Annual Grand Championship
Tournament: The 3rd Saturday of the month following
the end of the Fiscal Year (September 30th) at 12:00
noon. See the News|Calendar tab for exact dates and times.
Qualifying for the Annual Grand Championship:
The total qualifiers from a regular member is 11 and for the premium it
is 15. Item 3 below explains the difference.
Every Tavern is guaranteed to qualify a minimum of two players per Quarter.
1. The 1st place finisher of their Local Tavern
Quarterly qualifies and receives 2,000 bonus starting chips.
and second are
automatically qualified.
2. The 2nd place finisher of their Local Tavern Quarterly
qualifies and receives 1,000 bonus starting chips.
and second are
automatically qualified.
2a. Alternates:
If either, or both, of the winners have
previously qualified for the Annual Grand Championship the Tournament Director will notify the next eligible
qualifiers in order of their finish at the Local Quarterly, until two
Players are qualified. These players are considered Alternates.
They do not qualify for Bonus chips but are qualified for the
Annual Grand Championship.
NOTE: Bonus chips are always earned by the
winning player and do not transfer to an alternate player. A
player must WIN bonus chips. TPL believes it is enough that the
alternate gets to play, starting with the Basic chips only. It is
important that the TD declares an alternate as an alternate, NOT A
FINISHER. Failing to declare the player as an alternate can cause
the true winner to lose earned bonus chips at the Annual Grand
Championship and disqualify the Alternate from earning bonus chips from
a win at the regional.
NOTE2: An alternate may be assigned as qualifying for the Annual
Grand Championship even if the 1st and 2nd winners play the Regional
Quarterly. These alternates DO NOT PLAY THE REGIONAL but are
qualified for the Annual. This
happens when one or both of the winners have previously qualified for
the Annual Grand Championship. Each Tavern is GUARANTEED a minimum of 2
NEW qualifiers per quarter for the Annual Grand Championship.
Remember, these alternates do not earn Bonus starting chips for the
Annual but do get to compete with the Basic starting chips. They
may also earn Nonus chips of their own at a later date.
3. Taverns on the TPL Premium Membership Program may qualify one extra player
each quarter to the Annual Grand Championship. This 3rd player is the
quarterly points leader and is qualified to play in the Annual
Grand Championship event and receives the same 2,000 bonus chips as the
quarterly winner. The player does not receive and additional
Bonus chips for also finishing 1st or 2nd in the Local Championship.
2,000 is the maximum. No alternates are available for this qualifier. The
intent is for the point leader to get to play, not to just add a 3rd
qualifier.
4. Finish 1st in points for the entire year for HOME tavern 5,000
Bonus chips.
5. Finish 2nd in points for the entire year for HOME tavern 2,000
Bonus chips.
NOTE: A player may not COMBINE earned bonus
chips from multiple taverns. The player may choose the tavern
where he/she has earned the MOST bonus chips if he/she has qualified in
multiple places.
How the starting chips for the
Regional Quarterly Championships are determined:
Here is an example of the total starting chips a good player COULD earn
for the Annual Grand Championship Playoff. Not the MOST but a good
season and a good player:
| Basic Qualifying |
10000 |
| 1st place Local Quarterly |
2000 |
| 2nd place Local Quarterly |
1000 |
| Highest point total at Home Tavern (annual) |
5000 |
| TD Bonus |
5000 |
|
|
Starting Chips |
23000 |
What are the 2012 prizes:
We are playing for one of 6 seats in the
Arizona State Championship Million
Dollar Tournament at Talking Stick Casino (Casino Arizona).
Finish in the top 6 and win a seat!!!
