2012 STAR INTERNET REGION

To sign up for a tourney, call or e-mail Regional Director, Gene Abood

PayPal (or mail) your entry fee to Treasurer, Randy Davidson

Gene Abood 908-216-0422  geneabood@optonline.net

Randy Davidson 714-293-5796  randyhd@yahoo.com

Tournament Directors TBD

Tournament Dates (If Blue, click for results)

April - Registration deadline Sunday, March 25th

May - Registration deadline Sunday, April 29th

June - Registration deadline Sunday, May 27th

July - Registration deadline Sunday, June 24th

August - Registration deadline Sunday, July 29th

September - Registration deadline Sunday, August 26th

October - Registration deadline Sunday, September 30th

November/Regional - Registration deadline Sunday, October 28th

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The Draft: The draft will occur early in the week after the registration deadline each month using http://www.stratdraft.com/.  If we have multiple draft divisions, we will attempt to have at least two different possible nights available for live drafts.  The live drafts will take place starting at 8pm EST and will feature 1 minute time allowance per pick, which should allow them to be completed by 11:30pm EST.  If we have enough interest and tournament directors who have the availability, we will also have the multi-day draft option.  In that case, we will draft 6-7 rounds per day, Monday –Thursday, after which the TD will attempt to get all players together one night to finish the draft or at least get through as many rounds as possible.  Draft time allowances for each pick will typically be 30 minutes, but it will be at the discretion of the TD.  Hopefully everyone will be able to check in often and pick ahead of schedule if able to.

Game Play: All teams should be able to play at least 1 series every 2 days on average. If you will be away for a few days, no problem, You would just need to get your games in before you go or be able to make them up when you return.

Entry Fee: The entry fees for all Internet Tournaments will be the same as for face to face STAR tournaments (player’s choice of $25, $50, or $100), with varying degrees of participation in the prize pool as per face to face tournaments.  Entry fees must be paid prior to the draft.  Paypal to Treasurer Randy Davidson (randyhd@yahoo.com ) is the preferred method of payment however you may mail him a check.  Call or email Randy for payment arrangements.

Prize Pool: The prize pool will be made up of the sum of all entry fees less tournament expenses.  We’ll take out $5/player for the Region Fund (and this year, all those $ will be returned to the players based upon where they finish in Region) plus the Star Sanction Fee (also $5/player but this year capped at $50/tournament).  Each player’s “equity” in the prize pool will be his entry fee minus the per player expenses (i.e. for a 20-person tournament, $25 players would have $17.50 of equity, $50 players would have $42.50, and $100 players would have $92.50).  $100 players will always fully participate in the prize pool and players who play for less will participate based on the ratio of their equity to the $100 player’s equity (e.g. the Poker side-pot method).

Rules: The format and the rules that are specific to the Internet Region can be found at http://www.studio303.com/star/internet/starinternetformat.htm.  These rules assume 10 teams per division.  The format will vary somewhat if there are more or less than 10 per division, but most of the rules will be unaffected.

Questions, Comments or Suggestions: Call Gene at 908-216-0422 or email him at geneabood@optonline.net. Also you can look for STAR Internet player standings, draft results and player stats at http://studio303.com/star/ once the STAR Internet Region gets underway.