Malta deepstack open

as most of you know
Next Saturday (26th) at 2pm we will be playing host to the pokerdogs Uk
who will be running a satellite to the Malta open deepstack in Oct
entry into this game is £60 (no fees) with a 40,000 starting stack and a 30 min clock
all you have to do is beat 10 players to get your seat
its played as a ten seater stt and then the two table winners play heads up for the package , which includes flight,accommodation and entry into the malta deepstack  which is an expected prize fund of £100k
that game is  50 min clock with a starting stack of 50,000 chips  and pays out the top 15% unlike most comps where its only the top 10%
our game will be capped at a maximum of 40 runners on a  first come first served basis

New Spring league

	Phoenix Spring League
We are pleased to announce details of our new league
Guaranteed £5000 Prizepool for the main final
And 4 Poker packages for other winners
Running from Thursday 1st March until Wed 30th may
As per previous leagues a 5% deduction will be taken from all scheduled league games
		Main final
Chips won during the league will be taken to the final
as usual players will be allowed to buy up to the chip leaders stack
at a cost of £5 per thousand
This game will have a £5,000 gtd prizepool
the top 60 will play the final on Friday 8th June at 7pm
and again as usual play down to a final table of 9
those 9 will return on Sunday 10th June at 2pm to resume play
Blind levels for the final 9 will be wound back to give more play
		Poker Packages
it has always been our intention to send Phoenix players to
some of the bigger games up and down the country
so we will be awarding 4 packages to the value of £500 each
to be taken at any UK event of the winners choice , for the following
		Weekly winners final
		Loyalty Final
		Top averages final
		Top of the league final
Weekly winners - the 13 weekly winners will qualify with 10,000 chips (extra 5k if aready qualified)
those players will sit down for a final with the winner walking away with a Poker Package
Loyalty winners - the ten players who play the most games will have a play off
again the winner getting a poker package
Top averages - the top ten averages  will sit down and play for another package
to get an average, players must play a min13 times and at least once a week in 10 of the 13 weeks
top of the League final - the top ten in the league will also have their own final
and once again the winner takes away another package
chips  for the loyalty ,averages and top of the league finals will be awarded
in the following manner
		1st	20000	Chips	6th	9000	Chips
		2nd	15000	Chips	7th	8000	Chips
		3rd	12500	Chips	8th	7000	Chips
		4th	11000	Chips	9th	6000	Chips
		5th	10000	Chips	10th	5000	Chips
Should any player win 2 or more finals then they would take 2 packages
or combine them to buy in for an even bigger tournament
Date of the 4 individual finals will be announced later

live final table

We are please to announce that the Phoenix club is getting a new final table

But not just any final table – this one will have cameras attached to it and will be streamed live on our website !!!!

We have all seen the pro`s play with their hole cards visible – well now its our turn to be the stars

The table will be seated in the VIP/snooker room and it uses the latest Rfid technology where there are hidden chips in the cards to display the hole cards with percentage chance of winning a hand a hand displayed

This will be streamed live every night on our website so even if you aren’t at the club that night ,then you can still keep up with the action ,plus we will be installing a live chat facility to commentate on what you are seeing

The table will be fitted next Tuesday and launched with a Bounty game on Sat 3^rd March at 4pm

Buy in for this game will be £50 for 15,000 chips and £25 for the bounty , we will allow re registration up to the break and at the break you can buy an add on of 20,000 chips for £25 , anyone sat down for the first hand will also receive 2500 extra chips

We will run satellites to this game on this fri,sun and next Friday  also possible is taking prize money out of any game up to then to give a seat to the winner (subject to players approval)

Here is a link to see the table in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuk1hJR8nJQ

Any questions ?

