TPF League IV - Official Thread...

[Talking Poker]

GENERAL:
It's been over a YEAR since we had our , so we are long overdue for TPF League IV.

This is the official summary thread for the TPF League IV. Below are the official rules, the schedule, and the confirmed signup list. Any questions you have are probably answered in this post, so please keep reading before posting a question that is answered below (every single time, there are people who do this).

Once the league begins, all Event Results and the Overall Standings will be maintained in the second post in this thread.

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RULES:
1) The league consists of 12 Private tourney events - nine will be on and the other three will be on . The password for every tourney (unless stated otherwise) is: talkingpoker
2) Each event has a $5+$.50 buy in and payouts based on the standard Poker Stars or Full Tilt MTT payout schedule.
3) The one time (optional*) League Entry Fee is $20, payable to to TalkingPoker (City=Indialantic) via Poker Stars money transfer. To join the league, transfer $20 to TalkingPoker and then post your Stars AND Full Tilt screen names in this thread. Once your transfer has been confirmed, you will be added to the participant list below.
4) The participants of each league event will be awarded points based on their finishing place in the event (see points distribution list below).
5) Overall point leaders at the end on the 20 league events will be awarded portions of the prize pool as described below.
6) TP is once again adding $100 to the League Prize Pool. This money will be set aside for a Tournament of Champions for the Top 9** finishers in the league. This will be a $100 NLHE freeroll at Stars held on Monday, 2/25/08 at 9:35 PM ET. If anyone else would like to match this donation or contribute ANY AMOUNT of money ($5 minimum) to the prize pool, please PM me and we'll sort it out. Your name and donation amount will be listed here (unless you'd prefer to remain anonymous), and all funds will go towards the T.O.C. freeroll, unless you have a better idea of how you'd like your contribution distributed. If you want your money to go to the first person to get their Aces cracked or the first person to win a showdown with 72o or whatever you like, no problem. We can make it happen.

Additional Money Added* - $573.37 + double bounties for the !

Purple = Tourney of Champions Prize Pool Donation
Green = Available
Red = Gone
*You are welcome to play in any or all events with us without actually being a part of the league, but in order to earn points and be eligible for the added prize money, bounties, and the Tournament of Champions, you need to first pay the $20 League Entry Fee.

**If necessary, ties for the 9th spot of the T.O.C. will be broken as follows:
1) Highest Average Score for events scored in (person to get to total with least scores)
2) Highest Individual Score (if still tied)
3) 2nd Highest Individual Score (if still tied)
4) Next Highest Individual Score (if still tied) and so on...

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LEAGUE PAYOUTS ($560 Prize Pool + $115 T.O.C.):
Based on the overall points total from each's players best 6 finishes:

1st (40%): $224
2nd (30%): $168
3rd (20%): $112
4th (10%): $56
PLUS the $115 Tournament of Champions Freeroll for the Top 9* finishers!
PLUS all the bounties and added prize money listed above!

Note: There will be no tie-breakers for the Top 4 league payouts. For example, if the players in 3rd and 4th place have the same total score, the prize money for the two spots will be added up and split evenly between them. If two people tie for 4th, they will split the 4th place money.

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POINTS DISTRIBUTION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

-Only the scores from your best 6 Event finishes (top 6 point totals) count toward your overall points total
-The number of points in play per event will be {Number of Players x 10}
-The number of players receiving points in each event will be determinted as follows:

3-5 Entrants
1st - 75%
2nd - 25%

6-9 Entrants
1st - 50%
2nd - 30%
3rd - 20%

10-12 Entrants
1st - 50%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%

13-15 Entrants
1st - 45%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 5%

16-18 Entrants
1st - 40%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 6%
6th - 4%

19+ Entrants
1st - 35%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 6%
6th - 4%
7th - 3%
8th - 2%

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SCHEDULE:
Please note that all Events will be held on Monday nights, with the exception of the two that would have fallen on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve - those will be moved up one day and played on Sunday night.

