9pm. Play will not cease until a winner is declared.

Chips at the end of each flight will be totalled and bagged by tournament staff. The remaining players from both flights will then recombine, with chip totals carried over, to form the final stages of the tournament, seating arrangements will be redrawn and play will continue until a winner is declared.

[Garth Kay]

Blind Structure for State finals. Not as yet finalised so may change without notice.


RND mins BLINDS BREAK
1 30 25 50
2 30 50 100
320 75 150
4 20 100 200
5 20 150 300 20
6 20 200 400
7 20 300 600
8 20 400 800
9 20 600 1200
10 20 800 1600 10
11 15 1000 2000
12 15 1500 3000 Flights finish
13 15 2000 4000Recombine progresses
14 15 2500 5000
15 15 3000 6000
16 15 4000 8000
17 15 5000 10000
18 15 7000 14000 10
19 15 10000 20000
20 15 15000 30000
21 15 20000 40000
22 15 25000 50000
23 15 30000 60000
24 15 40000 80000
25 120 50000 100000

[AceLosesKing]

Sounds good Garth.

God, gonna be a long day...

I gotta admit I like going first (B&Ger here). That 5 hour break is gonna be goooooood.

[David]

Sounds good Garth.

God, gonna be a long day...

I gotta admit I like going first (B&Ger here). That 5 hour break is gonna be goooooood.

NErs and B&Gers in the same room ... at the same time...

lovely =)

[Des]

FLIGHT 1: All qualifiers will be from the Gawler Barossa, Metro CBD, Metro NE Metro NE and Metro SW Regions.

Im guessing the second Metro NE is actually Metro NW

[David]

FLIGHT 1: All qualifiers will be from the Gawler Barossa, Metro CBD, Metro NE Metro NE and Metro SW Regions.

Im guessing the second Metro NE is actually Metro NW

I hope so!!!

My place, "free poker" game, for matchsticks* between flights.


*matchsticks may not actually BE matchsticks

[Scotty]

3000 start bank + deeper levels = awesome

My place, "free poker" game, for matchsticks* between flights.

I reckon Pete's house is closer, Dave

[David]

3000 start bank + deeper levels = awesome

My place, "free poker" game, for matchsticks* between flights.

I reckon Pete's house is closer, Dave

True
By 2 minutes

[BigPete33]

Flight system looks very similar to that used for Season 1 2007, is there an expectation of flight 2 again having many less runners?

I notice the flights finish at a time rather than a set number of players remaining (which changed anyway last time). Will that assist or hinder sorting out the size of the recombined session?

[Garth Kay]

Flight 2 was short 46 runners 1st season. I have taken this into consideration for this season. Attrition rates for a tournament are generally the same, irrespective of the amount of runners. Due to scheduling we have to play to a time and just hope that chip stacks measure up, which I am 90% sure they will.
We have enough seating for 400 for the recombine, I expect about 150 for the recombine at the most.