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Terms and Conditions of Contest World Championship of Duplicate Poker


Introduction

Duplicate (2007) Inc. will hold the first World Championship of Duplicate Poker in 2008 In this inaugural championship six teams of six members each will be initially selected from among online players on DuplicatePoker.com. Then, we will host live quarterfinal, semifinal and championship rounds at a venue to be chosen. We presently anticipate that the live rounds will be held toward the end of October or in early November, 2008. We will provide each team with transportation to and hotel accommodations and meals at the live tournament. Cash prizes to be awarded will total $120,000. The general rules, terms and conditions of Duplicate Poker as explained on our Website will be applicable to the extent that they are not contrary to the specific conditions of contest set forth below.


Initial Qualification

We have recently introduced a weekly Leader Board from which 180 players will be initially qualified. See our Leaderboard. Beginning Monday, February 4, 2008, and extending for 30 weeks, the top six on the Leader Board each week will qualify to play in one of the regional online tournaments, which will be held on Sunday September 14, 2008. Players will qualify only once. If a player repeats among the top six in a subsequent week, those below him or her that week will be moved up on that week's list for purposes of determining qualification. Players who become eligible to play in the regional online tournaments will be required to respond to e-mails from us to confirm that they will play in the regionals and to provide us with current contact information and other personal data, including documentation supporting residency at the time of qualification. We will replace players who do not respond or respond by declining with lower ranking players from the past Leader Boards.


Regions

The current distribution of players on DuplicatePoker.com supports the creation of the following six regions:

TeamRegionTerritory Included
ACentral U.S.Colorado. Idaho, Kentucky, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming
BMidwest U.S.Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin
CNortheast U.S.Connecticut. District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont
DPacific & South U.S.Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Virgin Islands
EEurope 
FRest of WorldAll other areas

* States not listed are states whose residents are excluded from playing in real money games on DuplicatePoker.com. If the number of players qualifying differs significantly from the anticipated distribution, we reserve the right to modify the territories included in the regions in order to create a more balanced number of players in each regional tournament. A player qualifying for the regionals will be assigned to a region based on the state or country shown as his or her residence in the records of DuplicatePoker.com at the time of initial qualification. Players may be required to provide appropriate documentation supporting residency, such as a passport, driver's license, or billing documents showing the player's name and residence. Players who advance in the regionals will be required to provide such documentation to us at the live quarterfinals.


Regional Tournaments

The 180 Leader Board Qualifiers will be divided into groups of approximately 30 players each and assigned to appropriate regions based on the principles noted above. On Sunday, September 14, 2008, we will hold six separate freeroll long-form tournaments, one for each of the six regions. The separate regional tournaments will be held at times to be announced. The six players finishing highest from each region will become the members of that regional team. The highest ranking player in each regional tournament will become the captain of that regional team, or, at his or her option, will be allowed to appoint another team member as captain. We and the regional captain will also choose one alternate to be included on the team, who will travel to the live venue with the team and be available to fill in as necessary and will share in any prize money won by the team. Alternates may be celebrity players chosen by us or lower finishing players from the regionals. Team members who cannot attend the live tournaments will be replaced with others as jointly selected by the team captain and us, with initial preference given to those with the highest amount of net total chips in the round preceding the final round robin in the regional tournament.

Members of each of the teams will be assigned a ranking based on their order of finish in the regional tournaments, or on such other criteria as approved by the team captain and us. Thus, each player will be assigned a rank of from first through sixth. If an alternate is substituted for a regular team member during the live tournaments, the alternate will assume the rank of the player being replaced for purposes of any given session or match.


Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Championship Live Tournaments


  • Venue

    We are in the process of determining the venue at which the quarterfinal, semifinal and championship rounds will be played. We are currently considering locations in the Bahamas, France, and Monte Carlo, among others. Final announcement of the location and the dates of play will be made as soon as arrangements have been completed. We presently intend to try to hold the live rounds on a long weekend sometime between October 18 and November 16, 2008.


  • Travel and Accommodations

    Each team member who attends the live tournaments will be provided with round-trip coach class air travel from the major airport nearest his or her home to the live venue or with an allowance to purchase such tickets. Also, we will provide hotel accommodations convenient to the venue. We will provide meals at the designated hotel or the venue for all players during the live tournaments or an allowance for purchasing meals.


  • Publicity and Assumption of Risk

    By participating in the World Championship of Duplicate Poker, including play in the regionals and the live tournaments, you hereby agree to and do hereby grant us the right to use your name, likeness, voice and image in marketing and promotion campaigns for that event and for DuplicatePoker.com in general, in any media whatsoever without further compensation. You expressly waive and agree to and hereby do indemnify us against any claims you may have in this regard. You further agree to help promote us in such promotions, including, but not limited to, meeting with press and participating in other events we may conduct.

    If you reach and play in the live tournaments, you hereby agree to wear our logo clothing, which we will provide to you. You further agree that you will not wear clothing with any other logos to which we reasonably object, and that you will not engage in conduct during the event that promotes any other website or product to which we reasonably object.

    Prior to playing in a live tournament, you agree to execute an agreement and release of liability in our favor, which will be supplied to you prior to the tournament.


