Season 3 (2025)

2025 Friends & Family Tournament Series

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Event #2: Spring Survivor

22 March 2025
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Upcoming Events

Event #2: Spring Survivor

  • Freezeout
  • Entry Fee: $25
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: $400 ($100+ for each winner)
  • Starting Chips: 25,000
  • Starting Blinds: 100/200
  • Blind Structure: Turbo
  • 15-minute levels
  • Play will continue until only 25% of the players remain, at which point the total prize pool will be split evenly among the remaining players
  • Structure Details
  • St. Patrick's Day bonus payout to any player who wins with a club flush
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Event #3: Second Annual Tag-Team Championship

  • Single Re-Entry (through Level 5)
  • Entry Fee: $20 per player
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: $400 ($200+ guaranteed for winning team)
  • Starting Chips: 25,000
  • Starting Blinds: 100/200 
  • Blind Structure: Turbo
  • 15-minute levels
  • Two-person teams, playing individually for first five levels, then as a team for the remainder of the event (switching off at least once every three levels)
  • Structure Details
  • Bring-a-friend bonus 
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Event #4: Second Annual Summer Deepstack Championship

  • Single Re-Entry (through Level 6)
  • Entry Fee: $40
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: $700 ($240+ guaranteed for winner)
  • Starting Chips: 50,000
  • Starting Blinds (Ante): 100/200 (25)
  • Blind Structure: Turbo
  • 15-minute levels
  • Structure Details
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Event #5: The Final Battle For Position (Win-the-Button Event)

  • Unlimited Re-Entry (through Level 5)
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: $450 ($125+ guaranteed for winner)
  • Starting Chips: 25,000
  • Starting Blinds: 100/200
  • Blind Structure: Turbo
  • 15-minute levels
  • The winner of each hand will receive the dealer position for the subsequent hand.
  • Structure details
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2025 Main Event Championship

  • Freezeout
  • Entry Fee: $0
  • Starting Chips: 25,000 plus 1,000 for each POY point (see details below)
  • Starting Blinds (Ante): 100/200 (25)
  • Blind Structure: Turbo
  • 15-minute levels
  • Structure details
  • $20 bounties on every regular-season event winner
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Completed Events

Event #1: Second Annual Season Opener – Unlimited Re-Entry

  • Unlimited Re-Entry (through Level 4)
  • Entry Fee: $20
  • Guaranteed Prize Pool: $350 ($120+ guaranteed for winner)
  • Starting Chips: 10,000
  • Starting Blinds: 50/100
  • Blind Structure: Turbo (Modified)
  • 15-minute levels
  • Results
  • Structure Details
  • Bonus prize for first elimination of the season 
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2025 Player of the Year Standings

RankPlayerPointsWins
1Thuy 81
2Lauren 50
3Kara 30
4Kasra 20
5Chris 20
6Altaf 20
7Christina 20
8Rob 10
9Quang 10
10James 10
11Matthew 10
12Crystal 10
13Daniela 10
14Luciano 10

2025 Event Results

Event #1: Second Annual Unlimited Re-Entry Championship

  • Players: 14
  • Total Prize Pool: $350 ($10 Overlay)
  • Winner: Thuy
PlacePlayerPoints
1Thuy Nguyen8
2Lauren Garcia5
3Kara Barnett3
4Kasra Moayedi2
5Chris Whittaker2
6Altaf Wahid2
7Christina Whittaker2
8Rob Redwitz1
9Quang Nguyen1
10James Harker1
11Matthew Tran1
12Crystal Huynh1
13Daniela Tavares1
14Luciano Tavares1

Event #2: Spring Survivor Championship

Check back in March for results

Event #3: Second Annual Tag-Team Championship

Check back in May for results

Event #4: Second Annual Deepstack Championship

Check back in July for results

Event #5: The Battle For Position

Check back in September for results

2025 Main Event Championship

Check back in October for results

2025 Friends & Family Tournament Series Structure

Welcome to The Pinnacle Poker Club’s third annual Friends & Family Tournament Series! Below are details about the tournaments, the scoring, and the awards that we are all playing for.

  1. We will play 5 regular-season events. The date and time of each event, along with final details about the format of the event, will be announced a couple of weeks in advance. The general schedule is outlined below and tentative dates are listed above:
    1. Event #1 (Late January): Second Annual Season Opener – Unlimited Re-Entry Championship
    2. Event #2 (Late March): Spring Survivor Championship
    3. Event #3 (Late May): Second Annual Tag-Team Championship
    4. Event #4 (Late July): Second Annual Summer Deepstack Championship 
    5. Event #5 (September): The Final Battle For Position
  2. The entry fee for Events 1, 3 and 5 will be $20. The entry fee for Event 2 will be $25. The entry fee for Event 4 will be $40.
  3. For Events 1 and 5, players will earn points according to the following schedule:
    1. One point for playing in an event.
    2. One additional point for each table that the player outlasts. For example, in a three-table tournament (between 15 and 21 players), the top 14 finishers will earn one extra point (total of two), and the top 7 finishers will earn two extra points (total of three). 
    3. Additional points for cashing in, and winning, an event will be awarded according to the following schedule:
Places paid1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place 6th place 7th place
23 points1 point     
36 points3 points1 point    
410 points6 points3 points1 point   
515 points10 points6 points3 points1 point  
621 points15 points10 points6 points3 points1 point 
728 points21 points15 points10 points6 points3 points1 point
  1. For Event 2, points will be awarded in the same manner as for Event 1, except that (a) all players who place in the top 25% will receive a number of points equal to the total number of players divided by 4 (rounded down), and  (b) the last player eliminated before the top 25% will receive one additional point. 
  2. For Event 3, points will be awarded to each member of the team, based on the final finish of the team, in the same manner as for Event 1, but at 150% the rate.
  3. For Event 4, points will be awarded in the same manner as for Event 1, but at double the rate.
  4. The player with the most points at the end of the regular season will be named the Player of the Year. Ties for Player of the Year will be broken with a final freeroll tournament among the players tied for first place.
  5. The Main Event Championship will be held in October or November. There will be no cash buy-in; players will be competing solely for bragging rights and an award. Each entrant into the Main Event will receive a minimum of 25,000 chips to start the tournament, plus 1,000 additional chips for each POY point earned during the season.