King of the Ring

If you want to walk away with the King of the Ring crown, it’s going to take more than just a few noble games of poker. You’re going to have to eat, sleep and breathe this glorious game to win up to $10,000 or more in one of the biggest tournament battles of the season.

Your quest for the crown begins by playing our cash tables online between 1st May and 14th May 2010. At the end of the promotion period, you’ll be awarded Soldier, Officer, Earl, Duke, Prince or King status, depending on the number of days you play and your daily raked hands. This will give you free entry into different stages of the King of the Ring tournament which kicks off from Monday 16th May 2010.

There are 3 different levels of stake and as always, the higher your stake, the bigger the rewards you can play for. Players will qualify to the higher stages either by winning an entry from a lower stage or by reaching higher targets. Once you’ve reached the Earl stage or higher, you’re guaranteed to win a prize!

Play cash games between 1st-14th May and depending on how many days and daily raked hands you have accrued will depend on your status;

The promotion is divided into three stake levels, as appear in the below table:

e.g Player A gets 50 raked hands at micro stakes during 6 of the 14 days he will be a soldier.

A player can also have an entry for each stakes level.

e.g Player B gets 1500 raked hands at micro stakes for 8 days and gets a duke entry. He also plays 200 raked hands for 8 days at low stakes which gets him Earl entry.

Check you King of the Ring Status

Enter your Poker nickname below and chose the stake level (Micro/low or Mid-high) and you’ll then be able to see where you currently stand and what you need to do to qualify to the next stage.

Rewards stages: May 16th– May 24th, 2010

After the 14 days of play are up, players will be able to play SNG tournaments or scheduled tournaments, in the stage they have qualified for.

e.g Player A will be given entry into 1 MTT or STT at Micro soldier level.

e.g Player B will be given entry into 2 MTT or STT tournaments 1 at Micro duke level and 1 at Low Earl level.

At every level up to King, 1 in 3 players will be promoted to the next level.

e.g soldier MTT gets 300 runners, the top 100 runners will become Officers.

e.g Each STT is a 6 player tournament so 2 people will be promoted to the next level.

What are the prizes?

Any tournaments up to King will not have any prize money however once a player has made it to Earl level they are guaranteed a prize as shown in the table below

e.g Player A goes out at Micro Earl level and receives $10.

e.g Player B goes out at Micro Duke level and receives $20 for his micro stakes qualification. He then plays Low Duke tournament and goes out and receives $60 for his low stakes qualification.

At king level there is one MTT Grand Final at each stake level. The prize pool will be made up as shown in the table below.

e.g Player A has qualified for Micro king level. Wherever he finishes he will receive $60. *His qualification adds $180 in the prize pool for the final tournament.

e.g Player B has managed to qualify with both his entries. He will play the Micro King tournament (guaranteed $60 and adding $180 to the prize pool) and the Low King tournament(guaranteed $250 and adding $750 to the prize pool).

Terms and Conditions

1. Starting May 1st 2010, Circus Poker will award king of the ring prizes to our cash players; based on raked hands they accumulate on a daily target thresholds, as described in the tables above. (Note: the required number of raked hands is per day).
2. There will be one counting period of 14 full days in which players will be able to meet the raked hands targets, starting May 1st 2010 at 00:00:00 GMT, ending May 14th 2010 at 23:59:59 GMT.
3. The counting period for 1 full day is 00:00:00 GMT to 23:59:59 GMT.
4. Players will be eligible to enter the various stages of the promotion as per the matrix enclosed in this document, according to the amount of raked hands they participate in, and the number of days in which they have reached that threshold.
   • For example, to be eligible for the “Prince stage” tournament entry you must generate 500 raked hands or more on 14 separate days or 1,500 raked hands or more on 10 separate days.
5. Players are able to qualify to all three stake levels of the same stage tournament. Meaning, a player who rakes 200 hands over 5 days in all different stake levels (at least 200 on each level), will be eligible to register to three different “Earl stage” tournaments. (One for each level). In the same manner, a player who rakes 200 hands over 5 days in all different stake levels in total will not be eligible for any stage entry at all.
6. During the qualification period if a player is eligible to enter multiple stages, the player will only qualify once, for the highest possible stage.
7. A player is eligible to participate in one “King of the ring” tournament per stake level.
8. In case where the number of entrants in a scheduled tournament does not divide according to the payout ratio, Circus Poker will round up to complete to a full prize.
   • For example: In an “Earl stage” MTT where every 2 of 5 qualify to the next stage, with 356 entrants, Circus Poker will complete the prize so all first 143 players will qualify for the next stage. (“Duke Stage”).
9. Registration to all scheduled tournaments will end half an hour before the tournament start time.
10. Each player will be eligible to play one SNG or one scheduled tournament in the stage they qualified for. It is the players’ responsibility to register to a tournament within the tournaments stage they have qualified for. If a player fails to register to one of the tournaments, his eligibility to play will expire (This includes scheduled and SNG tournaments).
11. Tournament entry prizes are non transferable, non refundable and cannot be converted to cash.
12. In case of interruption, the tournament will play on the following day, with all the players that were left in it at time of interruption, from start. If needed, Circus Poker may shift the remaining stages by day or more, in order to accommodate the re-play tournament.
13. Circus Poker reserves the right to refuse payment to any player which is found colluding/slow playing.
14. Prizes will be awarded to players within 7 full days from the last tournament they have played at.
15. Raked hands from GBP and EUR tables are also counted towards this promotion, and will be regarded the same as USD tables. I.E. a raked hand from a €1/€2 fixed limit table will count for the low stakes matrix (same as a $1/$2 raked hand).
16. Raked hands are defined as hands in which a player was dealt cards and contributed to the pot, and in which rake was taken from that hand. Players who were seated out of a raked hand or did not contribute to the pot will not have that hand counted towards this promotion’s raked hands criteria.