Rainbow weekend tournaments

Results of prior year tournaments

2020

#10: Sunday November 29th, 2020

#10: Sunday November 1st, 2020

#9: Sunday September 27th, 2020

#8: Sunday August 23rd, 2020

#7: Sunday July 26th, 2020

#6: Sunday June 28th, 2020

#5: Sunday May 31st, 2020

• The tournament takes place online at the Backgammon Studio Heroes website;
• The entry fee is subject to a rake of no more than 5%;
• Clock rules (90 seconds per point with 10 seconds delay) apply;
• Registration is subject to payment of all fees by 11:30am;
• The tournament is open to all UK players;.

#2: Sunday February 23rd, 2020

#1: Sunday January 26th, 2020

2019

#10: Sunday December 1st, 2019

#9: Sunday September 29th, 2019

#8: Sunday August 25th, 2019

#7: Sunday July 28th, 2019

#6: Sunday June 30th, 2019

#5: Sunday May 26th, 2019

• Entry £20 (no rake);
• Side pools available at £40 and £20 (no rake);
• Two flight knock-out with first-to-9-points matches in the main flight and first-to-7-points matches in the consolation;
• Tournament prizes in the ratio 50:20(main):20:10(consolation);
• Side pools in the ratio 70:30, or won outright if fewer than four entrants;
• Additional side events available on demand;
• Subject to UKBGF rules;
• Registration (allowing a few minutes for obtaining casino membership) from 11am;
• Draw as soon after noon as possible;
• PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING UNLIKELY SCENARIOS:
• (1) IF TOTAL ENTRY IS BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX PLAYERS, THERE WILL BE A ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT:
• Matches will be to 7 points (five or six players) or 9 points (four players);
• Tie-breaks if number of matches won are equal are (a) best points difference, (b) results of (but not scores of) meeting(s) of tied player(s), and (c) single point shoot-outs where necessary;
• Tournament prize pool to be split 70:30 for the top two finishers;
• Side pool splits as in a knock-out scenario (see above);
• (2) IF TOTAL ENTRY IS FEWER THAN FOUR PLAYERS, THE TOURNAMENT IS CANCELLED.

#4: Sunday April 21st, 2019

#3: Sunday March 31st, 2019

#2: Sunday February 24th, 2019

#1: Sunday January 20th, 2019

2018

#10: Sunday November 25th, 2018

#9: Sunday September 30th, 2018

#8: Sunday August 19th, 2018

#7: Sunday July 29th, 2018

#6: Sunday June 24th, 2018

#5: Sunday May 20th, 2018

#4: Sunday April 29th, 2018

#3: Sunday April 1st, 2018

#2: Sunday February 25th, 2018

#1: Sunday January 28th, 2018

2017

#10: Sunday November 26th, 2017

#9: Saturday September 30th, 2017

#8: Sunday August 27th, 2017

#7: Saturday July 29th, 2017

#6: Sunday June 25th, 2017

#5: Saturday May 20th, 2017

#4: Sunday April 23rd, 2017

#3: Saturday March 25th, 2017

#2: Sunday February 26th, 2017

#1: Saturday January 28th, 2017

2016

#7: Saturday November 26th, 2016

#6: Sunday September 18th, 2016

#5: Saturday July 16th, 2016

#4: Sunday May 15th, 2016

• Entry £40 (rake in the range of 2% to 4%);
• Side pools available at £40 and £20 (no rake);
• Two flight knock-out with first-to-9-points matches in the main flight and first-to-7-points matches in the consolation;
• Tournament prizes (after deduction of rake) in the ratio 50:20(main):20:10(consolation);
• Side pools in the ratio 70:30;
• Additional side events available on demand;
• Subject to UKBGF rules;
• Registration (allowing a few minutes for obtaining casino membership) from 11am;
• Draw as soon after noon as possible;

#3: Saturday March 19th, 2016

• Entry £40 (no rake);
• Side pools available at £40 and £20 (also no rake);
• Two flight knock-out with first-to-9-points matches in the main flight and first-to-7-points matches in the consolation;
• Tournament prizes in the ratio 50:20(main):20:10(consolation);
• Side pools in the ratio 70:30;
• Additional side events available on demand;
• Subject to UKBGF rules;
• Registration (allowing a few minutes for obtaining casino membership) from 11am;
• Draw at noon;

#2: Sunday January 24th, 2016

2015

#1: Saturday October 17th, 2015

• Entry £40 (no rake);
• Side pools available at £40 and £20 (also no rake);
• Single flight knock-out with first-to-7-points matches;
• All prizes (tournament and side pools) in the ratio 70:30;
• Additional side events available on demand;
• Subject to UKBGF rules;
• Registration (allowing a few minutes for obtaining casino membership) from 11am;
• Draw at noon, and results of the main flight browseable at challonge.com;