INTERNATIONAL POKER TOURNAMENT

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1 INTERNATIONAL POKER TOURNAMENT SPECIAL TERMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF SATELLITE & SUPER SATELLITE TOURNAMENTS 1

2 The international Poker Tournament Greek Poker Cup will be conducted in two (2) phases. Phase 1 concerns the conduct of a sequence of Satellite & Super Satellite Tournaments, according to Chapter A of the Special Terms for Tournaments of the text which follows. The full prizes of 500 of such tournaments, as specified below, will be held by the Casino and will be converted to entry stakes (= 500) and tournament registration fees (= 50), for each winning player of the following, Main Tournament (phase 2) Greek Poker Cup. Phase 2 concerns the conduct of the Main Tournament, according to Chapter B of the Special Terms of the specific Tournament, which shall constitute a supplementary part of this section, and shall be communicated and made available to the interested players. 2

3 CHAPTER A - PHASE 1 CONDUCT OF SATELLITE TOURNAMENT SEQUENCE 1. PLACE OF CONDUCT Satellite Tournaments will be held in the Card room of Casino Loutraki. 2. NUMBER OF TABLES Eight (8) 10-seat tables. 3. NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING PLAYERS Up to eighty (80) each time. 4. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Tournaments will be held on the following dates, at 15:00: ENTRY STAKE Seventy (70) Euro, which corresponds to the value of the chip bank (tournament chips), of a total of five thousand points (5,000). 6. TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION FEE Fourteen point two percent (14.2 %) of the entry stake, which is equal to ten (10) Euros. This amount will be paid by players. This means that the total entry fee will amount to eighty (80) Euros. 3

4 CONDUCT OF SUPER SATELLITE TOURNAMENT SEQUENCE Super Satellite tournament will be held in the multipurpose centre. 7. NUMBER OF TABLES Ten (10) 10-seat tables 8. NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING PLAYERS Up to one hundred (100). 9. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Tournament will be held on the following date, starting at 17:00. 18/02/ ENTRY STAKE One hundred (100) Euro, which corresponds to the value of the chip bank (tournament chips), of a total of six thousand points (6,000). 11. TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION FEE Fifteen percent (15%) of the entry stake, which is equal to fifteen (15) Euros. This amount will be paid by players. This means that the total entry fee will amount to one hundred and fifteen Euros (115 ). The following terms will apply for all Satellites & Super Satellite Tournaments: 4

5 12. RE-BUYS Not permitted. 13. SEATING ASSIGNMENT By draw from the Casino. Seats are not transferable. 14. DETERMINING THE DEALER BUTTON POSITION The dealer button will be determined by draw at table 1 and the result of the draw in question will be applied to the rest of the tables. 15. OTHER SPECIAL TERMS The game is No Limit Texas Hold em. These special tournament terms will be available on the Casino Loutraki web-site ( Players are responsible to familiarise themselves with the tournament terms. All Satellite qualifiers to the Main Event will play on Day 1B. In the event where a player wins more than one seat (through Satellites for the Main Event), he/she should use the 1 st seat won and all other seats will be paid in cash, to the equivalent of the entry stake + registration fee. Seats won through Satellite are not transferable. Participants can only register once to the Main Event. Applications for participation will be accepted only at the Main Cash Desk of the Casino, prior to the start of the tournament, the latest ten minutes before the start of each Event on the tournament day, upon payment of the entry stake and the registration fee. 5

6 Candidates can obtain the Tournament Participation application form from the Main Cash Desk during registration. Applications for participation will be accepted based on strict order of priority. Tournaments will not be conducted in the presence of players or invited spectators who are not participating in the tournament, meaning they will not be allowed to remain in the area where tournaments are conducted. Blind bets are increased regularly, according to the tables attached hereto. Any bet increase indicated by the tournament MIS system will take place after the completion of the hand in progress. A hand starts when the dealer starts shuffling the cards. If two or more players at the same table are eliminated from the tournament during the same hand, the player with the higher chip count at the start of the hand will receive the higher finishing place. If two or more players are eliminated from the tournament at separate tables, each eliminated player will be assigned a lower place than the player eliminated after him, and if it is impossible to determine which player was eliminated first, the prize involved will be split equally. Player chips and the highest denomination of chips must be visible at all times on the table. Players may not have in their pockets tournament chips while chips from other games are not permitted on the table. Players wishing to use their cell phones must step away from the table. In case of cancellation of Main Event, all Satellite winners will be paid in full ( 550). 6