Event #1 - Monday, 12/03/07 - Poker Stars - NLHE
Event #2 - Monday, 12/10/07 - Poker Stars - Limit Hold'Em
Event #3 - Monday, 12/17/07 - Poker Stars - NLHE
Event #4 - Sunday, 12/23/07 - Poker Stars - Omaha High-Low
Event #5 - Sunday, 12/30/07 - Full Tilt Poker - NLHE
Event #6 - Monday, 01/07/08 - Poker Stars - Razz
Event #7 - Monday, 01/14/08 - Full Tilt Poker - NLHE
Event #8 - Monday, 01/21/08 - Poker Stars - Seven Card Stud High-Low
Event #9 - Monday, 01/28/08 - Poker Stars - NLHE
Event #10 - Monday, 2/04/08 - Full Tilt Poker - Pot Limit Omaha
Event #11 - Monday, 2/11/08 - Poker Stars - NLHE
Event #12 - Monday, 2/18/08 - Poker Stars - H.O.R.S.E.
T.O.C. - Monday, 2/25/08 - Poker Stars - NLHE Tournament of Champions
T.O.F. - Monday, 2/25/08 - Poker Stars - NLHE ______________________________

CONFIRMED SIGNUP LIST (with Stars and Full Tilt names):
28 confirmed ($20) entries = $560 Prize Pool

Akverno (Akverno2, ???)
bdawg31 (bdawg31, ???)
bigd007x (steal$pinach, bigd007x)
BlibbityBlabbity (TimeToWinTD, KGB81)
Brijac (Jack Brigs, ???)
bunny (Bunnyki$$, D3velishhh)
CalifNaughti (CalifNaughti, CalifNaughti)
de-coder (fr-vpfrt, phoenix_again)
drewjax (drewjax, AnniesBigPapi)
eejit101 (traca69, ???)
Fildy (Fildy, ???)
herschelw (herschelw, herschelw)
Invigilator (Invigilator, i am so poker)
Jakebarf (jakebarf, johnny_bob)
Jedi Master (XjedimasterX, ???)
juice[3x] (Lazerboy, Without Help)
Kurn (Kurn, Kurn)
Mayhem45 (Mayhem45, fghtffyrdmns)
melioris (melioris, pelagius)
N1kita (N1kita, N/A)
New Guy (gemini_j?, starcastle)
olydajew (OlyDaJew)
Oceanwaves91 (Oceanwaves91, N/A)
PokerRef (PokerRef, PokerRef)
Robbr25 (Robbr25, Robbr25)
Talking Poker (Rogue23, Troll Pie)
The Storm (NoTalentTom, PercentileDoom)
Trinket (Trinket13, ???)
VeryMoonFunk (VeryMoonFunk, verymoonfunk)
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MORE:
Remember, all Event buyins are $5+$.50, but you don't HAVE to play in them all if you unable to or just don't want to. Only your top 6 point scores will count toward your overall total.

For those of you who have money on Stars and not on Full Tilt or vice versa, no problem. I'm sure there are plenty of people here who would be happy to swap a little bit of cash for you from one site to the other. Just post your request in , and I'm sure someone will take care of you.

Lastly, just to make sure everyone understands how this works: If someone enters a given event and is not a paid member of the league, they will still generate points (theie entry will add 10 points to that Event's prize pool), but they will NOT recieve points for their finish. Instead, those points will be awarded to no one. For example, if a non-league player wins an event, there will be no 1st place points awarded for that event.

In other words, even if you aren't in the league, you are more than welcome to play in one or more of the tourneys with everyone. You simply won't be eligible for the prize money at the end of the League or the Tournament of Champions.

