ChipMeUp WSOP FantasyPoker

Select a team of poker players and if your team wins the most points over the WSOP you will win a package to either the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event or the 2009 Australian Pokernews Cup Main Event at the Crown Casino Melbourne, Australia. There are also some huge prizes for the runners up.

To join simply sign up to ChipMeUp or login if you already have an account. Then go here to enter your team and select your players.

Once the competition starts you won't be able to make personnel changes, so choose your teams carefully and remember, not all pros are guaranteed to be playing all or any event - Do your research and choose your team wisely! Remember you can enter as many teams as you like and run with a different combinations of pros.

Rules

Each team is made up of a maximum of 20 well known poker players.

ChipMeUp users can request any player be added to the list of available Pros, ChipMeUp Admin has discretion on who gets added.

Each ChipMeUp user can enter one team in the amateur league () for free and as many teams as they like in the pro league (), each pro team costs $10, taken from their ChipMeUp balance. You can try out different team combinations to increase your chance of winning.

Each team has its own name of your choosing.

The fantasy comp will commence from and including Event 10 of the WSOP 2009, WSOP Events 1-9 are excluded from this competition and do not count for points.

There will be no team changes allowed after the start of Event 10 2009 WSOP Day 1.

No team cancellations allowed, strictly no refunds.

Users found to enter multiple entries using different ChipMeUp accounts will be disqualified. Prize winners identity will be verified and if found to enter via more than one ChipMeUp account they will be disqualified.

Strictly one major prize per person, and 2 minor prizes per person.

Team Pros will be ranked in order by their owners, the order will be used as a tiebreaker, using count back. Remove the lowest ranked player (as ranked by the CMU user) and re compute scores, keep going until a winner is found. If the teams are still tied, the final tiebreaker will be the team that was created first.

Prizes

We are running two concurrent competitions over the World Series - an Amateur league and a Pro league.

Entry to the Amateur league is free and you can only enter one team. Entry to the Pro league is just $10 per team and you can enter as many teams as you like.

If you enter a pro team, you will be in the running to win a package to the 2010 Aussie Millions valued at over $12,500 USD.

Amateur teams will be vying for a package to the 2009 Pokernews Cup (Australia) package valued at $5,000 USD.

The full prize schedule is as follows :

Pro League
1st place - Receives an Aussie Millions PACKAGE worth $12500 USD (entry to the main event, accommodation, Pokernews party and $2500 travel expenses)
      But will be playing for 50% of any prize money, the remaining prize money will be split as follows:
2nd place - 12% of Aussie Millions Main Event + FTOPS Main Event ticket ($530)
3rd place - 8% of Aussie Millions Main Event + FTOPS Main Event ticket ($530)
4th place - 6% of Aussie Millions Main Event + FTOPS Main Event ticket ($530)
5th place - 5% of Aussie Millions Main Event + Full Tilt 750k ($216)
6th place - 4% of Aussie Millions Main Event + Full Tilt 750k ($216)
7th place - 3% of Aussie Millions Main Event + Full Tilt 750k ($216)
8th place - 2% of Aussie Millions Main Event + Full Tilt 750k ($216)
9th to 18th place - 1% of Aussie Millions Main Event

Amateur League
1st place - Receives a Poker News Cup (Australia) package worth $6000 USD (entry to main event, Pokernews party and $2500 travel expenses).
      But will be playing for 50% of any prize money, the remaining prize money will be split as follows:
2nd place - 12% of Pokernews Cup Main Event + Full Tilt 750k ($216)
3rd place - 8% of Pokernews Cup Main Event + Full Tilt 750k ($216)
4th place - 6% of Pokernews Cup Main Event + Full Tilt 750k ($216)
5th place - 5% of Pokernews Cup Main Event + Full Tilt 50/50 ($55)
6th place - 4% of Pokernews Cup Main Event + Full Tilt 50/50 ($55)
7th place - 3% of Pokernews Cup Main Event + Full Tilt 50/50 ($55)
8th place - 2% of Pokernews Cup Main Event + Full Tilt 50/50 ($55)
9th to 18th place - 1% of Pokernews Cup Main Event

Winner must play the events themselves or nominate someone else to play for them, prize cannot be exchanged for cash. Any arrangements is up to the winner and their player.


ChipMeUp Fantasy Scoring System

Scores are calculated in a similar manner to the WSOP Player of the Year points system.

Please Note: Players are only awarded points if they cash in the event they are playing

WSOP standard event
1st 100 pts
2nd 75 pts
3rd 60 pts
4th 55 pts
5th 50 pts
6th 45 pts
7th 40 pts
8th 35 pts
9th 30 pts
10th-18th 20 pts
19th-27th 10 pts
CASHING 5pts

WSOP Main Event (as final table is in November, scores will be based on chip counts after final table has been decided NOT on final MAIN event results)
1st 150
2nd 115
3rd 90
4th 80
5th 75
6th 70
7th 65
8th 60
9th 55
10th 40 pts
11th-18th 30 pts
19th-27th 15 pts
cashing 10 pts

WSOP NL Shootout (event 41)
1st 100 pts
2nd 75 pts
3rd 60 pts
4th 55 pts
5th 50 pts
6th 45 pts
7th 40 pts
8th 35 pts
9th 30 pts
10th-100th 7pts

WSOP Limit shoutout (event 50)
1st 100 pts
2nd 75 pts
3rd 60 pts
4th 55 pts
5th 50 pts
6th 45 pts
7th 40 pts
8th 35 pts
9th 30 pts
10th-100th 7pts

WSOP Heads up (event 29)
1st 100 pts
2nd 75 pts
3rd-4th 58 pts
5th-8th 43 pts
9th-16th 22 pts
17th-32nd 10 pts
33rd-64th 5 pts