The PartyPoker.com Premier League is now in it’s sixth season, if you’re unfamiliar with its unique format or just require a refresher then read on.
Buy-In: $125,000
Total Players: 16
Total Prize Fund: $2,000,000
Structure: 2 groups of 8, Each player plays four times, top three in each group go through to Final, 4th v 5th places play head up. The two winners go to Final.
In Group Stages points will be awarded as follows:
Winner: 16 points
Second: 11 points
Third: 8 points
Fourth: 6 points
Fifth: 4 points
Sixth: 3 points
Seventh: 2 points
Eighth: 0 points
Each points is worth $2,000 in cold hard cash and 10,000 in chips at the final table.
The prize breakdown for the final table is:
Winner: $450,000
Runner Up: $200,000
Third: $150,000
Fourth: $125,000
Fifth: $100,000
Sixth: $70,000
Seventh: $60,000
Eighth: $45,000
For those wanting to know the nitty gritty of the blind structure and starting stack here you go:
Starting stack: 300,000
Blind levels: 21 hands
Structure:
1st Level $1,000 / $2,000
2nd Level $2,000 / $4,000
3rd Level $3,000 / $6,000/$1000 ante
4th Level $4,000 / $8,000/$1000 ante
5th Level $6,000 / $12,000/$2,000 ante
6th Level $8,000 / $16,000/$2,000 ante
7th Level $10,000 /$20,000/$3,000 ante
8th Level $12,000 / $24,000/$4,000 ante
9th Level $15,000 / $30,000/$5,000 ante
10th Level $20,000 / $40,000/$5,000 ante
11th Level $30,000 / $60,000/$10,000 ante
Every minute of the action will be streamed live but you can also follow the action here on the blog. There won’t be hand for hand coverage as such, but we’ll be blogging all the major action and incidents from every heat of the Premier League.
