To play in the feeders and qualify for the Grand Final of the Canadian Open Poker Championship Contest (the "Contest") please review the following instructions. The official Contest Rules are also listed below.

For information on the Canadian Open Poker Championship, including how you may buy into the tournament, please click here .

CONTEST QUALIFIERS
  • There will be 13 qualifying tournaments every day from February 2 to February 22, 2008
  • Qualifiers will run every hour on the hour from 2 pm until 2 am Eastern time.
  • To find the qualifying tournaments for the Contest prize package, first click on the "Poker" tab at the top left of the Lobby page. Next select the "Multi Table Tournaments" tab
  • Qualifiers for the Grand Final will be listed in the lobby lines as "Canadian Open Satellite".
  • Score Poker is free to play but you will need 5,000 Tournament Dollars to register for each Contest qualifier. If you do not have enough Tournament Dollars to enter the qualifier, you will need to win the dollars in tournament play or increase it via the offers under Score Cash. Signing up for PartyPoker.net for example, will get you 20,000 tournament dollars.
  • Click on the qualifier you would like to register for and then hit the "Go to tournament" button in the bottom left. Click register in the top right hand corner and your player name will be added to the list.
  • The tournament table will automatically pop up when the qualifier begins.
  • The top 4 finishers in each Grand Final satellite will qualify for the Grand Final.

PRIZING
  • The Grand Final for this Contest will be held on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 beginning at 4:00 pm ET.
  • Prizes for the Grand Final of the Contest are as follows:

    1st PlaceCanadian Open Poker Championship (ARV: $7,500)
    2nd PlaceScore Poker Prize Package + Tourney Dollars
    3rd PlaceScore Poker Prize Package + Tourney Dollars
    4th PlaceScore Poker Prize Package + Tourney Dollars
    5th PlaceScore Poker Prize Package + Tourney Dollars
    6th PlaceScore Poker Prize Package + Tourney Dollars
    7th PlaceScore Poker Prize Package + Tourney Dollars
    8th PlaceScore Poker Prize Package + Tourney Dollars
    9th PlaceScore Poker Prize Package + Tourney Dollars


OFFICIAL RULES (January 31, 2008)
  • Score Poker’s Canadian Open Poker Championship Contest (the "Contest") will take place from February 2 to February 23, 2008.
  • The top 4 finishers from each Grand Final Satellite will be entered into the Grand Final on Saturday February 23, 2008 at 4:00 pm ET.
  • The winner of the Grand Final Tournament will, subject to verification and release requirements, receive the following Grand Prize:
   
  1. A prize package worth approximately $7,500 courtesy of the Canadian Open Poker Championship taking place from March 5-9, 2008 at the Deerfort Casino in Calgary, Alberta.
  2. The prize package includes the following: hotel accomodations for four nights; $500 spending money; admission to the Coors Light Maxim Players party on March 5 and return airfare for two people to a major Canadian hub.
  • The winner will have their choice of playing in the $5,000 Invitational 128 player Main Event beginning on March 6 or the following events. The winner must choose one package or the other:
   
  1. March 5: EVENT 1 - $500 Freezeout Charity Tournament
  2. March 7: EVENT 3 - $1500 Short Handed Freezeout
  3. March 8: EVENT 4 - $1000 Freezeout
  4. March 9: EVENT 5 - $500 Freezeout
  • Potential Grand Prize Winners must be 18 years or older and be a legal resident of Canada to win the Grand Prize.
  • Potential Grand Prize Winners must present valid government issued photo ID and sign Sponsor's Release Form before being awarded the Grand Prize. If the winner's provided identification does not match the information in the player's profile at Score Poker, The Score reserves the right to refuse the prize.
  • Participants in all Canadian Open Poker Championship tournaments are subject to the Official Rules and Regulations of the Canadian Open Poker Championship.
  • The Canadian Open Poker Championship is operated independently of Score Poker. Score Poker accepts no responsibility for changes to the operation or cancellation of the Canadian Open Poker Championship.
  • The Score reserves the right to substitute a prize package of equal value to the contest winners.
  • The winner of the Grand Final may be disqualified if he or she is found to have multiple accounts registered with Score Poker. Each player is allowed to have only one active account.
  • Players must play their own accounts. Players cannot have others play their accounts for them at any point during the tournament. If this is discovered the offending players will be disqualified from all potential prizing.
  • The winner of the Grand Final Tournament will be contacted within 72 hours of winning at the e-mail account registered with the winning account on Score Poker. If the winning player has not heard from Score Poker after 72 hours, the winner may contact the tournament administrator by telephone at (416) 977-6787 ext. 2288.
  • Prizes are not transferable. In the event that a potential winner is unable to meet the requirements set forth above, or any of the other validation and release requirements, or is unable to travel to the tournament, the Grand Prize will be awarded to the second place finisher of the Contest, and so on until a potential winner is confirmed.
  • Employees of The Score, AGN, Cyber Arts, the Canadian Open Poker Championship, Deerfoot Casino, Heads Up Entertainment and their family members, partners and suppliers are not eligible to participate in the Contest.

GOOD LUCK!