Weekly PJK Tourney at Planet

I have just heard from Planet Poker about the weekly tourney. Here is the deal with pre-registration:

If you have pre-registered for the weekly tourneys, and would like to play for that week, you will be automatically signed up via your e-mail address on Planet. The tourneys are $19+1. You may unregister any time during the week, or if there is a last minute emergency, all the way up until the time of the tournament. You will not be able to register yourself. If you see the tourney listed, and try to register, you will not be allowed. You must go through me or Planet. I get no money for doing this, so don't think I'm trying to scam you in some way. I am doing this purely for us, the poker journalizer's out here in cyberspace.

Planet tells me that only nine of the e-mail addresses I sent her of interested players even have an account on Planet. The rest have not opened an account. You will not be able to wait until the last moment to open an account. Planet has no way to password protect tournaments at this time, although they have promised this for us down the road, if we stick it out until their next software update. As compensation, they are offering us a $1 rake, which is better than anywhere else on the Internet.

Please, if you are interested in playing this tournament, like the players who wrote me on the left side of this journal, sign up for a Planet account. You do not have to sign up via the e-mail Glenn sent out, you can sign up any way you choose, taking advantage of any offer you would like. You cannot play in the weekly tourney if you don't have a Planet account.

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Planet Poker Weekly PJK Tournament: No-Limit Hold'em, 9:00 PM, EST, every Sunday evening! (starting Sunday, March 28, 2004)

Blinds

1st Level $25-$50

2nd Level $50-$100

3rd Level $75-$150

4th Level $100-$200

5th Level $200-$400

6th Level $300-$600

7th Level $400-$800

8th Level $600-$1200

9th Level $800-$1,600

10th Level $1,000-$2,000

11th Level $1,500-$3,000

12th Level $2,000-$4,000

13th Level $4,000-$8,000

Players start with $2000 in chips. Levels are 15 minutes. Ten participants pays top two. Eleven through twenty pays top three. Twenty-one through 40 pays top four. Forty-one and above pays top five.

Prize percentages are: Top two: 75%-25%. Top Three: 50%-30%-20%. Top Four: 50%-25%-15%-10%. Top Five: 50%-20%-15%-10%-5%