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First Annual World Championship of Battleship Poker

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  1. lee_do lee_do is offline

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    Jan 7th, 2006 (1/7/2006 1:25pm)

    This is on the cardplayer site. Should be interesting.

    pokerstars has an announced an exciting new tournament that will be added to the schedule over the next three days. It's called The First Annual World Championship of Battleship Poker, and it's a $1,000 buy-in, single-elimination 64-player tournament. It's an online tournament (on PokerStars.com, of course), but will be played live down here at the Atlantis Casino in the Bahamas.

    Why is it called "Battleship Poker?" Because it will be a series of heads-up matches with the two players facing each other with their laptops back-to-back (reminiscent of the classic kids game Battleship -- "You sunk my battleship!").

    People from around the world will be able to watch live while it happens on PokerStars.com, and those who are down here in the Bahamas can watch it in person while the online game is shown on a large screen behind the players.

    It's an open tournament available on a first-come, first-served basis. Anyone with $1,000 and a laptop can enter. (You must provide your own laptop, but PokerStars will provide power and an internet connection.)

    The tournament rounds will resemble the NCAA Championship for college basketball, but the seats will be drawn randomly rather than seeding the players. (A similar format was used for last year's NBC Heads-Up Championship, which Phil Hellmuth won.)

    The tournament will start tomorrow, and continue on Monday until they reach the Final Four. Those final four players will return to play Tuesday night, after the cocktail party that will follow the WPT Final Table. It should be a lot of fun -- you definitely won't want to miss it.

    We'll provide updates when we learn more information, such as the blind structure and the payout structure, and once that tournament begins, we'll be providing live updates on that action as well.
  2. Readzie Readzie is offline chasing the helicopter pilot school dream one hand at a time...

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    Jan 7th, 2006 (1/7/2006 1:30pm) in reply to lee_do

    thats the coolest fuckin thing ive ever seen. pardon my francais.
  3. TomHimself TomHimself is offline

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    Jan 7th, 2006 (1/7/2006 2:03pm) in reply to Readzie

    i agree
  4. isuck123 isuck123 is offline

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    Jan 7th, 2006 (1/7/2006 2:29pm) in reply to lee_do

    May UNREGISTER
    Rules and schedule are screwed up
    I have a flight out Monday am as i need to get back to work.
    I figured if i make the semi finals, ill stay over
    But the way they have it set up, i might not even START to play till MOnday, 1/2 the field starts Monday for some dumb reason.
    Think I may be better off just playing the $1000 live one
     
  5. H3G3MON H3G3MON is offline

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    Jan 7th, 2006 (1/7/2006 3:00pm) in reply to lee_do

    This is the dumbest idea ever. WTF is the point of this?
  6. safeinst safeinst is offline

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    Jan 7th, 2006 (1/7/2006 3:02pm) in reply to isuck123

    GL isuck.
  7. Hawkhill7 Hawkhill7 is offline

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    Jan 7th, 2006 (1/7/2006 3:43pm) in reply to H3G3MON

    Who Are the Ad Wizards that Came Up With This One?

    This is awesome! I will definitely follow online. They must have just come up with this idea, because I think it would have been publicized better/earlier to bring more traffic to the site. Can't wait to hear about the first laptop casualty!
     
  8. TheJacob TheJacob is offline

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    Jan 7th, 2006 (1/7/2006 4:54pm) in reply to lee_do

    Do they still have to tip the dealer?
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