This extended user guide gives all the information you require for TeamPlay. If there is anything you need to know about TeamPlay, please read through this section.

Join a Team

Use our Find Team feature to search for an existing team by either the Teams name, a player in that team or from keywords within the Teams description. Alternatively you can go through the list of Teams manually to find one that suits you. Use the Only Teams open for applicant’s checkbox to find only teams accepting new members.

By clicking on a Teams name you can find out more about the team and the members, as well as checking out their performance. If you like what you see just click on the apply for membership button. Some teams may have enabled the auto accept applications feature in which case you will be a member of the team immediately. If not then an application message will be sent to the Team manager who will accept or decline your application in due course. If you are already a member of a team and have applied to another team, the team manager will see you as a none Free Agent and will not be able to accept you to their team before you have left your existing team. Please use the private messaging system to contact each other.

Note that you are able to leave a team at any time you wish (accept for if you are already playing an event) using the End Membership button in your Team profile page.

Create a Team

So you think you have what it takes to manage your own Team?

Creating a Team is easy. Simply click on the Create Team button and enter an available Team name. Note that you can change the Team Slogan and description of the Team through your Team profile page once the Team is created. You cannot change your Team name.

Recruiting

It is up to you who you have at your side in battle and how you get them in to your team. We do however give you a little help with recruiting by offering you some great features to draw the players in. You can use the invite a friend through PokerRooms built in private messaging service for existing PokerRoom members or to pull in your friends from outside using our recruit with refer a friend feature which will email your friends and take advantage of our popular refer a friend promotion.

Alternatively you can go and hunt down players through the Pokah! community on the site or just tell your friends to jump in by searching for your team and applying.

Note that before registering a team to an event, the manager must set a co-manager for the team in case of the manager not being available.

Maximum Players per team = 20.

Transfer Funds

You can transfer funds to your team account directly from your Team Profile page by clicking on the dollar amount next to your nickname or through the dedicated Team Cashier page under My Team. Simply enter an amount and click!

A player may only have $500 in their team account.

Register for an Event

Now lets get down to business and win some cash!

All of the TeamPlay events can be found under the Events page. You have the option to filter the events search by running, upcoming and finished events. Tick the checkbox to find upcoming events. See something you like? Click the name of the Event to find out more details.

Any member of the team can suggest an event to the whole team. This will show up in the suggested events section of your team’s pages. Once suggested the event is open to registration for the team members.

When registering to an event you have two options. Press register button which will register you for the event or check the box for Pay but don’t play and press the register button. The first option means that you will be sharing the buy in and would like to play in the event. The second option means that you would like to back your fellow team mates and share in the winnings, but do not wish to play in the event.

All members, playing or not playing, that register to the event will pay an equal amount of the buy in. Therefore you should always assume that the most you can pay for an event is the buy in divided by the minimum number of players required from your team (players per round). You may of course pay less than this if you have more than the required players registered or players that choose to pay and not play. The required amount shows how much you will be paying based on the current amount of registered players.

Once the required amount of players (or more than) have registered, the Team Manager must complete registration of the team. As Team Manager you have some options to consider when completing registration:

• Do all the registered players still have sufficient funds for registration?
• Do you wish for all the players on the list to register?
• Is there a player who has chosen to pay and not play but you would like him to play?

The manager can reject a player’s registration if he wishes to do so using the reject check box option before registering. When you feel satisfied as a manager, just click register and you ready to go!

The Events

A TeamPlay Event is the essence of TeamPlay. An event is a number of rounds which are played over a set time span. For example there can be several rounds for one day events or a round every night in week long events. The different features of an event are:

• The buy in – What it costs for the whole team to play (individual amounts are based on how many players from the team enter an event).
• Start date and time – The Start of the first round.
• Minimum number of teams required for the event to start.
• Players per round – This is the number of players from each team that will be in each round. It is also the minimum players required for your team to play.
• Number of rounds in the event.
• Round frequency - how often each round will run.
• Registered Teams – The number of teams already registered.

The TeamPlay events are designed so that you will never be at the same table as a fellow Team mate which removes any collusion problems.

TeamPlay works in that you register to an event as a team of players. The number of tournaments your team will play depend on the number of rounds and players/round set up for that event.

