The blonde Virgin Team Challengeblonde poker and Virgin Poker are delighted to announce details of the blonde Virgin Team Challenge, beginning in July and running through October. The way the Challenge works is detailed below. Teams of blonde members compete in a league and a member of the winning team gets to play in a major live event courtesy of Virgin Poker, with his/her team-mates sharing in their success. So get those teams together, and good luck!
Schedule of Events:Round Date Buy-In Poker Room
1 Tuesday 3rd July @ 8pm BST $5.50 blonde
2 Thursday 5th July @ 8pm BST $5.50 Virgin
3 Tuesday 10th July @ 8pm BST $5.50 blonde
4 Thursday 12th July @ 8pm BST $5.50 Virgin
5 Tuesday 17th July @ 8pm BST $5.50 blonde
6 Thursday 19th July @ 8pm BST $5.50 Virgin
7 Tuesday 24th July @ 8pm BST $5.50 blonde
8 Thursday 26th July @ 8pm BST $5.50 Virgin
9 Tuesday 31st July @ 8pm BST $5.50 blonde
Password ProtectionEvery round, on both sites, will be password protected, password will be available on the day of each competition.
How To Play:1. Have a blonde Poker and Virgin Poker account. Sign up for Virgin Poker via the banner on the main site or this sign up link:
http://travis.bosscasinos.com/re.asp?name=POK&camp=bp2007&go=http://www.virginpoker.comblonde members with existing Virgin Poker accounts can of course use those to participate, but new sign ups must be through this link.
2. Form a team with your mates (min 3, max 5) and enter by posting your Team Details in the linked thread below:
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=24909.0Team Name:
blonde Screen Name Virgin Screen Name
Player 1
Player 2
Player 3
Player 4
Player 5
3. Play in each round of the Team Championship and the top 3 finishers of each team in each round will have their points contribute towards the team’s score for that round.
4. The points won by each team in each round will contribute to their league position.
Points Scoring1. Points don’t win prizes, lack of points do! You are awarded the same number of points as your finishing position – i.e. 1st place gets 1 point, 24th gets 24.
2. The lowest three points scorers from each team in each round are counted towards the team score – i.e. if a team has it’s players finishing in 5th, 12th, 23rd, 52nd + 78th then that team will be awarded 30 points (5 + 12 + 23) for that round.
3. Any players not participating in a round will be awarded points equal to the total number of players in that round plus 10.
4. At the end of the month the team with the least points wins.
The Prizes1. Virgin Poker have put up a blonde Live Tournament Fund of £5000. Each month the winning team will win a live event seat. In July the seat up for grabs will be a £1050 seat at the Luton GUKPT in early August, with £100 added for expenses.
2. The best performing player from the winning team (who has accumulated the least points) will play in the live event and any winnings that player makes are spread across the team in the following order.
Team Players Ranking Prize
1: Least Points Over Month Live Seat + 50% of any Winnings
2 20% of any Winnings
3 15% of any Winnings
4 10% of any Winnings
5: Most Points Over Month 5% of any Winnings
League Table will be published after each competition.
Terms & Conditions1. blonde Poker and Virgin Poker realize that team competition offers the possibility of team members colluding together. As this competition is open only to blonde Forum members we hope that it will be played within the good spirit and intentions that we are used to on the forum. Any teams suspected of colluding will be disqualified from the league for that month.
2. Teams must enter by posting their Team name and members on the blonde Forum. Teams will only score points for a round if they have posted their team name and players on the forum before that round begins.
3. Team with less than 5 players can add new players to their team at any point in the month by posting their new team line-up. A player will only score points for a team once he has been officially registered with them.
4. Players cannot be a member of more than one team in any one month.
5. By participating in this league any player winning the live seat is agreeing to share any winnings they make from that event with the rest of their team as dictated by the tournament.
6. This is a joint promotion between Virgin Poker and blonde Poker.
7. The prize includes £100 towards travel to or from the live event; or accommodation, arrangements are the sole responsibility of the player.
8. The minimum age limit for the tournament is 18.
9. In the event of a service crash or a disruption, the promotion for that day will be rerun at the discretion of Virgin/blonde Poker. Virgin/blonde Poker will be the sole arbiter as to whether a promotion will be rerun.
10 Virgin/blonde Poker accepts no responsibility whatsoever for system or connection problems that might affect any player during any of these promotions, such as a fold / timeout.
11. The promoter reserves the right to refuse this offer to any player or to withdraw this / or part of this offer / promotion at any time. The Promoter cannot be held responsible for any 'fold / timeouts' or disconnects as per the general rules of the Virgin/blonde Poker service. If the game is disrupted by system or network issues Virgin/blonde Poker reserves the right to resolve the issue as it sees fit.
12. Virgin/blonde Poker reserves the right to amend the tournament rules at any time.
13. Virgin/blonde Poker Tournament rules apply.
14. Places are not transferable, there is no cash alternative.
15. In the event of event cancellation or buy-in unavailability, cash equivalent will be awarded.
16. By participating in the tournament you agree to reasonable publicity, including betting markets around the event and television media interviews and press releases. Event reports will also feature the name and alias of the winners.
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