STFU

The STFU (for 30 seconds) Poker League is a No-Limit Texas Hold’Em poker league that will play 12 regular season tournaments to determine chip stacks for a championship tournament. The league will meet 6 times (once per month) and hold 2 tournaments / meeting. The fee to join the league is $25 (league fees will be the prize pool for the final tournament).

Each month the league will meet to play 2 tournaments. The buy-in for each tournament will be $10. All money collected for that tournament will be paid out based on a 60% - 30% - 10% scale. So for 10 people the each tournament would pay $60 to 1^st, $30 to 2^nd, and $10 to 3^rd.

SB	BB	Length
25	25	30
25	50	30
50	100	20
Break (10 Minutes)
100	200	20
200	400	10
300	600	10
400	800	5
500	1000	5
600	1200	5
750	1500	5

Points will be awarded based on finishing order in each monthly tournament with the winner receiving points equal to the number of players in that tournament or the number of participants in the league, whichever is greater.* Each spot from second to last will receive 1 point less than the previous finisher. All tournaments must be played to completion (money may be split but points can not). Each monthly tournament should last no more than 2.5 hours.

After the league has played 12 monthly tournaments (6 months) we will have a single championship tournament. Starting chip stacks will be determined by points accumulated during the regular season (1 point = 50 chips). We will drop your 2 worst finishes and figure starting stacks based on your 10 best finishes of the season (this allows you to miss 1 night of the 6 and not be punished for it during the championship tournament). So if you lead the regular season with 80 points total after your 2 worst results were dropped, you’d start the championship tournament as the chip leader with T-4000 chips.

* - If there is a nightly tournament that has fewer than the number of people in the league the top spot is still worth max points (number of league participants). If there is a nightly tournament with more than the number of league member the top spot will receive points based on the actual number of players for that tournament. Absent players receive zero points unless they arrange an alternate for themselves.

SB	BB	Length
25	25	30
25	50	30
50	100	20
Break (10 minutes)
100	200	20
200	400	20
300	600	20
400	800	20
Break (20 minutes)
500	1000	20
600	1200	20
700	1400	20
800	1600	20
Break (10 minutes)
1000	2000	20
1200	2400	20
1500	3000	20
2000	4000	20
3000	6000	10
4000	8000	10
5000	10000	10

The winner of the championship tournament will be the league champion and will receive 60% of the league fees, the second place finisher will receive 30%, and the 3^rd place finisher will get 10%. Example if the league has 10 players: 1^st = $150, 2^nd = $75, 3^rd= $25. The championship tournament should last 5 to 6 hours.

For each monthly tournament night you will be asked to buy for $1 a STFU chip. You can use this chip one time per night to force your opponent to show his cards without calling his bet. All money collected will be used to buy snacks / food for tournament nights.

For each monthly tournament the high hand of the night (both tournaments) will receive 1 extra point (50 championship tournament chips). To qualify as the high hand the hand must be played to showdown.

For the championship tourney only, an add-on of 1000 chips for $20 will be offered before the start of the tournament. All money collected will go to sweeten the prize pool for the championship tournament.