All the tournaments are individual competitions in their own right. However, over the year, points will be accrued by all entrants based on their achievements in whichever events they enter.
£1 will be levied from each of the the entry fees of all the tournaments to cover the provision of year end prizes. Where players are eligible for both the OGP and the IGP the £1 levy will be split 50:50 between the OGP prize fund and the IGP prize fund. Otherwise the £1 levy will go to the OGP prize fund.
£1 will also be levied for administration expenses. The remainder of the entry fee money goes on prizes for the individual tournaments.
The £20 Lesters Trophy events will continue to diverge from the established traditional Lesters format, in that -- for the third successive year -- there will be two flights of straight knock-out, as opposed to the traditional single flight knock-out, with all main flight matches except the final being played to 7 points. The main flight final is to 11 points.
The £10 tournaments will also be two flight straight knock-out affairs, provided there are at least eight entrants. All main flight matches will be to 7 points, except the main flight final, which will be to 11 points.
N.B: In all of the £20 and £10 knock-outs, players eliminated in their first match will be entered into a consolation flight, where matches will be to 5 points. These consolation flights will be subject to approximately 20% of the night's prize fund in the case of the £10 tournaments, and a lesser percentage in the case of the £20 tournaments.
Should there be between four and seven entrants, however, in the £10 tournaments, the format will change, with two round robin groups and a final (if there are 6 or 7 entrants), or just a round robin if there are 4 or 5 entrants. All matches here will be to 7 points, except where a final (11 points) is needed. Should a round robin group finish with leaders having won the same number of matches, then each player's total points difference in the round robin will be the first level of tie-break. Should that fail to separate the players, then the results -- but not the scores -- of meetings of those players will decide; failing that, a short play-off will be ordered.
NOTE: All the events have associated with them an optional side pool, while the Lesters events also have an auction of players. While these aspects of tournament night provide additional elements of entertainment, they have no bearing whatsoever on either the OGP or the IGP.
| O G P POINTS AWARDED for knock-outs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For: | Lesters £20 | Other £10 | ||
| Main | Cons. | Main | Cons. | |
| Entry | 10 | 10 | ||
| Win before semis | 20 | 6 | 15 | 5 |
| Semi-final win | 30 | 12 | 25 | 10 |
| Final win | 40 | 18 | 35 | 15 |
| O G P POINTS AWARDED for round robins | ||
|---|---|---|
| For: | Lesters £20 | Other £10 |
| Entry | n/a | 10 |
| Round robin win | n/a | 15 |
| Final win | n/a | 25 |
A player's best seven tournament points performances throughout the year will count towards his/her final total, thus anyone entering more than seven of the tournaments will discard low point scores.
In the event of a tie on total points, there will be two levels of tie-break: (1) fewest tournaments entered in total during the OGP season; (2) results of any meetings of the players in question during the OGP season. Should neither of these criteria result in an outright decision and the positions in question should be significant in terms of championship, prizes, or qualification for other competitions, then a play-off will be ordered. Otherwise such players will be deemed to have finished equal.