Internet Series of Poker (e-mail from Royal Vegas)

[SamJack]

I got the following e-mail from Royal Vegas. I guess this is the first event to the Internet Series of Poker that Granny and folks were putting together?

SamJack


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Go Straight to the River with the
Internet Series of Poker

Royal Vegas Poker is proud to be host of the Internet Series of Poker, which is a traveling online poker tour showcasing some of the Internet’s finest Poker rooms.

There will be 11 Preliminary Events – Each month a different site will host a tournament.
The Championship Event takes place at Royal Vegas Poker during the 12th month – on March 5th 2006 at 2pm EST.


How to Enter:

Play the Royal Vegas Poker Sit $ Go qualifiers from as little as $8+$0.80
Play the Multi-table tournaments on February 27th & March 27th
Buy directly into the Royal Vegas Poker inaugural final on April 3rd
Buy directly into the Championship Event
Sit & go Tournament Structure:

Players can buy-in at any level, or win their way through the levels.
Players are playing for a place in the next level, not a cash prize.
There are no “jump back places”
Overview of the Levels:

Level Buy-in Seats Prize
Level 1
$8+$0.80 5 Seat 1st place goes to Level 2
Level 2
$40+$4 5 Seat 1st place goes to Level 3
Level 3
$200+20 5 Seat 1st place goes to the ISOP April Final

Multi-table Tournament Structure:

Date Time Buy-in
February 27th 2005 5pm EST $25+$2.50
March 27th 2005 5pm EST $25+$2.50

Re-buys and add-ons: $15+$1.50
1 in 20 go through to the ISOP April final
*The Royal Vegas Poker Sit & Go and Multi-Table tournaments will be available until April 2nd 2005

Internet Series of Poker April Final:

April 3rd at 5pm EST
$1,000+$100 buy-in
Re-buys and add-ons: $25+$2.50
1 in 5 qualify for the ISOP Championship Event
Internet Series of Poker Championship Event:

March 5th 2006 at 2pm EST
$5,000+$300 buy-in
You could win your way to the Grand Prize worth Millions of Dollars.

Experience thrilling card room action!

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[moondogg]

From the ISOP forum

[SamJack]

Ha!

Serves me right for not reading anything other than the zoo. I didn't even know that forum existed...

SamJack

[jasonHoldEm]

Hi SamJack,

Yes, this is the first event, but there are some problems with this email that jek & granny are getting straightened out with RVP.

Specifically, all of the preliminary events are individual $1k buy-in tournaments. They way RVP has it listed in the email implies the April 3rd event is some sort of satellite to the $5k championship event which is NOT correct. All prize money will be awarded for each preliminary tournament and the winner will get an automatic buy-in into the final event (similar to a WPT sort of format). Also, they have listed the April 3rd event as having $25 rebuys, which is not correct either, as this would create an absolute madhouse and it is my understanding that all of the ISOP events are freezeouts with no rebuys. (There will probably be rebuy satellite events that feed the preliminary and championship events, but the main events themselves will NOT have rebuys.)

We applogize for any confusion this is causing and are doing our best to get it fixed ASAP.

Thanks,
Jason
ISOP Media Director
media@internetseriesofpoker.com