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[Medicate]

@cook @Brooklynzson

I talked to @cook about starting a poker table or tournament on Pokerstars or Full Tilt Poker for the Coli. I sent an email to Pokerstars support for more information.

They sent me this in return:

Hello,

Thank you for contacting PokerStars.

If you wish to create your own tournaey, you can use our Home Games features.
Please find below some general information about that.

PokerStars Home Games brings the experience of home games online. Currently
millions of people around the world enjoy hosting a “poker night” in their home
with friends and family in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere. PokerStars Home
Games now allows you to experience the same excitement and fun online.

Create your own poker club and play online Home Games with your friends.
Creating a club is easy; just pick a club name and invitation code. Invite
friends by emailing them your club’s ID and invitation code, and then accept
them as members when they join.

Club Managers have the tools to easily schedule their ring games and
tournaments, with options to select game types, buy-in levels, and tournament
blind structures. You can create games using Play Money as well as Real Money.
Once you schedule a date for your online Home Game, we will automatically notify
your club members of the scheduled game.

Your exclusive Poker Club includes these features:

• Club Management Tools – appoint administrators, accept/remove members,
customize your club lobby, set length of club seasons, etc.
• Club Leader Board – ranks players by points earned through tournament play
• Player Statistics – view points earned, top finishes, knockouts for each club
member
• Game Management Tools – customize game parameters and schedule games
• Game Schedule – list of scheduled tournaments and open ring game tables
• Game Results – view tournament results including finish order, points earned
and knockouts
• Private Games – all games and tournaments are available only to members of
your club
• Custom Tables – your club name appears on the felt of customizable game tables
• Full Range of Poker Games – Choose Hold’em, Omaha, Stud, Mixed, Horse and
others
• It is Free – there is no charge for opening and running your own online poker
club

More details about Home Games can be found at:

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/home-games/
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/home-games/getting-started/
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/home-games/faq/

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further assistance.

Regards,

Giuliano
PokerStars Support Team

Looks pretty simple. I would love to get this going. I heard we already had a member set something like this up before. I have a good idea we could run with if its ok to go.

 

[Brooklynzson]

@cook @Brooklynzson

I talked to @cook about starting a poker table or tournament on Pokerstars or Full Tilt Poker for the Coli. I sent an email to Pokerstars support for more information.

They sent me this in return:

Hello,

Thank you for contacting PokerStars.

If you wish to create your own tournaey, you can use our Home Games features.
Please find below some general information about that.

PokerStars Home Games brings the experience of home games online. Currently
millions of people around the world enjoy hosting a “poker night” in their home
with friends and family in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere. PokerStars Home
Games now allows you to experience the same excitement and fun online.

Create your own poker club and play online Home Games with your friends.
Creating a club is easy; just pick a club name and invitation code. Invite
friends by emailing them your club’s ID and invitation code, and then accept
them as members when they join.

Club Managers have the tools to easily schedule their ring games and
tournaments, with options to select game types, buy-in levels, and tournament
blind structures. You can create games using Play Money as well as Real Money.
Once you schedule a date for your online Home Game, we will automatically notify
your club members of the scheduled game.

Your exclusive Poker Club includes these features:

• Club Management Tools – appoint administrators, accept/remove members,
customize your club lobby, set length of club seasons, etc.
• Club Leader Board – ranks players by points earned through tournament play
• Player Statistics – view points earned, top finishes, knockouts for each club
member
• Game Management Tools – customize game parameters and schedule games
• Game Schedule – list of scheduled tournaments and open ring game tables
• Game Results – view tournament results including finish order, points earned
and knockouts
• Private Games – all games and tournaments are available only to members of
your club
• Custom Tables – your club name appears on the felt of customizable game tables
• Full Range of Poker Games – Choose Hold’em, Omaha, Stud, Mixed, Horse and
others
• It is Free – there is no charge for opening and running your own online poker
club

More details about Home Games can be found at:

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/home-games/
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/home-games/getting-started/
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/home-games/faq/

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further assistance.

Regards,

Giuliano
PokerStars Support Team

Looks pretty simple. I would love to get this going. I heard we already had a member set something like this up before. I have a good idea we could run with if its ok to go.

We used to do poker games all the time, @MightyHealthy used to do them. http://www.thecoli.com/search/1469265/?q=poker&o=relevance&c[title_only]=1&c[node]=19

We can do them again

 

[Medicate]

We used to do poker games all the time, @MightyHealthy used to do them. http://www.thecoli.com/search/1469265/?q=poker&o=relevance&c[title_only]=1&c[node]=19

We can do them again

Cool....I'll get it started......

 

[Medicate]

I'll start the thread when I have the club created and the tourney/table format. Can I get some opinions on types of prizes for winners, since PS doesn't allow cash winnings, as this will be play only.

 

[mannyrs13]

I'll start the thread when I have the club created and the tourney/table format. Can I get some opinions on types of prizes for winners, since PS doesn't allow cash winnings, as this will be play only.

We used to do coli cash. Mighty healthy can give you the payouts if he remembers.

 

[Medicate]

We used to do coli cash. Mighty healthy can give you the payouts if he remembers.

Yea I just created the club and the thread about it. Still hunting for ideas on types of prizes we could do.

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-coli-games.264237/

 

[MightyHealthy]

Here's an old thread that you can use as a template, if you'd like:

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-coli-poker-tourney-weeknights-thursday-june-6th-9-15pm-et.119924/

PM me, and I can send you an invite to the already existing Pokerstars club, and make you an administrator. You'll be able to create tourney games. Plus, former poker regs will already be set up.

 

[Medicate]

I actually already have it set up: http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-coli-poker-games.264237/

I can make anyone an administrator to assist.

 

[cook]

prizes should be done in seasons. do a month or two of keeping track of winners then we can do a coli cash payout. i remember falling behind a bunch when we tried to do weekly payouts because its really time consuming to go through and manually edit everyone's cash

could do like 5 million cash to the season winner, 2.5 runner up...etc

 

[Medicate]

prizes should be done in seasons. do a month or two of keeping track of winners then we can do a coli cash payout. i remember falling behind a bunch when we tried to do weekly payouts because its really time consuming to go through and manually edit everyone's cash

could do like 5 million cash to the season winner, 2.5 runner up...etc

I figure that's a good idea. I think for this first tourney I will keep it as it is, then I will do your idea.