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Winter 2008 Diamonds Poker League
League Overview
- Time: Sunday League is at 9:00 pm EST
- Venue: Poker Stars
- Weekly Buy-in: $5 + .50
- Winter 2008 Diamonds League
League Dates
Pre-requisites
Signup for a PSO account and have a real money Poker Stars account. Players are not required to have signed up for Poker Stars through PSO, nor are they required to have done any PSO promotions.
How to Register
You must register for the PSO Poker League via the Poker Stars software before each tournament starts. Enter the tournament lobby and register. The tournament entry fee will be deducted from your Poker Stars account. As with any online poker tournament, you can unregister from the Poker Stars tournament lobby at any time before the tournament starts and your entry fee will be refunded. Each League event will be password-protected and you will be able to find the password on the PSO Forum under the "PSO Freeroll Tournaments / Poker League" section.
Payout Structure
Standard Poker Stars tournament payout.
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Individual Event Prizes
PSO Points will be awarded to the Top 5 finishers in each event:
- 1st Place -- 7,000 PSO Points
- 2nd Place -- 4,000 PSO Points
- 3rd Place -- 3,000 PSO Points
- 4th Place -- 2,000 PSO Points
- 5th Place -- 1,000 PSO Points
PSO Points will be added to the players' accounts within 5 business days of the event.
Event Scoring
Players will be awarded league points based on the place they finish. Each tournament has a 1st place score of 100 league points, with each place below that receiving 1 point less per place (i.e. 2nd receives 99 points, 3rd 98, 4th 97, etc.) Anyone finishing below 100th place will receive 0 league points for the tournament.
League Standings
Tournament scores will be totaled for each player and standings will be posted on the PSO website. To determine the champion of the league, each player's highest 5 finishes will count. Players are not required to participate all ten events, but to be eligible for the Overall Prizes, players must participate in at least five tournaments.
Grand Prize
At the conclusion of the league, the player with the highest point total will be awarded the Grand Prize, 30,000 PSO Points ($300), plus a buy-in to Poker Stars’ weekly Sunday Million Guaranteed Tournament ($200 + $15).
Runners-Up
Second through third place overall finishers will also receive PSO Point prizes, as follows:
- 2nd Place - 20,000 PSO Points
- 3rd Place - 13,000 PSO Points
Bonus Prizes
But wait, there's more! The following bonus prizes will be awarded each tournament:
- Knock out a member of the PSO staff - 2,000 PSO Points
- One of the two randomly chosen winners - 2,000 PSO Points
It will be up to the players to keep track of the bounties. It is ultimately the responsibility of the bounty winner to let PSO know whom they eliminated, but we do ask that those with bounties on their heads also try to pay attention to who knocks them out and let us know, as well. An official bounty thread will be posted in the League Forum for the bounties and bounty winners to announce who eliminated whom.
The random prizes will simply be awarded based on three randomly generated numbers after each tournament. The players that finish in the place corresponding to the numbers will win the prizes. Members of the PSO staff are not eligible for the random prizes. If the randomly generated number corresponds to the place of someone from PSO, the prize will go to the next place down. If that PSO staff member finished last, the prize will go to the next place up.
Additional Rules
- If a player registers for a tournament, but does not play, that tournament will not count toward the required five for the Grand Prize.
- Any player who is deemed to have exhibited poor sportsmanship, which includes, but is not limited to, abusive language or taunting, excessive stalling, or discussing an active hand, will be disqualified from winning PSO prizes for that tournament and will not have the tournament count toward the required five for the Overall Prizes.
- Cheating is strictly prohibited. PSO reserves the right to ban any players from this or any future PSO-sponsored events if they are found to have cheated. Any prizes won may be forfeited, at PSO's discretion.
- All decisions by PSO are final.
