TCGplayer is extremely excited to announce the schedule of events for our TCGplayer.com $75,000 Championship Event in Chicago, August 13th & 14th! The main event and grinders are all Standard events.

Event Payout - Current Points List - Bye Information - Where is Wizard World?

(Please Note: Due to the lateness of having to make alternate event location arrangements, the Main Event will be held at two different locations on Saturday and Sunday. Additional Grinders are available at Pastimes on Friday. The Hotels are within walking distance of each other.)

Friday, August 12th Location
Pastimes
8351 W Golf Road
Niles, Illinois 60714


Saturday, August 13th Location
Hyatt Regency O'Hare
9300 Bryn Mawr Ave.
Rosemont, Illinois 60018


Sunday, August 14th Location
Hilton Rosemont Chicago O’Hare
5550 North River Road
Rosemont, Illinois 60018

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Public Events – Available on demand all weekend!

Single Elimination Events

8-Player Booster Drafts – M12 and Scars Block available
Cost: $18
Prize Payout: 1st Prize - 6 boosters / 2nd Prize - 4 boosters/ 3rd/4th Prize – 1 booster
1st place wins free entry into another Booster Draft tournament

8-Player Standard Win-A-Box
Cost: $15
Prize Payout: 1st place wins a box
2nd place wins free entry into another Win-A-Box tournament

8-Player Legacy Win-A-Box
Cost: $18
Prize Payout: 1st place wins a box
2nd place wins free entry into another Win-A-Box tournament

8-Player Vintage Win-A-Box
Cost: $18
Prize Payout: 1st place wins a box
2nd place wins free entry into another Win-A-Box tournament

4-Person Commander
Cost: $5
Prize Payout: Receive 1 boosters for each player you eliminate. Last man standing receives an additional booster.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, August 12th (events at Pastimes)

16* Player Grinders

4 PM – 8 PM
Last registration is at 8 PM
$20 entry
16 player events on demand/as they fill*
Standard Format
Single Elimination

1st - 20 TCGplayer.com Points (enough for qualification into the Championship event!)
2nd – 10 TCGplayer.com Points and 18 packs
3rd/4th – 5 TCGplayer.com Points, 6 packs and free entry into another grinder

*if only 8 players available, we can run 8 person, single elimination events that run the following prize payout:

1st - 20 TCGplayer.com Points (enough for qualification into the Championship event!)
2nd – 5 TCGplayer.com Points and 9 packs
3rd/4th – 3 TCGplayer.com Points and 3 packs



Saturday, August 13th (events at Hyatt)

TCGPlayer.Com 16* Player Grinders

10 a.m. Start
$20 entry
Standard Format
Single Elimination

1st - 20 TCGplayer.com Points (enough for qualification into the Championship event!)
2nd – 10 TCGplayer.com Points and 18 packs
3rd/4th – 5 TCGplayer.com Points, 6 packs and free entry into another grinder

*if only 8 players available, we can run 8 person, single elimination events that run the following prize payout:

1st - 20 TCGplayer.com Points (enough for qualification into the Championship event!)
2nd – 5 TCGplayer.com Points and 9 packs
3rd/4th – 3 TCGplayer.com Points and 3 packs

TCGPlayer.com $75,000 Championship - EST start time: 7pm
ALL ROUNDS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT ARE STANDARD

We WILL start the actual $75,000 Championship on Saturday night after the last grinder is complete – approximately 7 PM. We will run the first three rounds of the Championship on Saturday night, depending on time.

Sunday, August 14th (events at Hilton)

TCGPlayer.com $75,000 Championship continues

Pairings posted at 8:45 AM, round begins at 9 AM.
Remaining swiss rounds played, cut to Top 8 and conclusion of Top 8

$2000 – Dual Format Event! – Standard & Modern

11 AM Registration, round begins at Noon.
Two events start at the same time!
Entry Fee: $25
Swiss – The Top 4 from each tournament will move into a top 8 M12 Booster Draft

Register for either Standard or Modern* (Modern ban list and details can be found [HERE])

1st - $800
2nd - $400
3rd/4th - $200
5th – 8th - $100

Prize purse for the $75,000 Championshp Tournament
This invitation-only Standard Magic tournament has the largest independent prize purse in Magic history:

Place	Prize
1st	$20,000
2nd	$10,000
3rd - 4th	$5,000
5th - 8th	$3,000
9th - 12th	$1,500
13th - 16th	$1,250
17th - 32nd	$750

To qualify for the Championship Tournament in Chicago 2011, players must accumulate at least 20 TCGplayer.com points. Points can be earned through qualifiers (TCQs) that running across North America.