Dates for your diary

After consulting all our players we have decided this year
to keep the leagues as cash only and run any Sattelites to bigger games
as a separate issue
As well as this we will be running a main monthly game on the first
Saturday of every month - differrent games each month
plus a chance for WSOP 2012 packages
below is the current list of planned games for your diary
Sat	17-Dec	Casino night Norms birthday party
Tues	20-Dec	Weekly Winners Final - 7pm start
Sat	24-Dec
Mon	26-Dec	all the 26`s 2 pm start
Tue	27-Dec	Loyalty Final - 7pm start
Wed	28-Dec	The Final Countdown - Day 1
Thurs	29-Dec	The Final Countdown - Day 2
Fri	30-Dec	The Final Countdown - Final
Sat	07-Jan	Phoenix Monthly game Triple - Chance (50/30/20)
Sat	14-Jan	WSOP 1 4pm start
Sat	21-Jan	Sattelite 4pm start
Sat	28-Jan	WSOP 2 4pm start
Sat	04-Feb	Phoenix Monthly game - The sweepstake
Sat	11-Feb	WSOP 3 4pm start
Sat	18-Feb	Sattelite 4pm start
Sat	25-Feb	WSOP 4pm start
Sat	03-Mar	Phoenix Monthly game - Pairs
Fri	09-Mar	Winter League Final night
Sat	10-Mar	WSOP 5 4pm start
Sun	11-Mar	Winter League final 9
Sat	17-Mar	Sattelite 4pm start
Sat	24-Mar	WSOP 6 4pm start
Sat	31-Mar	Phoenix Monthly game - The Eliminator
Sat	07-Apr	WSOP 7 4pm start
Sat	14-Apr	Sattelite 4pm start
Sat	21-Apr	WSOP 8 4pm start
Sat	28-Apr	Sattelite 4pm start
Sat	05-May	Phoenix Monthly game - Freezeout
Sat	12-May	WSOP 9 4pm start
Sat	19-May	Sattelite 4pm start
Sat	26-May	WSOP 10 4pm start
Sat	02-Jun	Phoenix Monthly game - Shootout
Sat	09-Jun	WSOP Final
Sat	16-Jun	Sattelite 4pm start

Winter League

	Phoenix £7,000 GTD Winter League
We are pleased to announce details of our new league
Guaranteed £7000 Prizepool (£5K for the main final , £2k for the bonus final)
Running from Thursday 1st Dec until Wed 28th Feb
As per previous leagues a 5% deduction will be taken from all scheduled league games
		Main final
Chips won during the league will be taken to the final
as usual players will be allowed to buy up to the chip leaders stack
at a cost of £5 per thousand
This game will have a £5,000 gtd prizepool
the top 60 will play the final on Friday 10th March at 7pm
and again as usual play down to a final table of 9
those 9 will return on Sunday 12th March at 2pm to resume play
Blind levels for the final 9 will be wound back to give more play
		Bonus final
this final will be a mixture of the weekly winners ,loyalty and a new addittion of best averages
Weekly winners - the 13 weekly winners will qualify with 10,000 chips (extra 5k if aready qualified)
Loyalty winners - the players who play the most games will be rewarded with a seat and given
chips in the following breakdown
		1st	20000	Chips	6th	9000	Chips
		2nd	15000	Chips	7th	8000	Chips
		3rd	12500	Chips	8th	7000	Chips
		4th	11000	Chips	9th	6000	Chips
		5th	10000	Chips	10th	5000	Chips
Best Averages - this will be worked out by dividing the amount of chips each player has won
during the league  by the amount of games they have played to give an average score
Players with the top ten averages will also be rewarded with a seat and given chips
in the following breakdown
		1st	20000	Chips	6th	9000	Chips
		2nd	15000	Chips	7th	8000	Chips
		3rd	12500	Chips	8th	7000	Chips
		4th	11000	Chips	9th	6000	Chips
		5th	10000	Chips	10th	5000	Chips
to get an average, players must play a min13 times and at least once a week in 11 of the 13 weeks
obviously we expect some people will qualify for chips on 2 or 3 of the different
possible ways , in that case their chips will be added up to give an overall total
all players who then have chips will sit down for the bonus final with a £2000 prizepool
prizes will be awarded in the following way
		1st	£   750.00
		2nd	£   500.00
		3rd	£   350.00
		4th	£   250.00
		5th	£   150.00
	Date of this final - TBA