{"id":791,"date":"2020-02-23T10:45:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T09:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pokergeek.be\/?p=791"},"modified":"2020-03-10T20:18:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T19:18:24","slug":"death-of-free-tournaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/2020\/02\/23\/death-of-free-tournaments\/","title":{"rendered":"DEATH OF FREE TOURNAMENTS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/freeroll.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/freeroll.jpg 589w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/freeroll-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For some time, even a few years, large free tournaments have not been organized in Belgium. Indeed, tournaments such as \u00ab\u00a0Belgium Open Freeroll\u00a0\u00bb and others have deserted our poker rooms and have not reappeared, giving way to regular club tournaments. <br> <br>Thanks to a partner of PokerGeek.be, we will try to set up <strong> a buy-in tournament of zero euro <\/strong>. Yes, a tournament all over Belgium, and free! <br>There are likely to be many players coming to the clubs and we have until May to put this structure in place. <br> <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to our partner <strong> ARENA POKER CAMP <\/strong>, we already have the main prize worth 550 euros. This is a stay in Spain for the next Arena in Lloret del Mar. With the help of other partners and participating clubs, we will add additional prizes in order to have a pleasant \u00ab\u00a0prize pool\u00a0\u00bb (Lots) . <br> <br>We invite Belgian poker clubs to organize a local <strong> first level <\/strong> and take the opportunity to welcome many players. Run your refreshments, and promote your club by attracting new players with this free tournament (Freeroll). <br> <br><strong>Conditions for organizers <\/strong>: <br>Be a recognized club in PokerGeek .be. <br>Provide full participant information. <br>Clearly display tournament information (announcer, participating clubs) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conditions for players <\/strong> <br>Being a recognized club member in PokerGeek.be <br>A player can only participate in the tournament once. The passage to level 2 is nominative and places cannot be transferred. <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Level 1: <\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each club can organize one or more tournaments between <strong> March 1 and March 31. <\/strong> <br>(Dates to be chosen in each club) <br>The goal is to allow players to participate in the event in their favorite club. <br>A player can only participate in one and only one times in the tournament, in qualification or final level. <br>His identity card will be required when registering for the tournament. In case of violation, the player will be automatically excluded from the tournament. <br>Subject to reservation, the final will take place in the hall of a playing circle. The hall will be accessible upon presentation of the identity card. Participating players must be over 21 years old and not be banned from the game room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <br> <strong>Tournament structure <\/strong> <br> (To be defined) 15,000 chips <br> (To be defined) 15 minute blind <br> <a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ARENA-StructureTournoi-Turbo15k.xlsx\"> <\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ARENA-StructureTournoi-Turbo15k.xlsx\">ARENA-StructureTournoi-Turbo15k<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ARENA-StructureTournoi-Turbo15k.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>T\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> The participating club must provide: <br> Tournament information: <br> &#8211; Tournament date <br> &#8211; Number of participants <br> &#8211; Tournament location <br> <br> <br> Player information: <br> &#8211; Participant&rsquo;s full name, birth date<br> &#8211; Tournament position <br> &#8211; Kill count <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Participants-ARENA-2020-fr.xlsx\">Participants-ARENA-2020-fr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Participants-ARENA-2020-fr.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>T\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Participants-ARENA-2020-nl.xlsx\">Participants-ARENA-2020-nl<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Participants-ARENA-2020-nl.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>T\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Level 2: <\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After gathering all the results of the participating clubs, a regrouping will be carried out in order to determine the list of the best results. <br>The 40 best results will be retained for the final. (we could go up to 100, subject) <br>The tournaments gathering a greater number of participants, will allow to attribute more points to the players. It is normal for a player who won a 76 player tournament to be better qualified than a player who won a 10 player tournament (see table below)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>NAME <\/strong> <\/td><td><strong>POSITION<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>KILLS <\/strong> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jan Peteers <\/td><td>1 <\/td><td>5 <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pierre Granjean <\/td><td>2 <\/td><td>2 <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tim London <\/td><td>3 <\/td><td>5 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The list of selected players will be published on PokerGeek.be<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How is the score per player calculated? <\/strong> <br> <br>For each player, a score will be calculated based on: <br>&#8211; Their position in the tournament <br>&#8211; Number of players registered in the tournament <br> <br>The score is calculated as follows: <br>= (SQR (Number of participants ) \/ SQR (Player position )) * 100 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the event of a tie, the highest number of \u00ab\u00a0Kill\u00a0\u00bb will be used. Then number of players participating in the tournament <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>Example 1: Tournament of 8 players, the winner with 283 points and 3 Kills<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tab3-1.jpg\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p> Example 2: Tournament of 26 players, the winner at 510 points and 5 kills <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/brussels-poker-club\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tab2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td> Example 3: Tournament of 76 players, the winner with 872 points and 10 Kills <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tab4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tab4.jpg 295w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tab4-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Final example: Grouping of lists <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nOrder on Score and Kills\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tab1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tab1.jpg 321w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/tab1-160x300.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><figcaption><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Take part in this Freeroll in the following clubs: <\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-01.jpg 850w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-01-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-01-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/brussels-poker-club\/\">(Brussels) Brussels Poker Club <\/a>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-39.jpg 850w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-39-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-39-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-admin\/%20\/\/%20pokergeek.be\/index.php\/liege-poker-club\/\">(Li\u00e8ge) Li\u00e8ge Poker Club <\/a>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-43.jpg 850w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-43-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-43-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption>(Li\u00e8ge) Poker Aviation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-44.jpg 850w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-44-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bannerclub-44-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption>(Bruxelles) Urban Poker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br> <br> <br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/87301900_2660166730745602_1198702570332225536_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/87301900_2660166730745602_1198702570332225536_o.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/87301900_2660166730745602_1198702570332225536_o-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>   <br>   <br> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some time, even a few years, large free tournaments have not been organized in Belgium. Indeed, tournaments such as \u00ab\u00a0Belgium Open Freeroll\u00a0\u00bb and others have deserted our poker rooms and have not reappeared, giving way to regular club tournaments. Thanks to a partner of PokerGeek.be, we will try to set up a buy-in tournament [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokergeek.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}