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Tournament Points are a very important part of ClubWPT. If you want to play poker games there and win money you should learn everything about TPs. This guide will tell you everything: what the points are, how to get them and how to spend. You will learn everything you need and will not ask for extra information.
What are Tournament Points?
As you know, ClubWPT is subscription based poker room. That means you are not required to make deposit in order to win real money. All you need is to purchase VIP status. Learn more about Membership Plans here. After you make a purchase you will receive Tournament Points. They are equivalent of cash. Traditional poker rooms require player to take money to the table and play. Player has to put his funds at risk. WPT Club doesn’t have any cash tables or buy-ins. TPs are used instead.
That’s one of the reasons why the Club is still legal in the United States. You will not find real money games here because players don’t have deposits. TPs are used for all buy-ins.
Where to Spend?
Tournament Points can’t be transferred to other player. Only you can use your balance. They can’t be sold or exchanged for cash because they have no cash value. They can be spent within ClubWPT only. You can use them as tournaments or SnGs buy-in or for playing casino games.
Note: there are two types of tournaments – play money and VIP. Play money tourneys don’t require TPs and don’t offer good prizes. Only VIP tourneys with valuable prizes require TPs.
How to Get?
Everything is pretty simple. You need to upgrade your account from Basic to VIP in order to receive Tournament Points. You will get 500 TPs by default after upgrading to VIP. 500 is the default threshold. If you play games and spend the points they will be automatically “topped up” the next day. That means you will have at least 500 TPs every day.
If you spend all the points too fast today, you will have until they will be “topped up”. So don’t worry if you see that you have no points at all. Just wait for some time and you will receive another portion. As you see it’s impossible to lose something when you are ClubWPT VIP member. You have the points and if you lose all of them you will be refunded. This is the most important advantage of the Club!
Please note, you will not be receiving 500 TPs every day. You balance will be refunded if it lowers below 500 threshold. If your balance is higher, you are in good shape and will not be receiving anything. But if your balance drops below this threshold you will be refunded.
Thus, you will have at least 500 points on your balance every day, but you can win more if you wish. There are tournaments where you can get the points as a prize. There is one reason to raise the balance: some tournaments may require more points than you currently have. For example there may be a great tournament with big prize pool, but the buy-in is 1000 TPs. You will not be able to participate in such tourney because you don’t have enough “funds”.
How to Raise Balance?
There is only one way: to play tourneys and win extra points. ClubWPT offers a lot of different tourneys where cash and TPs can be won. Participating in such tourneys is the only way to raise the balance.
To be honest, it’s very easy to win Tournament Points. For example there are small tournaments with 20TPs buy-in where 200 places are paid. The structure of payouts can be seen below:
| 1st | 350 TPs + $10 |
| 2nd | 300 TPs + $5 |
| 3rd | 250 TPs + $5 |
| 4th | 225 TPs |
| 5th | 200 TPs |
| 6th | 175 TPs |
| 7th | 150 TPs |
| 8th | 125 TPs |
| 9th | 100 TPs |
| 10th | 100 TPs |
| 11th - 20th | 75 TPs |
| 21st - 30th | 50 TPs |
| 31st - 50th | 45 TPs |
| 51st - 100th | 40 TPs |
| 101st - 150th | 35 TPs |
| 151st 200th | 30 TPs |
Great news is that the number of participants is about 80-100 players in every tournament! That means you can just pay the buy-in and fold all the cards. You will get profit anyway. Of course it’s better to play and win the first place. You will get 350 TPs and $10 of cash reward.
Increasing Tournament Points balance is not a difficult task. ClubWPT gives a lot of different opportunities for this.
To save or to spend?
A lot of players ask about this. Everything depends on your final goal and your strategy. If you want to take part in really big tournament with high buy-in you shouldn’t save the points. Participating in small tournaments only will not reward you with enough TPs for reaching such a big goal. You will have to risk in order to collect enough points for big tournament.
Imagine you have just signed up as VIP and have only 500 on your balance. Your goal is Monthly $10 000 Guaranteed tournament with 2000 TPs buy in, but right now you don’t have enough “funds”. You will have to risk in order to progress faster and collect required sum. For example you can participate in 100 TP No Limit HoldEm Sit & Go tournament with 6 players. First place wins 500 TPs, second gets 300 TPs & third get 200 TPs. Your starting balance allows to play 5 SnGs with 100 buy-in. Sometimes you will lose, but if you have enough skills you will have progress.
