The World Series of Gundam™ (WSOG™) is a year long poker extravaganza! Started by a bunch of engineers in 2007, the 2022 WSOG schedule includes twelve tournaments; eleven $22 buy-in tournaments and a grand finale $44 WSOG Main Event with double the prize pool and double the points! In addition to immediately winning the tournament money-prize in each tournament, players accumulate Gundam Points based on their final position with additional points for winning & cashing. There are also Gundam Bonus points awarded for being able to achieve specific milestones during a tournament. These milestones include: being chip leader after Round 3 (Fast-Break Bonus), best improvement in position (Chip-n-Chair Bonus) or knocking out the current Gundam Point Leader (Bounty Bonus.)
At the end of the year, the points are totaled and a Gundam Championship is crowned, who takes control of the Gundam Necklace, wins the Gundam Trophy and is awarded the 1st place Championship prize pool (there is often 2nd and 3rd place prize money as well.)
Summary of 2022 World Series of Gundam Points
- Gundam Position Points:
- Position Points (PP) = No. of Players – Place + 1
- Victory Points (VP) = +2, for winning the tournament
- Cash-Out Points (COP) = +2, for making the money
- Bubble Boy Point (BBP) = +1, for closest to money (bubble-boy)
- Gundam Bonus Points:
- Bounty Bonus (BB) = +1, Player who knocks out the Gundam Point Leader gets a point (+1) and takes a point from the Gundam Point Leader (-1). If there is a tie for Gundam Point Leader, a bounty is placed on all tied for 1st. If a Gundam Point Leader wins the tournament, they get the Bounty Bonus (+1) and no point is taken from them. If no Gundam Point Leader is participating in the tournament (or it is the first tournament of the series) the Bounty Bonus is not available.
- Chip-n-Chair (CCB) = +1, greatest position improvement from end of Round 3 (unless it is a re-buy tournament*) to end of tournament (tie-break goes to lowest place finish.)
- Fast Break Bonus (FBB) = +1, chip leader at the end of Round 3 (unless it is a re-buy tournament*).
* There is an exception for Re-buy tournaments. In re-buy tournaments, the position assessment occurs at the end of the re-buy time period.
Each tournament is treated as a stand-alone tournament, with its own prize-pool. So, if you aren’t interested in all the tournaments, you can still have fun participating in any given WSOG tournament. Less than 10% of the buy-in is diverted to the WSOG Championship fund, leaving >90% going to the immediate prize-pool. All of the money goes back to the players (no rake, no house profit.)
The player with the most Gundam Points is declared the World Series of Gundam Champion and wins the 1st place payout and the championship trophy! If two or more players tie for 1st Place, a 3-Game Mix (HOE) Tournament will determine the final positions. For any other positional tie, the prize money for the tied positions are added and equally divided among the tied players (unless all tied players insist on a tournament to break the tie.)
The payout structure for the Championship is determined by using the standard tournament payout structure where the # of players is the rounded average # of players over the entire series. The “virtual” buy-in is calculated by dividing the rounded average # of players into the total prize-pool.