I run a group that has been playing low stakes roughly-monthly NLHE single table rebuy tournaments (and occasionally 2 tables) for about 10 years. We have decided to start a league format for the first time.
The first game is tonight, so I don't know how well this will go over. The structure I came up with is below:
Season Format:
10 Monthly rebuy tournaments
Prize for season points leader
Championship Freeroll TournamentStarting chips determined by points earned in Monthly tourneys
Monthly Tournaments:
Held every 3-5 weeks. If we cannot get at least 5 players, tourney will be rescheduled.$10 Buyin, $10 Rebuys, $10 Addon (same as always)
10% of the prize pool will be held back for the Freeroll and the Points Leader prizes
The number of paid places depends on the number of players5-6 players: 2 places
7-11 players: 3 places
12+ players: 4 places
League Points are awarded based on your finish
Player Points = (NumberOfPlayers – FinishPlace + 1 ) + 1*(InTheMoney) +1*(InFirstPlace)English: One point for playing
One point for every player you beat
One point if you finish in the money,
One point if you win the tourney
Example: 7 people, 3 places pay, 1st 9 pts (1pt Entry + 6pt NumBeat + 1pt ITM + 1 FP)
2nd 7 pts (1pt Entry + 5pt NumBeat + 1pt ITM)
3rd 6 pts (1pt Entry + 4pt NumBeat + 1pt ITM)
4th 4 pts (1pt Entry + 3pt NumBeat)
5th 3 pts (1pt Entry + 2pt NumBeat)
6th 2 pts (1pt Entry + 1pt NumBeat)
7th 1 pt (1pt Entry)
If 2 (or more) players bust out on the same hand, the higher finish place will go to the player that had more chips at the beginning of the hand.
Any chops need to include the finish place in addition to the money split.
Players can award the 1st place to one player, 2nd to the other,
or choose to split the championship points (in the example above if the top 2 finishers split the points, both would get 8 points)
Points Leader:
League points are the total of all points earned in the Monthly tournaments with the lowest 3 months scores dropped. (to allow up to 3 missed tournaments without penalty)
For the purposes of reporting on the race, we will drop 1 low score after the 3rd tournament, 2 low scores after the 5th tournament, and 3 scores after the 7th tournament. (does not affect the final totals which will have 3 scores removed)
If there is a tie for points the tiebreakers are:Number of 1st place finishes
Number of InTheMoney finishes
Number of tournaments played
Cut for high card
$20 prize will be awarded to the player with the highest point total after 10 monthly tournaments (taken from the Freeroll prize pool)
Championship Freeroll Tournament:
All players that have played in 4 or more Monthly Tournaments are eligible to play in the Championship Freeroll Tournament, held in November or early December
Championship Freeroll Tournament will be NLHE, no buyin, no rebuys or addons.
Starting chips will be determined by the finishing place in the points total race.
The lowest finishing (but eligible) player will start with T4000 chips.
Each higher point finisher will receive T500 more chips
If there is a tie for points the tiebreakers are:Number of 1st place finishes
Number of InTheMoney finishes
Number of tournaments played
Cut for high card
If an eligible player cannot attend the Freeroll, their chips will removed from play, but this will not impact other players starting stacks.
Prizes:
$20 Bounty : paid to whoever busts the Points Leader out of the Freeroll
The top 3 finishers in the Freeroll split the balance of the remaining prize pool. (55%, 30%, 15%)
Remaining Prize Pool = Money from Monthlys - $20 (points leader prize) - $20 (bounty)
The winner of the Freeroll shall be declared the Champion of the 2017 season.