Skalie Deepstack

At last! I have the chance to host my own tournament on Ladbrokes Poker. When asked what I wanted this to be - the answer was simple: A deepstack tournament with plenty of time to play it. Join me every week for skalie’s Sunday Deepstack.

The tournament is a NLHE freezeout with a $100+9 buy in and has a super structure that I hope everyone will enjoy playing. The tournament will start at 1600hrs (GMT) with regular satellites available during the week. Click here for a satellites schedule to skalie’s Sunday Deepstack.

The Sunday tournament can be found in the MTT/Special and MTT/All lobby.

The news doesn’t stop there as Ladbrokes Poker is adding some fantastic offline poker prizes giving you the chance to take your game into the “live” arena. You can join me on the GUKPT circuit later in the year pitting your wits against some of the great names in poker. There will be a league system where if you finish 1st (overall) you will win buy ins to three GUKPT events of your choice. See below for a breakdown of the added prizes awarded for skalie’s Sunday Deepstack.

For the first twelve weeks, points will be awarded for the top 20 finishers (in addition to the cash payout). The points will go towards the league that will be updated every Monday. Click here for a breakdown of how the points will be awarded.

What I like most about this tournament is that it’s on a Sunday – my favourite day. Watching sport on the tv and playing good poker – what more can you want? I have put together a structure that follows the majority of all major “live” poker tournaments. The idea is to not only provide a great game that provides value but also a structure and starting stack that prepares you for playing in some of the biggest tournaments on the poker circuit. Click here to see the complete structure for skalie’s Sunday Deepstack.

I hope you all enjoy this new tournament and if you have any questions or ideas, you can contact me at skalie@ladbrokespoker.com where I will do my best to answer.

Added Prizes

Skalie’s Deepstack offers fantastic value with Ladbrokes adding offline seats to the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) where you will be hosted by Ladbrokes’ Jon Kalmar (skalie). The winners will be asked to nominate the GUKPT leg(s) of their choice. Prizes are for seats only and players are required to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Note – there are no cash alternatives in this promotion. In the event that a player cannot attend any of the GUKPT legs available in 2009, the prize will be awarded to the player finishing in the next position.

The breakdown of the prizes can be seen below.

• 1st $4,500 GUKPT Package (3 x GUKPT legs)
• 2nd $3,000 GUKPT Package (2 x GUKPT legs)
• 3rd $1,500 GUKPT Package (1 x GUKPT leg)
• Top 18 play for 1 additional Package ($1,500)

The top 18 (including the prize winners finishing in the top 3) will play for the remaining GUKPT package on a date to be confirmed.

League and Points System

Skalie’s Sunday Deepstack will has a league system where the top 20 finishers every Sunday will receive points on a sliding scale as per the table below. (Cash payouts will remain for the tournaments depending on finishing position as per normal).

Position	Points		Position	Points		Position	Points		Position	Points
1st	15		6th	7		11th	2		16th	1
2nd	12		7th	6		12th	2		17th	1
3rd	10		8th	5		13th	2		18th	1
4th	9		9th	4		14th	1		19th	1
5th	8		10th	3		15th	1		20th	1

The league will run for 12 weeks with the league table updated every Monday. Click here to follow your progress and view the league table.

Satellite Schedule

Here is the satellite schedule for Skalie’s Deepstack:

Mon – Sat: Feeds into Daily Final

Time	Rebuy Period	Buy in	Name	Structure
10:45AM	1 Hour	$1 + 0.10	skalie Deepstack Rebuy Sat	1500 Chips & 15 minute Blinds
12:45PM	N/A	$1 + 0.10	skalie Deepstack Highstack Sat	4000 Chips & 15 Minute Blinds
3:45PM	30 Mins	$1 + 0.10	skalie Deepstack Turbo Rebuy Sat	1000 Starting Chips & 5 Minute Blinds
6:15PM	15 Mins	$1 + 0.10	skalie Deepstack Super Turbo Rebuy Sat	1000 Starting Chips & 2 Minute Blinds
8:15PM	N/A	$10 + 1	skalie Sunday Deepstack Daily Final (Feeds Directly into skalie Sunday Deepstack)	3000 Starting Chips & 15 Minute Blinds