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| Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager | | Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager - The third generation of Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager. | | Component library for Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager - Reusable components. Free for you to download and use. Many user-contributed. | | Bulletin board - An online discussion forum for Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager. | | Course catalog - Videos demonstrating the use of Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager. If you're having trouble viewing the course catalog, jump straight to my YouTube page. | | Miscellaneous Poker Tools and Stuff | | Dr. Neau's Home Poker Tournament Guidelines - A word document to serve as a guide for a smooth-running home tournament. | | Poker audio clips - Clips you may want to use to make your tournament all the more entertaining. | | Poker images - Fun poker images I've found on the internet | | Hand nicknames - What do you call 9-2 off-suit? | | Poker songs - Ideas for your poker night soundtrack. Arguably the most comprehensive listing of poker songs on the internet. | | Compliment or insult? - What are they really saying about you at the poker table? | | Other Products | | Dr. Neau's Su Do Ku Assistant - A donation-ware Java application to assist you in solving Su Do Ku puzzles. | Blackjack Simplified Strategy Cards and Brochures - A wallet-sized Quick Reference card tells you exactly what to do in every situation. |
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| | Recent News | | Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager can now manage matched-based tournaments (Bracketed Heads-Up, Round-Robin Heads-Up and Sit-and-Go Series) | | Download | | Jump to the Download and Licensing page. | | Pricing | | Jump to the Download and Licensing page. | | System requirements | | Operating system - Any, as long as it supports Java 1.5 or higher. The Java Runtime Environment is free to download. Processor - 400MHz minimum recommended Video - 800x600 minimum recommended | | Release Notes and Development Plan | | Current release notes are always available here. The notes include all changes starting with v3beta4.0. Additionally, they detail future plans. | | Support | | If you need to get a question answered, you have two options: 1. Send email to support@drneau.com. 2. Post a question in the appropriate forum in the bulletin board. Dr. Neau will get back to you as soon as possible. Note that he may ask you to zip up your entire repository and email it to him. | | Bulletin Board | | An online discussion forum for the users of Dr. Neau's Tournament Management System | | Video Learning Modules | | See the course catalog. If you're having trouble viewing the course catalog, jump straight to my YouTube page. | | Component Library | | My fabulous users have submitted components that you can download and use: Send your components to me if you think others can benefit from them. | Dr. Neau Baseball Cap | Get them while they're still available! Approximate cost: $13 (includes shipping)
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Poker DIY- A poker league management site for connecting poker players...and it can import tournaments from DrNTM. | | History of DrNTM | 1983 - Dr. Neau gets an Apple IIe for Christmas. He and 'The Eradicator' begin work on their first application: D&N's Dungeons and Dragons Assistant
1992 - Dr. Neau gets his degree in Computer Science and goes to work for Cray Research.
1996 - Dr. Neau writes his first Java application - A sports 'Magic Number' calculator.
1999 - Dr. Neau gets his Masters in Software Engineering
2004 - (January) Dr. Neau and The Eradicator host their first tournament. It was a logistical disaster. Work begins on something to help.
2004 - (February) Dr. Neau creates and uses his first blind timer...just a timer with sounds. Several Excel-spreadsheet based solutions are tried. At one point, he has the Java timer, an Excel chip calculator, an Excel result/payout tracker and a Java seating manager...all separate.
2004 - (June) Dr. Neau makes 'Dr. Neau's Tournament Manager, v1' available to the public for free. People tell him he should charge for it.
2005 - Dr. Neau releases v2. People actually pay. The Rock is banned from Canterbury Card Club. He continues enhancing the application through mid-2006.
2006 - Work begins on v3.
2009 - v3 is released.