  • Conduct of the Quarterfinals

    The quarterfinals will consist of two sessions of 36 duplicated deals each, played at six tables of six players each. Of the six teams, two will be eliminated from the competition at the end of these two sessions. Seating will in part be based on the Team ID letter assigned to that team as set forth in the table above under the caption "Regions". At the discretion of the team captain the alternate may be substituted, in which event he or she will assume the ranking of the player being replaced.

    The table below shows the seat assignments in the first and second sessions.

     First Session
     Seat Position
     Team/Player
    Table123456
    OneA1B1C1D1E1F1
    TwoF2A2B2C2D2E2
    ThreeE3F3A3B3C3D3
    FourD4E4F4A4B4C4
    FiveC5D5E5F5A5B5
    SixB6C6D6E6F6A6
     Second Session
     Seat Position
     Team/Player
    Table123456
    OneF6E5D4C3B2A1
    TwoE6D5C4B3A2F1
    ThreeD6C5B4A3F2E1
    FourC6B5A4F3E2D1
    FiveB6A5F4E3D2C1
    SixA6F5E4D3C2B1

    Outcome rankings will be determined based on the net total chips earned by a player in a given seat position as compared with the net total chips won by others in the same seat position at the other tables. Points will be awarded as follows:

    RankingPoints*
    1st5
    2nd4
    3rd3
    4th2
    5th1
    6th0

    * In the event of a tie between places, the points available to the tied rankings will be divided equally among those who are tied.

    Points earned by a team in both sessions will be totaled. The teams with the two lowest cumulative point totals will be eliminated. The remaining four teams will advance to the semifinals


  • Conduct of the Semifinals

    The semifinals will begin in the evening of the first day of the competition and will consist of three sessions of 24 duplicated deals each, played at four tables of four players each. Of the four teams now competing, two will be eliminated from the competition at the end of these three sessions. Based on rank, team members will play in the sessions shown in the table below, which results in team member playing in two of the three sessions. Substitution of the team alternate will be permitted at the discretion of the team captain, provided that no team member or alternate may play more than two sessions. For purposes of this example, we have assumed that Teams A, B, C and D advance to the semifinals. Each team member will play in two of the three sessions.

    Seating will be as set forth in the following table.

     First Session
     Seat Position
     Team/Player
    Table1234
    OneA3 C4B5D6
    TwoC3 B6D5A4
    ThreeB3D4A5C6
    FourD3A6C5B4
     Second Session
     Seat Position
     Team/Player
    Table1234
    OneA1D6C2B6
    TwoB5A2D5D2
    ThreeC5B1A5D2
    FourD1C6B2A6
     Third Session
     Seat Position
     Team/Player
    Table1234
    OneA1B1C1D1
    TwoD2A2B2C2
    ThreeC3D3A3B3
    FourB4C4D4A4

    Outcome rankings will be determined based on the net total chips earned by a player in a given seat position as compared with the net total chips won by others in the same seat position at the other tables. Points will be awarded as follows:

    RankingPoints*
    1st3
    2nd2
    3rd1
    4th0

    * In the event of a tie, points available to the tied rankings will be divided equally among them.

    Points earned by a team in all three sessions will be totaled. The teams with the two lowest cumulative point totals will be eliminated. The remaining two teams will advance to the finals.


  • Conduct of the Finals

    The finals will begin in the afternoon of the last day of the competition The two teams making it to the finals, called A and B in this example, will engage in six heads up matches of 16 deals each, with each member of Team A playing one heads up match against each member of Team B. Three distinct and separate sets of deals will be played in each match, with one set being played at tables 1 and 2, a second set being played at tables 3 and 4, and the final set being played at tables 5 and 6. Seating will be as set forth in the following table.

     Table 1Table 2 Table 3Table 4Table 5Table 6
    Match 1A1 v. B2B3 v. A2A3 v. B4B5 v. A4A5 v. B6B1 v. A6
    Match 2A1 v. B3B4 v. A2A3 v. B5B6 v. A4A5 v. B1B2 v. A6
    Match 3A1 v. B4B5 v. A2A3 v. B6B1 v. A4A5 v. B2B3 v. A6
    Match 4A1 v. B5B6 v. A2A3 v. B1B2 v. A4A5 v. B3B4 v. A6
    Match 5A1 v. B6B1 v. A2A3 v. B2B3 v. A4A5 v. B4B5 v. A6
    Match 6A1 v. B1B2 v. A2A3 v. B3B4 v. A4A5 v. B5B6 v. A6

    The player with the higher amount of net total chips at the end of each match will be awarded 1 point and the opponent will earn 0 points. The team with the highest cumulative total points over the six matches will be the 2008 champion.


  • Individual Winners

    The three individual prize winners will be determined by the three highest point totals earned by the players in the finals. In the event of a tie, the individual prize money for the tied positions will be divided equally among the tied players.


Prizes

A total prize pool of $120,000 will be awarded as set forth in the table below.

Team Prizes*
1st$35,000
2nd$24,500
3rd$17,500
4th$14,000
5th$10,000
6th$7,000
Individual Prizes
1st$5,000
2nd$4,000
3rd$3,000

* Prizes awarded to a team will be split equally among all the members of that team, including the alternate member.


Conditions Subject to Change

We reserve the right to modify, supplement or amend any or all of the above terms and conditions at our sole discretion. Changes will be posted on our Website at http://www.duplicatepoker.com/teams.aspx. We also reserve the right to cancel this competition if, in our sole judgment, it becomes impracticable to successfully carry it out.


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