TonyBet Poker online OFC Poker site is going to host the first live Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship this December, which will become a part of the Prague Poker Festival.

The Event with two Pineapple tournaments, the €1,000 buy-in Main Event and the €10,000 buy-in High Roller, will take place this December 8-10 at the King's Casino at Corinthia Hotel in Prague and is expected to be the biggest OFC Event so far.

Tonybetpoker.com has already started running online satellites giving away seats to the OFC World Championship €1,000 ME. Online qualifiers start from as low as €10, while the site will also run freerolls, leaderboards and other promotions with guaranteed seats to the live event.

The OFC Pineapple World Championship will also celebrate Tonybetpoker.com’s one year birthday which, according to site representatives, brings even more excitement to the event.
Here is the full tournament schedule:

Place: King's Casino at Corinthia Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic.

Date: December 8th – 10th

All the questions, suggestions about these tournaments as well as online satellites can be posted here and will be answered by official representative from Tonybet

Tonight we are giving away another seat to the first-ever Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship! The €150 qualifier kicks off at 10pm (UTC+2), while a €20 satellite with 1 guaranteed ticket to the main qualifier starts at 8pm.

will you or corinthia run cashgames? if so, rake on them?

also why is the tonybet mobile app blocked in czech republic?

There will be cash games for sure, game types and limits will depend on players choice. Information about the rake will be provided later.
New country list was already submitted, we are waiting for final open face chinese poker app approval from Apple representatives. Czech republic is also among requested countries. At present time Tonybet OFC poker app is available on PC, Mac and Android devices.

cool, thanks

i used the app when I was abroad and its really good and easy to use, much more comfortable to grind on it than on pc

Tonybet Poker Giveaway: 20 Seats to the OFC World Championship Guaranteed

Tonybet’s Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship Main Event seat giveaway switches into a higher gear. At least 20 seats to the live event in Prague will be rewarded to TonybetPoker.com players in the upcoming weeks.

With the OFC World Championship kicking off in just a month, the site has increased a number of satellites and launched new promotion providing the players with even more chances of winning Main Event tickets.

Along with the new promotion, the OFC World Championship satellite frenzy continues rewarding even more seats to the live Main Event. In just over a week the site launched as many as fourteen Round 1 satellites with buy-ins ranging from €10 to €20 giving away tickets to the main €150 online qualifier, and three €150 tournaments which rewarded three players with live event tickets.

Here is the full schedule of satellites:

MTT

Date | Time(UTC+2) | Buy in | Name | Guaranteed
11/05 | @9pm | €20 | OFC WC Sat (Rd1, 1 seat GTD) | €150
11/05 | @10pm | €10 | OFC WC Sat (Rd1, 1 seat GTD) | €150
11/06 | @8pm | €20 | OFC WC Sat (Rd1, 1 seat GTD) | €150
11/06 | @10pm | €150| OFC WC Sat (Qualifier, 1seat GTD) | €1.000
11/07 | @10pm | €20 | OFC WC Sat (Rd1, 1 seat GTD) | €150
11/08 | @10pm | €10 | OFC WC Sat (Rd1, 1 seat GTD) | €150
11/09 | @9pm | €10 | OFC WC Sat (Rd1, 1 seat GTD) | €150
11/09 | @10pm | €20 | OFC WC Sat (Rd1, 1 seat GTD) | €150
11/10 | @8pm | €150 | OFC WC Sat (Qualifier, 1seat GTD) | €1.000
11/10 | @10pm | €20 | OFC WC Sat (Rd1, 1 seat GTD) | €150

SnG

24/7

SnG Sat to €20 OFC World Championship Qualifier € 7
SnG Sat to €10 OFC World Championship Qualifier € 3,50

We bring you even more satellites so you would have even more chances at winning the Tonybet Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship Main Event tickets!

Three Main Qualifier online tournaments weekly - on Monday, Thursday and Friday.

I won a ticket to the OFC World Championship E1000 tournament. I am however unable to attend. Tonybet has kindly allowed me to be able transfer this ticket to someone else that can go. I will do this at the cost of E150. I have the same username on the tonybet site.

