AIPS II: (Almost) All the Info
Here's just about everything you need to know about Ante Up Intercontinental Poker Series II. (Remember, we'll set the actual dates for each event about a month in advance):
WHAT
The Ante Up Intercontinental Poker Series is the official listener tournament series for the Ante Up pokercast. Last year's was 10 events over 6 weeks; this year, it's 12 events over 12 months.
WHERE
FullTilt. They have a pretty nice signup bonus going if you're not a member. FullTilt is also the home of the Thursday Night Ante Up Poker Nights. To find the tournaments, search the "Private Tournaments" tab for the date of the event. All events will be called "AIPS II." Password is "anteup"
WHEN
Tournaments will be at 9 p.m. Thursdays or noon Saturdays, Eastern time. These times allow Ante Up listeners wherever in the world they live to make at least one time. Here's the monthly schedule:
Saturday, January 27, noon Eastern - NL Hold'em (Champion: Blazman)
Thursday, February 15, 9 p.m. Eastern - Stud (Champion: C furbee)
Saturday, March 10, noon Eastern - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi (Champion: Joker10690)
Thursday, April 26, 9 p.m. Eastern - Razz (Champion: forceweaver)
Thursday, May 17, 9 p.m. Eastern - No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed (Champion: J_Chitown)
Saturday, June 9, noon Eastern - Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (Champion: Gambit727)
Thursday, July 19, 9 p.m. Eastern - Pot-Limit Hold'em (Champion: GapBand85)
Thursday, August 23, 9 p.m. Eastern - Stud Hi-Lo (Champion: heffmike)
Thursday, September 27, 9 p.m. Eastern - Limit Hold'em (Champion: ErsatzSantiag0)
Thursday, October 25, 9 p.m. Eastern - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (Champion: predator06)
Thursday, November 15, 9 p.m. Eastern - HORSE (Champion: C furbee)
Saturday, December 15, noon Eastern - Main Event (Champion: JLBSox)
HOW MUCH
Entry fees for all events except the Main Event are $5+$0.50. The Main Event will be $24+$2, which will allow players to use a FullTilt satellite token if they wish. You can satellite in for as little as $4.40.
PRIZES
The winner of each event wins the coveted AIPS banana. And depending where you finish each tournament, you'll earn AIPS Player of the Year points. Gambit727 is the official scorekeeper of this year's event, and his formula for points takes into account the buy-in and number of entrants in each event. The AIPS Player of the Year will win a tacky trophy and be our guest on a future podcast. Also, FullTilt's normal payout structure is in effect, so cashing in any event will earn you cold, hard cash.
BOUNTIES
Knock out Scott (OffDeadline), Chris (willhopper), Fasso (stpetebeach) or Columbo (columbo) in any event, and you earn a bounty worth 10 Player of the Year points. We'll also put bounties on special guests, such as pros, who dare tread in the treacherous waters of an AIPS event.
WHAT ELSE?
What have we forgotten to tell you? Let us know, and we'll answer it here. Good luck!
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
For the AIPS II main event would there be any way that you could make it a super stack tourney like the FTOPS main event? You start with 5000 in chips instead of 3000. Just an idea.
Posted by: Kyle Bailey | January 15, 2007 at 06:47 PM