Live Final

World Cup of Poker VI

A total of 54 teams will compete in the World Cup of Poker VI, but only the best will survive to reach Stage III - the Live Grand Final. They’ll all be invited in January 2010 to the Atlantis Hotel and Resort in The Bahamas - one of the world’s most exotic and luxurious locations, and home of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). The final nine teams will battle for national glory, the $100,000 first prize and the title of World Cup of Poker VI Champions!

There will be two days of preliminary action to decide the Final Table order. All players from each team will play three rounds of preliminary events. First, team members will play 9-handed full table shootouts with one player from each country on each table. Second, players will get to test their shorthanded skills at 6-Max tables. All tables will be drawn randomly, with no country having more than one participant per table. The third and final preliminary event for Day 1 will be 4-Max, making for an even tougher challenge. There will be nine tables of four players each, again with no country having more than one participant per table. There will be no Captains in these tournaments either, so it’s online qualifier against online qualifier vying for the coveted first place bye to the Final Table!

Team members will be awarded the following points based on where they finish in their tournament:

Place	Points
1st	10
2nd	8
3rd	7
4th	6
5th	5
6th	4
7th	3
8th	2
9th	1

At the end of Day 1, players will be invited to a special Pokerstars World Cup of Poker drinks reception, where the line-ups will be announced. This is where the teams can start to decide on their strategy. On Day 2 it’s one-on-one for your place at the Final Table. The remaining eight teams will be seeded 2-9, with Team 2 playing Team 9, Team 3 playing Team 8 and so on. The higher seeded team picks the Match-Ups, the lower-seeded team picks the order of play. All five members of each team will have one Heads-Up match against their enemy counterpart.

While the first place team enjoys a day at the beach, Teams 2-9 will be locking horns for the final Country Showdown. With 60 points going to the winner and 30 points to the losers, every country will see their fate determined in the Heads-Up battles. Then it’s time for the Final Table and the chance to win big!

Final Table

The starting chip stacks for each team will be divided equally between the five team members. Each team will submit a team sheet, detailing the order in which each player will appear. Team members will then play for one orbit at the Final Table, with a new team member being substituted in at the start of every new orbit. Each new player to the table will then add their share of the chips to whatever stack exists from the player before them. Should a player bust out during an orbit, the next member of their team will come to the table to play on with their own share of the team’s starting chip stack.

After all team members have played an orbit, each team can substitute any new player they wish, but no more than one substitution can be made per orbit. Once a player busts out, they’re gone for good.

Place	Cash prize per team	Cash prize per player
1st	$100,000	$20,000
2nd	$70,000	$14,000
3rd	$50,000	$10,000
4th	$30,000	$6,000
5th-7th	$10,000	$2,000
8th-9th	$5,000	$1,000

All the payouts are substantial, but there’s only one that counts. Prove to the world that you are good enough to be part of the top poker playing nation, and worthy of becoming the new World Cup of Poker VI Champions!

If you have any questions regarding the World Cup of Poker, contact wcp@pokerstars.com.

Please Note: PokerStars reserves the right to alter the format of the live tournaments and the Final Table.

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