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Tonybet Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship Player Memo

Place: King’s Casino Prague, Corinthia Hotel (Kongresová 1655/1, Prague, Czech Republic).

Date: December 8 to 10


Live Tournament Schedule:

• Dec 8 at 15:00: €10,000 High Roller Event, Open Face Chinese Pineapple (Re-entry)
• Dec 8 at 20:00: €120 Last Minute Satellite to Main Event, Open Face Chinese Pineapple (5 seats guaranteed)*
• Dec 9 at 15:00: DAY 1 €1,000 Main Event, Open Face Chinese Pineapple (Re-entry)
• Dec 10 at 15:00: DAY 2 €1,000 Main Event, Final day

*The €120 Last Minute Satellite will give away five guaranteed seats to the €1,000 Tonybet Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship Main Event. The satellite will feature a different structure than the other World Championship tournaments. The prizes will not be exchanged for cash.

Tournament structure:

• €10,000 High Roller: 50,000 chips, 45 minute levels
• €1,000 Main Event: 30,000 chips, 45 minute levels
• €120 Last Minute Satellite to Main Event: 10,000 chips, 15 minute levels

Tournament levels (level/points):



Tournament type: Re-Entry tournament. Players are only allowed to re-enter after they have dropped out of the event, but no later than the start of level 6.

Late registration: Late registration available until the start of level 6.

Online registration: Buy-in to one or both of the online events in the TonybetPoker.com online poker lobby under the “Special” tab and you will be registered to the live event:

• To play the live €10,000 High Roller Event, buy-in to the OFC World Championship High Roller (Direct BI)
• To play the €1,000 Main Event, buy-in to the OFC World Championship Main Event (Direct BI)

For wire transfer or alternative payment/registration info, please contact the VIP player service at vip@tonybetpoker.com.

Live registration: King’s Casino Prague cashier at the Corinthia Hotel. Available payment options include cash, EC Cards, Master Cards and VISA Cards. Both Euro and Czech koruna currencies are accepted when paying in cash. Further on you can open up a depot via bank transfer.

Cash Games: The live Tonybet Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship will also feature 10 to 200 point OFC poker cash games. Exclusive cash game tables with limits set by your personal request will be available as well.

Accommodation: While you’re in Prague, we recommend you stay at the 5 star Corinthia Hotel Prague for just €99 per night. This is an exclusive offer for Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship participants only. To make your reservations, press here.

How to get to the event: The fastest and the easiest way to reach the Corinthia Hotel Prague from the Vaclav Havel International Airport is by taxi. The proximate price is €30. You can also order personal transfer from the airport to the hotel by contacting the Corinthia Hotel Prague.

Contact us: The Tonybet Poker VIP player service is ready to personally assist you with any requests at vip@tonybetpoker.com. We kindly invite you to contact us with any questions you might have at any time.

For more information on Tonybet Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship please visit:

• http://TonybetPoker.com
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*In order to play the poker tournament, players must present their valid ID upon registration. Players younger than 18 years old are not allowed to play. They are also not allowed in the Casino and poker tournament area.

Last call to qualify for Tonybet OFC World Championship. We're running direct satellites to the €1,000 Main Event everyday till Thursday. SnG and MTT feeders are running all the time starting from just €3,5.

Satellite Schedule:

https://tonybetpoker.com/poker_promo...oker_schedules

Tonybet Poker has just presented the spectacular trophies which will be rewarded to the winners of the High Roller and the Main Event of the first-ever Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship starting next week in Prague. The site officials have also announced that some of the biggest poker high rollers will be playing the event which all poker fans will be able to enjoy on live stream.

“It’s true, you’ll see some of the best known poker names at our Open Face Chinese tables,” a Tonybet Poker spokesperson said in an interview. “Ten prominent High Rollers have already confirmed they’ll be playing the 10K Euro event, with our regular Alexander Kostritsyn as well as a number of other big names among them.”

