Battle of the Sexes - I

This blog will track the Talent Poker Tour's "Battle of the Sexes Tournament".

Here is the information so far:

Date: June 20, 2009

Time: Check-in starts at 1:00 p.m.
Seating and announcements at 1:45 p.m.
Tournament starts at 2:00 p.m.

Location: The Clubhouse, Talent, Oregon (No, I'm not being more specific than this on the internet. Registrants will be given detailed directions to the tournament location.)

This tournament has a $40.00 per person buy-in and is limited to the first 30 teams who register. A team consists of one man and one woman, they do not have to be married or be a "couple", only teammates. Preregistration is required.

The tournament will start out as two preliminary tournaments being played at the same time. A 30 player Women Only Tournament will be run simultaneously with a 30 player Men Only Tournament. When either of these preliminary tournaments has five players remaining, they will halt play and go on break until the other preliminary tournament also has five players remaining.

At this point four cash awards will be presented. Two "High Hand Prizes" will be awarded, one to a man and one to a woman. Two "Knockout Prizes" will be awarded, one to the man who has eliminated the most opponents by this point in the tournament and one to the woman who has eliminated the most opponents by this point in the tournament.

Awarding these prizes at this point in the tournament allows players who have not made the final table a better chance to win cash prizes.

After the presentation of these prizes, the five players remaining from each tournament will come together to form a ten person final table. They will bring their individual chip stacks with them from their preliminary tournaments. Seat positions will be redrawn, the position of the dealer button will be re-established and play will resume.

All ten players at the final table will receive cash prizes. The ultimate winner of the final table will also receive a "Battle of the Sexes" Championship bracelet.

Each player will receive a point scoring based on when they are eliminated from the tournament. For example the first man eliminated will receive one point, the second man eliminated will receive two points and so on. The same points will be awarded to the female players based on when they are eliminated. At the end of final table play, the points earned by the male member of the team will be added to the points earned by the female member of the team to determine the team score. The team with the highest score will be awarded a cash prize for "Best Team".

ALL MONIES COLLECTED AS ENTRY FEES WILL BE PAID OUT IN PRIZE MONEY. THERE IS NO HOUSE FEE FOR PLAYING IN THIS TOURNAMENT. NO RAKE IS TAKEN OFF THE TABLE DURING THIS TOURNAMENT. ALL CASH PRIZE AMOUNTS WILL BE PROPORTIONATELY BASED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENTRY FEES COLLECTED.

THE TALENT POKER TOUR ENVIRONMENT

The Talent Poker Tour was started to promote the game of Texas Hold'em and to provide a venue for our friends and acquaintances to be able to get together in a friendly, comfortable environment and play the game we love.

No alcohol is allowed in the Clubhouse or on the grounds.
No smoking is allowed in the Clubhouse.
No abusive language is allowed.

Talent Poker Tour events are made possible by the group effort of many friends who are very generous with their time when it comes to helping put on the events.

Any questions or other inquiries should be addressed to hippopepper@gmail.com