For example, in a 5 player/round event, you will have 1 different player from your team in 5 different tournaments for each round. If there are 10 teams registered for the event, then there will 10 players in each of the 5 tournaments. The number of rounds played can be from one upwards with each round being played at a different time. This is specified on the event page.

Depending on where you finish as an individual in your tournament will determine how many points your team is awarded for each round. There is also an individual payout for each tournament for those that finish top. The points are calculated for the whole event, and the payout is based on the best teams. For a detailed description of scoring, please see the Complete Guide.

Seating

The team manager has the option to seat you in a specific round or to let the random Auto Seating feature take place when the round begins. The seating of players takes place on the event page.

The Rounds

A round is a number of tournaments that start simultaneously at a preset time decided by the tournament manager. The number of tournaments in a round is predetermined by the server based on the number of minimum players required per team (e.g. 5 players = 5 Tournaments/round) where one player from each team plays in each tournament.

Example:

Round 1 – Monday 13th 14:00 ET

	Players*
Tournament 1	A1	B1	C1	D1	E1
Tournament 2	A2	B2	C2	D2	E2
Tournament 3	A3	B3	C3	D3	E3
Tournament 4	A4	B4	C4	D4	E4
Tournament 5	A5	B5	C5	D5	E5

*Where each letter corresponds to a team and each number a player in that team.

The seating of the players for the round is chosen by the team manager before the round begins. If no seating is chosen then the players for that team will be randomly seated at the start of the tournament. This means that it is possible to put your worst player on the easiest table, and best on the hardest looking table etc. Which seat on the table is randomly chosen by the server.

Example for one team across 5 rounds:

	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Tournament 1	A1	A6	A10	A7	A1
Tournament 2	A2	A7	A1	A3	A7
Tournament 3	A3	A8	A9	A6	A9
Tournament 4	A4	A9	A4	A4	A4
Tournament 5	A5	A10	A5	A5	A8

The Score

Points are awarded to each player based on their finishing position in their tournament for each round:

1st	10
2nd	8
3rd	6
4th	5
5th	4
6th	3
7th	1

The total per team is then added up for the Round and the team is awarded total points based on the following table:

1st	15
2nd	10
3rd	7
4th	5
5th	3
6th	1
7th >	0

These points are then added up for the whole event to provide the final standings and award the payouts.

To differ two teams when they are on the same points:

First we look at the sum of all individual points (the points each player receives for his position) in all tournaments.
If they still have the same points, we look at the sum of tournament winnings.
If they are still equal, we randomise the winner.

The Payouts

The payout structure has two different levels:

• Event Payout
• Individual Tournament Payout

The event payout is the way that the whole Team will be paid out for reaching the payout structure. This is dynamic and will change depending on how many teams enter. Payouts are split between those players that have bought in from the team.

A small percentage of the buy ins will go towards the Individual Tournament Payout amount. This amount is awarded to the players that win their respective tournament in each round.

To differ two teams that finish an event on the same points we apply the following logic:

If more than one team finish in the same position, they will share the real money winnings equally. If the prize is ticket based then we will share any funds equally, but any remaining tickets will be divided applying the logic below.

First we look at the sum of all individual points (the points each player receives for his position) in all tournaments of the event, for the whole team. If teams still have the same points, we look at the sum of tournament wins. If they are still equal, we randomize the winner.

My Team Pages

Overview

The Overview tab in your Team Page displays all the need to know now information for both members and managers.

• New Team applicants – Managers only
• Running Events – Events that your team are currently taking part in. You can see which events you are in by the check mark next to the event.
• Suggested Events – Events which have been suggested by either you or a fellow team member.
• Latest forum posts – Posts which have been made in your teams private forum.

Our Events

Our Events shows all events that your team are either in, want to be in, will be in or have been in. Click on the Event name to find out the full details of any given event.

Team Profile

The Team profile tab shows the following:

• Your Team Slogan, Description and logo – Editable by Managers only.
• Team Members – A list of your teams members and some information about them
• The edit button is available to Managers only for performing various actions for the team.
• Performance – See your latest wins and losses in the events your team have played.

Team Cashier

The Team Cashier page allows you to transfer funds to and from your Team balance. You will also be able to see a full transaction history of your team including buy ins and prizes won.

Forum

Here you will find your own private forum just for your team. This is where you can discuss whatever you like without the overseeing eyes of the competition. Plan strategies, discuss mistakes and bask in the glory of your latest wins!