The site has also released the footage of the unique bracelets it’s going to reward the winners of both events. “Poker is a big game, and we want to grant our winners with “bracelets” symbolizing the size of it. They’re really special, and I’m not just saying that. None of the poker events have ever rewarded anything like it. The trophies themselves are worth playing for.”

Video: http://youtu.be/Q3GfBHrt2j0

Open Face Chinese Grandmaster! Jennifer Shahade wins $10k Tonybet High Roller- the Biggest OFC Poker Event in History




Philadelphia Chess Grandmaster Jennifer Shahade made history last night by winning €100K and the richest Open Face Chinese Poker event at the King’s Casino, Prague. The €10,000 TonyBet OFC World Championship €10K High Roller attracted an impressive 23 entries generating the largest prize pool ever in a live OFC Poker event, €218,500.

Jason Mercier, Sorel Mizzi, Alexander Kostritsyn, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Rafi Amit and eighteen other high rollers turned up for the first-ever live Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship €10K buy-in event. The action which was predominantly three handed, was also streamed live.

“This is a really great result for Jen, poker and the development of OFC,” a Tonybet representative said after the event. “This is our first live event, and it’s already the biggest OFC tournament held. We have to hold our hands up and say we didn’t expect the number of entries we got so we are off to fantasy land! The event was bigger than any WSOP or EPT Open Face Chinese event, and the players just loved it and there was a real buzz about the room. The viewers loved it as well, tens of thousands of OFC fans watched and interacted with the live broadcast and their responses were positive. What was more encouraging is that we saw plenty of people who were learning the game for the first time!”

The 13-hour event paid four places with the two-time American women's chess champion Jennifer Shahade, the only female in the field, the popular winner of the €100,000 first-place prize and an impressive winner‘s championship belt. This amounts to the biggest score Jennifer has had from any poker event.

The three-handed final table featured Shahade and two Russian players, Ilya Bulychev and Iakov Onuchin, "It was the biggest buy-in event I ever played and I'm really happy I won," said Shahade.

“I loved it and had a great time. I almost busted several times, and I wasn’t so happy with how I played in the beginning, but then as I got more tired, I got to play better. I have played regular Open Face Chinese in a live tournament before, but never Pineapple. It was fun, I thought it was great and hope there will be more tournaments like this,” Shahade said.

“I was definitely slower than other players in fantasy land, because I realize that even though it’s fantasy land, it’s very easy to make a mistake. I think people have this false sense of security because they’re in fantasy, and they think they’re not going to make any errors and I think it’s very wrong.”

During the tournament Shahade frequently tussled with 2013 EPT Grand Final OFC event winner Jason Mercier. When asked about his game, she said that playing against Mercier was not easy, “Jason Mercier is really good. I played a lot against him during the event. I think he got tired at one or two instances where he might have made an error, but he’s obviously very strong.”

Here are the final Tonybet OFC World Championship High Roller payouts:

1st Jennifer Shahade €100,000
2nd place Ilya Bulychev €58,250
3rd place - Iakov Onuchin €33,500
4th place Maxim Panyak - €20,195

The Tonybet Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship continues today at the King’s Casino in Prague with Day 1 of the €1,000 buy-in Main Event. There will also be a live stream of Day 2 of the Main Event at the Tonybet Poker Live blog.

When watching the live stream i noticed that after the initial 5 cards, players were dealt three cards at a time, they set, the next player then dealt 3, they set, as opposed to 1 to each player until they had 3. Is this the new standard? I always thought per apps and OFC odds.com that players are dealt 1, 1, 1 around until they had 3 total, just like the initial 5. Please advise, txs.

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Any help on this? Please advise, txs.

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It was taught to me, and i have had it dealt in every casino I have played, that the game is dealt as 3 cards off the top at a time to each player in turn. Initial 5 dealt one at a time to each player around button. Its not different then badugi if you think about it that way.

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Gotcha, txs a bunch for the info.

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The TonyBet OFC Poker World Championship events were supervised by highly experienced tournament directors who worked with OFC tournaments of the same format in the past. Dealing three cards to each player (after the starting 5) at once is the standard procedure used in other similar tournaments.

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