Sun: Feeds Directly into skalie Sunday Deepstack

Time	Rebuy Period	Buy in	Name	Structure
10:45AM	1 Hour	$10 + 1	skalie Sunday Deepstack Rebuy Sat	1500 Chips & 15 minute Blinds
11:45AM	N/A	$10 + 1	skalie Sunday Deepstack Highstack Sat	4000 Chips & 15 Minute Blinds
12:45PM	30 Mins	$10 + 1	skalie Sunday Deepstack Turbo Rebuy Sat	1000 Starting Chips & 5 Minute Blinds
1:45PM	15 Mins	$10 + 1	skalie Sunday Deepstack Super Turbo Rebuy Sat	1000 Starting Chips & 2 Minute Blinds
3:15PM	N/A	$10 + 1	skalie Deepstack Chip & Chair Sat	Single Handed
3:45PM	N/A	$10 + 1	skalie Deepstack Chip & Chair Sat	Single Handed

Skalie Sunday Deepstack

Time	Rebuy Period	Buy in	Structure
4:00PM	N/A	$100 + 9	10,000 Starting Chips & 15 Minute Blinds

The satellite schedule will begin on Monday March 2nd with the first Skalie Deepstack taking place on Sunday 8th March.

Structure

The structure for the Skalie Sunday Deepstack is as follows:

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante		Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	10	20	0		21	3000	6000	600
2	15	30	0		22	4000	8000	800
3	25	50	0		23	5000	10000	1000
4	50	100	0		24	6000	12000	1200
5	75	150	0		25	8000	16000	1600
6	100	200	0		26	10000	20000	2000
7	100	200	20		27	15000	30000	3000
8	125	250	25		28	20000	40000	4000
9	150	300	30		29	30000	60000	6000
10	200	400	40		30	40000	80000	8000
11	250	500	50		31	50000	100000	10000
12	300	600	60		32	60000	120000	12000
13	350	700	70		33	80000	160000	16000
14	400	800	80		34	90000	180000	18000
15	500	1000	100		35	100000	200000	20000
16	600	1200	120		36	120000	240000	24000
17	800	1600	160		37	140000	280000	28000
18	1000	2000	200		38	160000	320000	32000
19	1500	3000	300		39	180000	360000	36000
20	2000	4000	400		40	200000	400000	40000

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Terms and Conditions:

1. The Promoter of this promotion is Ladbrokes International, PO Box 150, Europort 6-7, Gibraltar.
2. Winners of GUKPT packages can choose from legs in Luton, August 6th - 9th, Cardiff, Sept 3rd - Sept 6th, Thanet, October 15th - 18th, Blackpool, November 12th - 15th.
3. The GUKPT Grand Final is not included as an option for winners.
4. GUKPT packages are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.
5. Ladbrokes will arrange for the Main Event buy in for offline GUKPT winners.
6. Winners of GUKPT offline packages are required to nominate the tournament of their choice within 28 days of winning.
7. There are no expenses included in the GUKPT prizes. The prizes are for seat buy in only to the Main Event in the respective legs.
8. All GUKPT prizes must be redeemed in 2009.
9. Points are awarded only for the top 20 finishers in each tournament.
10. In the event that two or more players have an equal amount of points in any of the prize postions, the player who has the highest place finish will take the prize. In the event that the players in question have an equal highest place finish a countback system where the players highest place finishes will be taken into consideration to determine the overall finishing position.
11. In the event that two or more players have equal points in 18th place then all players will be invited to play in the tournament for the additional GUKPT package.
12. MTT’s that are cancelled prior to the end of a tournament will not award league points.
13. Ladbrokes accepts no responsibility whatsoever for system or connection problems that might affect any player during any of these tournaments, such as a fold / timeout, or disconnects as per the general rules of the Ladbrokes Poker service. If the tournament is disrupted by system or network issues, Ladbrokes reserves the right to resolve the issue as it sees fit.
14. Ladbrokes reserves the right to refuse this offer to any player or to withdraw this / or part of this offer / promotion at any time.
15. Ladbrokes reserves the right to amend the leaderboard payouts at any time.
16. Winning players will be contacted for publicity purposes.
17. Play that we consider to be a deliberate attempt to manipulate the skalie Deepstack Leaderboard will not be tolerated and will be passed on to our fraud and collusion team who may terminate their account.