A Heads Up competition to take us through the next month and to fill the gap between Leagues.This is how it will work:
Registration will be available under the heading 'blonde Heads Up registration' on the bPL cardroom under the MTT/NL Tournaments' tab
This registration will cost $10+1 and will be available until next Thursday only.
After next Thursday I together with a glamorous assistant (applications required) will conduct a random draw to discover who plays who and the draw in its entirety will be posted on blonde next Thursday afternoon
The draw will be set such that (Wimbledon style) you know your path through to the final from the start... winner of match 1 will play winner of match 2 etc/winner plays victor of matches 3 and 4 etc. There will be no seedings.
Once the draw is announced, the two players discuss (PM,MSN) a mutually suitable date and time to play their match, agree stakes (as low as 10c) and format (one off, best of 3 etc). The idea is to resemble something like a 5 a side league or a squash league you might see at your local leisure centre in terms of organisation.
Each round will have to be completed by a set date which I will announce when the draw is posted.
Here's the complication: Heads up tables cannot be reserved on Tribecca so there is always a risk that someone turns up to a table at the time agreed and another player jumps in. I therefore recommend that games are played for small stakes to minimise financial disappointment.
Once the game has been played, within a deadline for each round to be announced, players report results to me.
Prizes:
bPL has very kindly added $250 to the prize pool. This will be distributed as follows
1st: $65
2nd: $35
3rd and 4th: $25 each
In addition, the winner will play for a 'winner takes all' $100 in a best of 3 heads up match on bPL versus a mystery celebrity after the conclusion of the tournament.
Out of the total of the $10 paid to register for the comp to get in the draw the distribution of prizes will be as follows
1st: 40% of pool
2nd: 20% of pool
3rd-4th: 10% of pool each
5th-8th: 5% of pool each
So you have three sets of money available to win: the $10 pool accumulated, the $250 added money and the stakes of the individual matches.
I will facilitate the playing of games where required (just ask me to chase your opponent for you ) and anyone who is not around on the date and time agreed by all parties will forfeit (with one final warning only) and the opponent get a bye to the next round
Happy to answer any questions, take feedback/suggestions and I hope this is an idea that interests plenty of you.
The winner will be crowned the 'Last blonde standing' and the bPL Heads Up champion, with massive bragging rights... until next time round.
