Poker league news for Texas Holdem tournaments

Your API League is adding new locations at a record rate and you can help. If you have a favorite establishment that you would like to see us play at, simply suggest our league to the management and if they are interested in learning more about hosting API tournaments send in a referral to us.

Click here and Fill Out our Referral form , or email us ( referrals ). With any league* referral that is submitted and signed up with API you will receive an American Poker Invitational T-shirt and 3 days and 2 nights at a resort. Please include Owner and or manager contact information and your player id and contact information. As always we thank you, our players for building the Best Recreational League in the Nation.

*League Referral- A league referral is defined as any owner or general manager of a local establishment that you have personally spoken with and has expressed an interest in learning more about hosting API tournaments.

** Important**~ League Players~

Please check your player information to insure that your e-mail address is accurate on the database. Many of the e-mails that we are sending out are being returned with invalid e-mail addresses.

Please add Katrina@americanpokerinvitational.com to your address book and approved sender list so that you can receive special announcements, tournament information and updates.

Invitational Champions:
The Invitational Champions now have their own webpage! Each month as we list the winners from each Invitational, instead of them being listed on the tournament page, the winners will be instead be listed on their own webpage. The Champions gallery is also in the process of being updated and past winners photos and stories can also be found here. Check out the Champion Gallery! The tournament page will now be used for tournament announcments and links to the results of recent tournaments.
Check out the winners page for the October Invitational Champion!

Venue Promotions
Our Hosting Venues will from time to time offer venue specific promotions to it's loyal customers. Please check this section often for updates. All American Poker tournaments are free to play click here for a schedule of tournaments in your city

Support Our Venues!
As everyone knows API is a FREE Poker League in Georgia and across the U.S. We strive to give all players the best prizes in any recreational poker league. The Venues that you play at host these tournaments for you to play in, so show your support and eat, drink and have fun! Please remember to support our venues by mentioning American Poker Invitational when dining.

**Attention Players****
Keep checking the schedule daily for Weekly Bonus Points & Tournament director prizes that are offered at our venues.

Tournaments
For information on all upcoming Tournaments and winner photos from previous events please check out our Tournament page.

API has added a Myspace for all league members!
Check it here API MYspace

API meet up group! Talk poker strategy, join player a committee API Meet up! and feel free to post!

API has a personal blog too! updated daily. See the American Poker Invitational Blog

***Attention Players***

Player numbers are vital!
Please remember to use your player id number when you sign out on tournament results. This ensures accuracy and helps us to update the leaderboard faster. It is the player's responsibility to know and carry the player number and give it to the tournament director. We have some players that have multiple player numbers due to several reasons.

1.) Either we have registered you and the e-mail is in your spam filter or the that same player registered again online, and now has two numbers.
2.) We can NOT read the tournament sign in/out sheet or player number. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

DO NOT use nick names when signing out. Use your registered player name and number.If you do not have your number or think you have duplicate number please see your tournament director or e-mail us at Member Services for your correct number.If you continue to enter the wrong number, you will no longer get your points.

***API Point System ***
Here is a explanation of how it works.
Under our point system the TD will take a moment and calculate the points for the players and make the announcement during the first level of play. The point to be awarded for that night will be posted next to the results sheet so the player signs out and knows exactly how many points he//she won that evening. There are two basic calculations.

Every player attending the game each night will add 100 points to the prize pool.

0-60 players 21 spots awarded points AS FOLLOWS:

· 1st place will receive 26 .0% of the prize pool.
· 2nd place will receive 15.7% of the prize pool.
· 3rd place will receive 11.0% of the prize pool.
· 4th place will receive 9.0% of the prize pool.
· 5th place will receive 7.3% of the prize pool.
· 6th place will receive 6.0% of the prize pool.
· 7th place will receive 5.0% of the prize pool.
· 8th place will receive 4.0% of the prize pool.
· 9th place will receive 3.0% of the prize pool.
· 10th place will receive 2.0% of the prize pool.
· 11th- 21st place will each receive 1.0% of the prize pool.

If there are more than 60 players

30 spots awarded points WITH MORE THAN 60 PLAYERS

· 1st place will receive 24.0% of the prize pool.
· 2nd place will receive 14.7% of the prize pool.
· 3rd place will receive 11.0% of the prize pool.
· 4th place will receive 9.0% of the prize pool.
· 5th place will receive 7.3% of the prize pool.
· 6th place will receive 6.0% of the prize pool.
· 7th place will receive 4.5% of the prize pool.
· 8th place will receive 3.5% of the prize pool.
· 9th place will receive 2.5% of the prize pool.
· 10th place will receive 2.0% of the prize pool.
· 11th- 21st place will each receive 1.0% of the prize pool.
- 22nd- 30th place will each receive .5% of the prize pool.

Example: If 50 players were to compete in this evening's game here is a sample calculation

5,000 points to be awarded (50 PLAYERS * 100 POINTS)

1st place would receive 1300 points
2nd place would receive 785 points
3rd place would receive 550 points
4th place would receive 450 points
5th place would receive 365 points
6th place would receive 300 points
7th place would receive 250 points
8th place would receive 200 points
9th place would receive 150 points
10th place receives 100 points
11th-21st will receive 50 points each

If for some reason you do not see points listed to your player number please contact Member Services within 1 week of tournament date. Questions regarding scores will only be pulled for up to 2 weeks from tournament date.

Champions Gallery Click Here

For More Information Please Contact Member Services