[Talking Poker]

Event #1 - Pokerstars - NLHE
Event #2 - Pokerstars - LHE
Event #3 - Pokerstars - NLHE
Event #4 - Pokerstars - O8B (limit)
Event #5 - Full Tilt - NLHE
Event #6 - Pokerstars - Razz (limit)
Event #7 - Full Tilt - NLHE
Event #8 - Pokerstars - Stud 8/b (limit)
Event #9 - Pokerstars - NLHE
Event #10 - Full Tilt - PLO
Event #11 - Pokerstars - NLHE
Event #12 - Pokerstars - HORSE

TOC and TOF - Pokerstars

[Talking Poker]

OK guys, this thread is open and ready to go! So start shipping those 20 spots to TalkingPoker (Indialantic) on Stars and don't forget to post your Stars AND Full Tilt screen names in this thread.

Also, for those of you interested in this, please PM me:

Hopefully at least a few people will step up and make this even more fun with bounties or other fun prizes.

[Invigilator]

FIRST!

"Invigilator" on stars
"i am so poker" on FT

Shipping

[Oceanwaves91]

I'm in

Oceanwaves91 on PokerStars

not registered on FullTilt

[Zybomb]

Should probably edit the typo there since its pretty important

As for the league I actually may be in again this go around due to the latest at work (full post still coming)

[New Guy]

Writters ON STRIKE = New Guys IN!!!! Shipping the funds!!!And TP I will be adding a bounty i'm not sure what and how much but it will on!!!

[Talking Poker]

Whoops! Fixed.

Now send me your money, chump.

[PShabi]

League has been great fun in the past. I encourage everyone to sign up and give it a try if you haven't. Tons of fun.

6:30 PST and the fact that it's during my basketball season make it impossible for me to commit to the league. I'll drop in whenever I can, but will not be able to dominate play.

GL to all who enter!

[Nikita]

I'm in N1kita on Stars, I probably won't play on Full Tilt. Money is sent.
And Dec 30th is a Sunday. I don't think anyone wants to play on the 31st, so will this one still be played on Sunday?

[Talking Poker]

That will teach me to trust Invigilator's schedule!

I think we're going to take 2 weeks off in there. I'll modify it above.

Or maybe we should play on Sundays those two weeks around the holidays........... Hmmmm.

Edit: Decided on the latter. Two weeks off is too long (3 between tourneys), and most people should be able to make those Sunday night events.

[de-coder]

I'm in for sure, but I'll probably have to wait 'til I get back from Vegas before I can ship the money.

[bunny]

Is there a deadline for the league sign up?

[Talking Poker]

I would prefer that people sign up ASAP, because thgat will give us a better idea of how many people are playing, added prize money, time for prop bets, etc.... but in theory, you can sign up any time - even AFTER the league has begun. If you sign up after Event #2, for example, your scores for Events #3-12 will count toward the standings, but your scores for the first two events will not.

BTW - Didn't get the transfer from New Guy.

[Invigilator]

That is exactly why it is on the Sunday. It's close to the regular day, and avoids taking 2 weeks off from the league.

EDIT: Just read TP's response. Yeah, what he said.

[Talking Poker]

I'm adjusting the schedule to push everything back one week. This will give us a little more time to get people interested, plus we will be able to have the League Warm Up Bounty tourney sometime that doesn't interfere with US Thanksgiving weekend - probably the Monday after, or maybe later that week.

The league will start the first Monday in December.

Invite your friends. And for all of you who have said how much you wanted another league for so long (and especially those of you that we literally planned around), let's go - Sign up.

Lastly, I'm down with making some $100 league prop bets if any of the high rollers want to.

[bigd007x]

sent 20$

[Talking Poker]

And forgot to post your Stars and Full Tilt names.

[bigd007x]

sent 20$
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ps name- bigd007x ftp-bigd007x

its in my sig bigd007x for both

[Kurn]

$20 transferred.

'Stars - KURN
'Tilt - Kurn

[Talking Poker]

Mayhem is also in. Please spell your whacked Tilt name for me, Mayhem.

[Fildy]

fightforyourrighttowackyassnames

[MAYHEM45]

Rofl. fghtffyrdmns.

[bunny]

Does it stand for anything? Or is it random?

[jillaj]

I will go with fight your demons. I am leaving the 2 middle f's silent as they stumped me. I would have gone with one of them being for, but I am still left with another f so they both go silent.