|
Why the College Poker Championship?
What are the Costs?
Who is Eligible?
About our Tournament Director - Matt Savage
College Poker ChampionshipTM is honored to have Matt
Savage as our volunteer Tournament Director. Matt has directed
major poker tournaments throughout the United States as well as
abroad and is currently the Tournament Director of the World
Series of Poker. He is the founder of the Tournament Directors
Association (TDA) and has been instrumental in standardizing
tournament rules throughout the world. He has volunteered his
services to College Poker ChampionshipTM 2005, so you
can be assured of first class tournament.
Why the College Poker ChampionshipTM?
Quite simply, collegepokerchampionship.com is looking for …
"THE BEST TEXAS HOLD'EM, NO LIMIT COLLEGE POKER PLAYER IN
THE WORLD"
Colleges have a fine poker playing tradition, and poker is often
an integral part of campus life. Fraternity houses are famous
for their poker games and off-campus cigar shops offering poker
card nights are a growing trend. With the explosion of online
poker and the success of The 1st Annual College Poker
ChampionshipTM it seems natural to hold a another
tournament where poker-playing students from all colleges can
come together and test their skills against each other, while
competing for huge scholarship awards.
College Poker ChampionshipTM has not for
profit objectives and our goals include:
- Searching for the best Texas Hold 'em, No Limit college
poker player in the world
- Supporting students' educational endeavors with huge cash
scholarships
- Supporting the use of poker as a strategic learning tool
among students
The 2nd Annual College Poker ChampionshipTM
The 2nd Annual College Poker ChampionshipTM
is an online Texas Hold 'em No Limit poker tournament series,
open exclusively to registered university college students
worldwide. The winner can truly claim the title of
"THE BEST TEXAS HOLD"EM, NO LIMIT COLLEGE POKER PLAYER
IN THE WORLD"
collegepokerchampionship.com and royalvegaspoker.com are NOT
encouraging gambling by students. We are however looking for the
world's top student poker players. That's why entry into the
tournament is still ENTIRELY FREE, with all events being played
with tournament chips. ABSOLUTELY NO PURCHASE IS EVER REQUIRED
by either collegepokerchampionship.com or our sponsor
royalvegaspoker.com.
We are awarding cash scholarships and charitable donations that
will allow students to fund their educational endeavours.
The tournament runs for just over eight months. There will be 37
qualifying rounds known as "Super Satellites" with
$500 in scholarship awards each week. They will be played every
Sunday at 4 PM EST; with the first Super Satellite being played
on Sunday, August 29, 2004, and the last Super Satellite being
played on Sunday, May 8, 2005.
Each Super Satellite gives you the opportunity to secure a place
in the Satellite Event, because the TOP 10% of players in each
Super Satellite qualify for the Satellite Event. The Satellite
Event will be played on Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 4 PM EST. It
offers $5,000 in scholarship awards and the TOP 20% of players
in the Satellite Event secure a place in the Online Final.
The Online Final will be held on May 22, 2005 at 4pm EST.
Players who place 11th to 80th will share
in $15,500 of scholarship awards, while players who place 1st
to 10th will share $94,500 in scholarship awards. The
winner will be taking home an outstanding $41,000 and as an
added feature in the Online Final, charitable donations
amounting to $10,000 will be made to any charity or
organization, designated by players placing 1st to 10th.
What is the tournament going to cost me?
ZIP, ZILCH, ZERO! Entry into the tournament is ENTIRELY free,
and no purchase is EVER required by collegepokerchampionship.com
or by our sponsor, royalvegaspoker.com.
Who is eligible?
- Participants must be enrolled as an undergraduate or
graduate student (full or part time) at a 2-year, 4-year or
graduate school, which is a recognised and accredited
institution for any period during the 2005 academic year.
(Both full time AND part time students are eligible).
- Being alumni of a university does not make you eligible
for tournaments or awards unless you are enrolled as a
student for any period during the 2005 academic year.
- Students must be at least 18 years of age to participate.
- The scholarship awards are divided into three parts:
- $110,000 in scholarship awards to students who place
in the TOP 10 in the Online Final.
- $5,000 in scholarship awards to students who place in
the TOP 30 in the Satellite Event.
- Weekly $500 scholarship awards to students who place
in the TOP 50 in a Super Satellite event.
These scholarship awards total $135,000.
- Each student is eligible to designate one charity or
university club to receive a charitable donation based on
their successful ranking in the Online Final. The
organization designated by the student will be verified as a
recognized entity before the donation is paid. Only one
organization can be designated during the registration
process and cannot be changed once it is submitted. These
donations will be made after June 30, 2005 and not later
than July 31, 2005.
- Scholarship awards for the TOP 10 students in the Online
Final will only be distributed after verifying a student's
eligibility through the receipt of official student
transcripts directly from the university. These awards will
be made after June 30, 2005 and not later than July 31,
2005.
- Student and university eligibility will be verified on
receipt of a student's certified university transcripts.
Transcripts need to be mailed directly by the university to
College Poker Championship, c/oSCIUS Corp/NI Solutions,
1550-B 16th Avenue. Units 1-4, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4B
3K9, Canada. Transcripts can also be faxed directly by the
university to collegepokerchampionship.com.
|