Players with 20 or more TCGplayer.com points earn a qualification slot..
Players with 40 or more points also receive a round 1 bye.
Players with 60 or more points also receive a round 2 bye.
Players with 80 or more points also receive a round 3 bye.

TCGplayer.com Championship Qualifiers

TCGplayer.com Championship Qualifiers (TCQs) will be local events offering players the opportunity to qualify for the $75,000 TCGplayer.com $75,000 Championship in Chicago.

Format: Standard
Entry Fee: $25

TCGplayer.com Points awarded at TCQ’s

Place	Points
1st	20 TCGplayer.com Points
2nd	10 TCGplayer.com Points
3rd - 4th	5 TCGplayer.com Points
5th - 8th	3 TCGplayer.com Points
9th +	1 TCGplayer.com Point

Prize support for TCQ Events beyond TCGplayer.com Points is being provided by the host organizer and vary per attendance. TCGplayer encourages each organizer to provide the additional prizes:

• 1st Place: $250 for Travel Expenses to attend the TCGplayer.com $75k Championship Tournament
• 2nd Place: 24 Packs
• 3rd-4th: 12 Packs
• 5th-8th: 6 Packs

Exact prizes will be detailed by the host organizer at each separate TCQ.

TCGplayer.com Midwest Masters Double Qualifiers

Midwest Masters Double Qualifiers will award BOTH TCGplayer.com Points AND Midwest Masters Series Points!!! Winning players will earn a slot into the TCGplayer.com Championship Series $75,000 Championship and the $10,000 Midwest Masters Invitational!!!

Each Midwest Masters Double Qualifiers awards $3,000 in cash prizes, adding $27,000 to the year's prize pool! The events will also award free passes to Gencon to each of the top 8 players (these badges WILL pass down if someone scores multiple top 8 finishes!) plus Booster boxes, top 8 sleeves, top 8 playmats, plus limited edition sleeves for the judges and custom Gen Con sleeves not available anywhere else to be given away at random to attendees!

For a complete listing all upcoming TCGplayer.com Midwest Masters Double Qualifiers locations please [Click Here].

F.A.Q.

Q: Are the Main-Events and Side Events "Open to the Public"?
A: Yes. Anybody may play in the events throughout the weekend. The "only" event for the entire year that is invite only is the $75,000.00 Championship Tournament.

Q: Do I need to participate in the main event to enter the TCGplayer gaming area?
A: No. Anybody may enter the gaming area to sell or buy cards from the TCGplayer.com Vendors, play in side events etc.

Q: Will there be vendors on hand at the convention for last minute purchase or to sell cards to?
A: Yes. Many of the vendors that are listed at Store.TCGplayer.com will have booths available within the gaming area for buying and selling.

Q: Are there dealer tables available for my store at the various TCGplayer.com Championship Series locations?
A: Yes. For more information on pricing and availability contact us directly at webmaster@tcgplayer.com.

Q: I qualified for the $75,000.00 Championship Tournament but will not be attending. Do I receive any compensation?
A: No. Qualifying for the end of the $75,000 Championship Tournament has no monetary value. It simply allows you to participate in the invite-only $75,000 Championship Tournament.

Wizard World Series

As many people have noticed, Wizard World recently removed all mention of the TCGplayer.com Wizard World Series and the TCGplayer.com Wizard World Series $75,000 Championship Tournament from their webpage and also stopped all of their own internal promotions inside their digital magazine. We are not sure why they have made these changes and all attempts at emailing, calling and sending direct mail to the heads of their company have resulted in no replies.

We have determined that due to Wizard World's actions that they are choosing to no longer be involved. As such, TCGplayer has made arrangements, completely on our own, to run a Championship Tournament as close by as possible, for the full $75,000.00 prize pool on the same weekend - as marketed all year by Wizard World and TCGplayer. While we started the TCGplayer.com Wizard World Series with a belief that Wizard World would be involved to the end, TCGplayer.com is putting up the ENTIRE prize pool ourselves and making separate event location arrangements to ensure our standing in not only the Magic community, but also the gaming community as a whole.

TCGplayer wants to assure all players that have participated in both TCQs and in events at Wizard World Conventions that all points earned are going to be fully honored by us for gaining entry into this new, separate Championship Tournament put on entirely by TCGplayer. Also, any points earned from upcoming Qualifier events from now until July 31st will also be valid and added to any existing points for the Championship Tournament.

We apologize for the confusion over the last month and believe that our stepping up to fill in the vacancy shows you our dedication to the Magic community. To that end we have brought aboard Pastimes to handle the Tournament Organization/Event Management for the Championship Tournament. Pastimes has been one of the most respected tournament organizers in the country and will help make sure this is a well-run event with a fantastic schedule of grinders for those looking to qualify the day before and/or get some very valuable byes for the main event!

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