2010 - v4 is released.Dr. Neau has been running monthly 16-24 player tournaments since 2004 and uses his own league as a guinea pig for his software. He is a member of the Tournament Directors Association. | | Testimonials | Darryl -May, 2009
'Version 3.0.9 was a smashing success, Jeff. Oh, there were those cockyfolks that had a copy of version 2 limited that they had gotten from a friendand thought they had it all. But when we started flashing photos on the screenthat were taken moments before and when the names and pictures of every playerthat was registered and eliminated started flashing up on the screen, you couldactually hear oohs and adds and little sheisters then coming up and asking ifthey could have a copy of it. I said 'Sure' and gave them your address.'Matt -February, 2009
'I used the software this weekend for a charity tournament event. What afantastic piece of software.'Chuck - January, 2006
'Your software is whatmakes our tourneys rock. You have done an outstanding job with it.'Terr - July, 2005
'This is by far thebest tournament software Ihave used. I have read the target market for this is small home tournaments butlet me tell you in my opinion this is perfect for someone like me running large150 -200 person tournaments.''abhunter'- June, 2005
'...everyone had agreat time and said the tournament was run like a top notch game. They all saidthe software program made it all work out. I want to thank you for a greatproduct.''blockhead'- February, 2005
'But best part isthat the whining, bitching that used to go on is now gone.'Some internet blog - February 2005
'This is one of the neatest programs that Ihave used for organizing the guys poker night at the house. Dr. Neau has usedhis 'skee-ill' to put together a well thought out program.'Martin - February 2005
'This is by far the most complete andcustomizable tournament manager software that I had the chance to stumbleacross.'Bard - February, 2005
'I finally got to take the software on twolive runs through actual tournaments this weekend, and it worked great. Took a lot of the the grunt work out of the game and let us enjoy the poker thatmuch more. Many thanks for all your effort; I wish some of these large softwarecompanies could see what can be done with a little time and effort and focus onthe product, rather than the profit. I appreciate the chance to try itout. If this ever does grow into something you could profit from, I wishyou all the luck.'Gooty Brother - February, 2005
'Jeff: We used Tournament Manager('TM') for our 11th annual [tournament] last night. Although weemploy a rather unique combined limit/no-limit structure for a 7-card studtournament, TM did an admirable job of managing our tournament. Thoughtyou might enjoy seeing the fruits of your labor in action. The attachedphoto shows the winners of GBPT 2005 with TM displayed in the background.'Jack - January, 2005
'You’re doing a great job developing this…..I have looked at other programs that cost in the $60 to $70 range that don’t have some of these features...'Mr. Princeton - January, 2005
'I play a fair amount and just about every program I see pales in comparison to yours...'Bruce - January, 2005
'I and all the guys in our tournaments love your software. We just started having tournaments and were concerned about how everyone would act. Some people get pissed off over the smallest thing (especially if they lose). By using your software, all the main decisions like who sits where, when the blinds change, keeping track of the finishing order, and so on, were made by the computer. No one got upset or angry and everything was great. Having your software has guaranteed that I will be invited to every tournament around. I sent you some money. I wished I could pay more. I am glad you took the time to work on this software and I am very glad you share it with others.'Mr. BJC - July, 2004
'This program is awesome!...This program will make a lot of people happy...'Jamaican Pete - July, 2004
'I wanted to let you know that I used the TM on the Mac on Saturday night...everything worked perfectly and it was a lot of fun for the table.'Mr. Mooney - July, 2004
'I really like your tournament manager. I think it will add that little bit of class I need to pull this first time event off.'Jamaican Pete - August, 2004
'I'm a regular at a couple of online poker forums, and every so often people post requests for recommendations for this type of software - Tournament Director seems to be the most commonly mentioned program. I've looked at it and I think yours is better. Would it be ok for me to refer people to Tournament Manager?'Mickey C - August 2004
'Thanks for a great product and your time and effort'MattE - August, 2004
'I can't thank you enough for all your hard work. I've sent [a payment] via paypal. I would have sent more, but I was knocked out 7th in the tournament Friday! Everyone was VERY impressed. I ran it as a sever (Mac G4, 400MHz, 1GigRAM, OS 10.3.5 with latest Java update from Apple) and as a client (17' 1.3 GHz G4 Powerbook, 1GigRAM, OS 10.3.5 & latest Java from Apple) over my wireless (802.11g) network. Everything went as smooth as silk. I was free to enjoy (getting my ass kicked) the tournament without worrying about managing it. It was a great success, the most fun I've had losing my ass. You should definitely NOT be giving this EXCELLENT piece of software away for free. In fact, I think you should be selling it to Casinos and Card Rooms for several hundred dollars a copy. I'm a software project manager and I have some idea of the pain you must have gone through to write and test this very full-featured cross platform application....' | | Thanks | | Special thanks goes to: The remaining founders: Aaron, Allen, Carl, Charles, Jeremiah, John, Marco, Martin, Nelson and Peter.
The Twin Cities Underground Poker League for being willing guinea pigs.
The Eradictor for being a great person to bounce ideas off of.
The v3 beta testers for making great suggestions and finding obscure bugs.
The Poker Knights of Calgary for screwing me and forcing me to get a real license manager for v3. |
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