Buy-In
Buy-in is $30
Breakdown: $30 buy-ins, $20 to Winning pot, $5 bounty pool, $5 League pot.
Bounties
$5 per player is put into the Bounty pool. Each player receives 1 Bounty Token to begin. If a player in possession of a their starting bounty token reduces another players chip stack to 0, they gain that player’s starting bounty chip if they still posses one. Players win the starting bounty token from any player they bust so long as they remain in possession of their starting bounty token. Any bounties won are owned by the winner and cannot be taken / traded. At the end of their tournament life (when they bust and choose not to rebuy or are not able to rebuy) may exchange each bounty token they possess for $5 from the bounty pool.
League Pot
$5 from every players original buy-in is put into the league pot. The League pot is used to provide a substantial bonus to the Seasonal Prize pools (90% of the League Pot) as well as to offset the costs of maintaining the League (10% of the League Pot – website hosting / chips / specialty items etc.). For more information on the League Play – see the Steelcity Poker League Seasonal Breakdown.
Starting Chip Stack
Stacks start at 20,000 chips.
Break Schedule
Breaks are 10 min at end of blind level (BL) 4 and BL 12. 20 mins at BL 8.
Re-buys and Top Up
1x $25 Re-Buy is allowed until the end of BL 8, and only when completely busted out.
Re-Buy is for 20,000 chips. 1x Bounty chip
Breakdown: $20 goes into prize pool, $5 bounty pot.
Playoffs
Playoffs start at the end of BL 8. Players may buy a one-time Top-Up of 10,000 chips for $10.
Players with under 10,000 chips who have not used their 1x Re-Buy, can do a final Re-Buy, with the option of adding on the Top-Up.
Payout
- Prize Pool ($20 from each player, plus any rebuys of $20, plus any $10 top-ups)
1st place: 50%
2nd place: 30%
3rd place: 20%
Blind Levels
Blink levels will increase every 10 minutes to help ensure the game is played with sufficient timeliness with an aim towards 2-3 hours.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind |
| 1 | 100 | 200 |
| 2 | 200 | 400 |
| 3 | 300 | 600 |
| 4 | 400 | 800 |
| break – 10 minutes | ||
| 5 | 500 | 1,000 |
| 6 | 600 | 1,200 |
| 7 | 800 | 1,600 |
| 8 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| break – 20 minutes | ||
| 9 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| 10 | 2,000 | 4,000 |
| 11 | 3,000 | 6,000 |
| 12 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| break – 10 minutes | ||
| 13 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| 14 | 6,000 | 12,000 |
| 15 | 8,000 | 16,000 |
| 16 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| break (if needed) | ||
| 17 | 15,000 | 30,000 |
| 18 | 20,000 | 40,000 |
| 19 | 30,000 | 60,000 |
| 20 | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| break (as needed) | ||
| The tournament continues through Level 20 if necessary. If play continues beyond Level 20, blinds increase to 60,000/120,000 for Level 21 and 80,000/160,000 for Level 22 until one player holds all remaining chips. | ||
In addition to these prizes each tournament also has special Awards and Titles that can be won (some of them can be won more than once in a night).