7 16. ANNOUNCING WINNERS AWARDING TOURNAMENT PRIZES FOR SATELLITE ( 80 PLAYERS) The total prize consists of the total chips bought in Euro, of all players participating each time to the specific tournament. The prize in question is awarded between the first up to and including the eleventh player in ranking order, as follows: - 1 st winner: 550 Euro - 2 nd winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 1 st winner. - 3 rd winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 2 nd winner. - 4 th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 3 rd winner. - 5 th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 4 th winner. - 6 th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 5 th winner. - 7 th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 6 th winner. - 8 th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 7 th winner. - 9 th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 8 th winner th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 9 th winner th winner: 100 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 10 th winner. 7

8 17. ANNOUNCING WINNERS AWARDING TOURNAMENT PRIZES FOR SUPER SATELLITE( 100 PLAYERS) The total prize consists of the total chips bought in Euro, of all players participating each time to the specific tournament The prize in question is awarded between the first up to and including the nineteenth player in ranking order, as follows: - 1 st winner: 550 Euro - 2 nd winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 1 st winner. - 3 rd winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 2 nd winner. - 4 th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 3 rd winner. - 5 th winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 4 th winner. - 6 th winner 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after the payment of the 5 th winner. - 7 th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 6 th winner. - 8 th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 7 th winner. - 9 th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 8 th winner th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 9 th winner th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 10 th winner th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 11 th winner th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 12 th winner. 8

9 - 14 th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 13 th winner th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 14 th winner th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 15 th winner th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 16 th winner th Winner: 550 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 17 th winner th Winner: 100 Euro or if not sufficient, any amount remaining after payment of the 18 th winner. Any prize above less than 550 Euro is awarded to the winner from the Casino. Each full prize of 550 Euro above is held by the Casino, and is replaced and becomes respectively the entry stake ( 500) and the tournament registration fee (= 50) of the following main tournament (phase 2) - Greek Poker Cup which will be conducted in Casino Loutraki, under the special terms and conditions mentioned in Chapter B. 18. The penalties stipulated in the Regulations will be imposed on players who violate the Regulations. 19. The pre-determined time by which players must act is the time stipulated in the Regulations. 20. The sequence of Satellite & Super Satellite tournaments of the specific phase shall be conducted according to the Hellenic Rules as stipulated in the Government Gazette, Issue B, 6 September

10 21. The following tables constitutes an integral part of the Special Terms of this phase and shows the structure of bets, their change every twenty (20) minutes, and the programming of 10- minute breaks after one hour and twenty minutes of tournament conduct for the Satellites and after one hour of tournament play for the Super Satellite. 1 st TABLE: BETTING STRUCTURE TABLE FOR SATELLITE LEVEL DURATION SMALL BLIND BIG BLIND ANTE Tournament Directors Discretion 10

11 2 nd TABLE: BETTING STRUCTURE TABLE FOR SUPER SATELLITE LEVEL DURATION SMALL BLIND BIG BLIND ANTE Tournament Directors Discretion 11

12 22. The document which follows constitutes an integral part of the Special Terms of the present phase, showing the application for participation for the Satellites submitted according to the above in the Main Cash Desk of the Casino, prior to the start of each tournament. 12

13 23. The document which follows constitutes an integral part of the Special Terms of the present phase, showing the application for participation for the Super Satellite, submitted according to the above in the Main Cash Desk of the Casino, prior to the start of each tournament. These terms concern phase 1, while for phase 2 which concerns the conduct of the Main Event, Chapter B, with the Special Terms of the Tournament in question, will be added in due time. 13

14 SUPPLEMENTARY TERMS CONDITIONS & REGULATIONS On a commercial level, Casino Loutraki has agreed to observe a Code of Ethics, aiming at promoting the commercial interests of its company and to safeguard its reputation and clientele. The following Supplementary Special Terms, Conditions & Regulations constitute a minimum level of securing the above aim and are made available to entrants so as to be aware of them and agree to them, as follows: Publicity (video and photo shooting, filming and use of player names) a. For promotion and publicity reasons filming, video shootings and photo shootings are allowed during the tournaments for transmission and broadcast as a delayed television series broadcast either live or recorded, in all forms of media (TV, printed media, internet etc.). b. Players participating in the above tournaments of GREEK POKER CUP 4, are required to permit their image and full name to be shown on television internationally, without restriction and in all forms of media (print, online, etc.). Participation in the GREEK POKER CUP 4 is taken as that player giving their consent to the above broadcast and publicity. c. Players participating in the GREEK POKER CUP 4 have resigned from the entire copyright throughout the world in any film and /or video or other recordings of themselves taken or made during any stage of the GREEK POKER CUP 4 tournament. d. Players must be willing to attend press conferences or / and television interviews at any reasonable time during any GREEK POKER CUP 4 tournament, if requested by the organizers. Completing, signing and submitting the participation form above at any stage / phase of the tournament, means that you agree to and accept such terms. 14