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Blue Square's Unusual Suspects InfoThe SuspectsJohn Falconer
Stuart Nash
Mickey Wernick
Joe Grech
Simon Nowab
Jen Mason
Ian Bradley
JP Kelly
James Dempsey
The ConceptBlue Square’s Unusual Suspects is a unique poker challenge in which several established and up and coming poker players will compete for survival in a series of online and offline tournaments.
The competition will be split into six rounds. Each round will comprise a number of online and offline tournaments.
At the end of the first round the three suspects with the least number of points will be eliminated.
The remaining six suspects will be joined by the winner of the Blue Square’s Unusual Suspects Online Poker League to compete in the second round of events. Last longer points from Round one will not count towards the round two total. The online league winner will be awarded points that equal the average bonus points (to the nearest whole point) from Round 1. At the end of the second round the three players with the least number of points will be eliminated.
The remaining four suspects will go on to compete in round three. All points will be carried forward from round 2 and will count towards the round three total. At the end of round three the player with the least number of points will be eliminated.
The remaining three suspects will go on to compete in round four. All points will be carried forward from the previous rounds. At the end of round four the player with the least number of points will be eliminated.
The two remaining suspects will go on to compete in round five. Points will be carried forward from the previous rounds. At the end of the fifth round the player with the most points will be deemed to be the overall Blue Square’s Unusual Suspects winner and will take their seat at the EPT Finale in Monte Carlo.
The Points SystemLast Longer Points will be awarded to each player for each tournament based on relative finishing position.
1st 12 pts
2nd 9 pts
3rd 7 pts
4th 6 pts
5th 5 pts
6th 4 pts
7th 3 pts
8th 2 pts
9th 1 pt
Bonus Points for offline tournaments
1st place finish - 12 pts
2nd-3rd place finish - 8 pts
4th-9th place finish - 4 pts
Any other prize money finish - 2 pts
Bonus Points for online tournaments
1st place finish - 6 pts
2nd-3rd place finish - 4 pts
4th-9th place finish - 2 pts
Any other prize money finish - 1 pt
Heads Up Matches (in later rounds)
5 points per win
The EventsRound 1 - 9 players compete. 3 players will be eliminated
Event Date Location Tournament Details
1. 10th October Launch Party Single-table Tournament
2. 12th October Brighton £200 Shootout Tournament
3. 13th October Brighton £300 Freezeout Tournament
4. 23rd October Blue Square Multi-table online tournament
5 26th October Blue Square Multi-table online tournament
Online League to win a place in the Unusual Suspects runs on Blue Square Poker from October 8th - 26th
Last longer points from Round one will not count towards the round two total. The online league winner will be awarded points that equal the average bonus points (to the nearest whole point) from Round 1.
Round 2 - 7 players compete. 3 players will be eliminated
Event Date Location Tournament Details
6. 3rd November TBC Single-table Tournament
7. 4th November Sheffield £750 Freezeout
8. TBC Blue Square Multi-table online tournament
9 TBC Blue Square Multi-table online tournament
10 TBC Blue Square Single-table online tournament
Round 3 - 4 players compete. 1 player will be eliminated
Event Date Location Tournament Details
11. 30th November Slovenia €1,000 Freezeout
12. 30th November Slovenia Heads Up Matches
13. TBC Blue Square Multi-table online tournament
14. TBC Blue Square Single-table online tournament
Round 4 - 3 players compete. 1 player will be eliminated
15. 15th December Helsinki €2,000 Freezeout
16. 16th December Helsinki Heads Up Matches
17. TBC Blue Square Multi-table online tournament
Round 5 - 2 players compete. 1 player will be eliminated
18. Jan/Feb Blue Square Multi-table online tournament
19. Jan/Feb Blue Square Multi-table online tournament
20. Jan/Feb EPT €4,000 Freezeout (either Deauville or Copenhagen, tbc)
21. Jan/Feb EPT Heads Up Matches
Round 6 - The winner takes his or her seat
22. March Monte Carlo €10,000 Freezeout
Additional Rules· Finishing positions will be determined by the officially published tournament results, regardless of any deals that may have taken place.
· Finishing positions may be tied in shootout events
· No soft play is allowed
· Blue Square reserves the right to withhold points from any round if there is any evidence to suggest soft or dubious play
· Any player failing to participate in any event may be disqualified from the competition.
· Blue Square will exercise discretion in situations where failure to take part in an event is beyond the reasonable control of the player and may award
compensatory points if deemed necessary.
. In the event of a tie for points at the end of a round, relative finishing positions in all offline tournaments to date will decide the placings
. Blue Square reserves the right to amend the points structure and schedule of events.
Online CompetitionBecome an Unusual Suspect by winning the Unusual Suspects Online Poker League on Blue Square Poker. The winner will join the Unusual Suspects in Round 2 and will compete on the same terms as the other participants, so win the league and you could end up at the €10,000 EPT Finale in Monte Carlo.
To compete simply take part in the daily Unusual Suspects No Limit Freezeout tournaments at 8.30pm every night from October 8th to October 26th.
For every Unusual Suspects League tournament you take part in you will receive 1 point.
Additional Bonus points will be awarded to the final table players as follows:
1st place 12 pts
2nd place 8 pts
3rd place 7 pts
4th place 6 pts
5th place 5 pts
6th place 4 pts
7th place 3 pts
8th place 2 pts
9th place 1 pt
After the final tournament on October 26th the player with the most points will be invited to join the Unusual Suspects as a participant (terms and conditions apply). If there is a tie for first place, the winner will be the player with the most number of 1st place finishes in league tournaments will be deemed to have won. If there is still a tie the number of 2nd placed finishes will be taken into account, and so on until a winner has been declared.
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