for next week the top 10 cash game players based on rake contribution will get 100% rakeback or 500 chips whichever is higher. it will be released every sunday. cutoff is every saturday midnight.
Any updates of the the next tournament race?
You said that the update is released every Sunday, now is Monday in your timezone (GMT +8) but there is no update yet.
Do you forget it or you want to cancel it?
the 1 btc race has ended already.
Yeah, I know that the 1btc race is already ended, I asked about another race.
You said that the 1btc race is just preparation for bigger race, means that there will another race with bigger prize, as what you announced before.
Tentative Mechanics for discussion
Satoshi Card Club 500K Rake Race
A total of 500K (50 bitcoins) will be given away by Satoshi Card Club.
Starting April 12, 2015, all ring games played for the week will be monitored. Players will be ranked by rake contribution. The weekly cutoff will be at midnight every Saturday. The rank will determine how many tournaments you can play for the succeeding week at every 9pm (GMT+8).
Tournament A: Every Sunday 9pm GMT+8 (Top 48 players of the previous week)
Tournament B: Every Monday 9pm GMT+8 (Top 42 players of the previous week)
Tournament C: Every Tuesday 9pm GMT+8 (Top 36 players of the previous week)
Tournament D: Every Wednesday 9pm GMT+8 (Top 30 players of the previous week)
Tournament E: Every Thursday 9pm GMT+8 (Top 24 players of the previous week)
Tournament F: Every Friday 9pm GMT+8 (Top 18 players of the previous week)
Tournament G: Every Saturday 9pm GMT+8 (Top 12 players of the previous week)
The higher the rank, the more nightly tournaments a player can play. Players will be registered manually after the final weekly ranking is published right after the cutoff (early Sunday).
How to get a piece of the 500K Giveaway:
Every champion of the 9pm tournament gets 1 point.
Everytime a player does not win (1st place) for 4 nights in a row, that player loses 1 point.
The first 10 players to reach 4 points will get 10K each (1 bitcoin).
The first 5 players to reach 7 points will get 20k each (2 bitcoins).
The first player to reach 10 points will get 300k. (30 bitcoins).