It is simple!

1. Earn 200 Extra Starting Chips for 200 raked hands played on PartyPoker.com (any game/any limit).
2. Earn 100 Extra Starting Chips per real money one-table tournament you win (other than a PartyPoker.com Million tournament) - any game/any limit.
3. Earn 100 Extra Starting Chips per final table you make in a multiple-table tournament (and 200 Extra Starting Chips for the winner) - any game/any Buy-in.
4. See Extra Starting Chips for more details.

• You are requested to take your seat before the tournament starts. If you are not there when the tournament starts, you will be blinded off.
  
  
• Players may select their day(s) of play and how they wish to distribute their Extra Starting Chips by clicking on "Options" menu and selecting “Semi-final Calendar” option in the PartyPoker.com lobby. Players will receive a mail confirming the selection of their day(s) of play and the number of chips they will start with in each Semi-final.
  
  
• The deadline to select a day of play and distribute your Extra Starting Chips for that day of the Semi-final is 12 hours prior to the start of the tournament (if the tournament starts at 9 pm ET 2nd May then registrations for that day will close at 9 am ET 2nd May).
  
  
• Extra Starting Chips: Players may accrue Extra Starting Chips for the Semi-finals by playing in Real Money games/tournaments on PartyPoker.com. Click here for details. To see how many Extra Starting Chips you have accrued, login to My Account section (website) and click Extra Starting Chips.
  
  
• Players will start each Semi-final tournament with a base amount of $1000 in chips and not more than $3000, depending on the Extra Starting Chips each player has accumulated during the qualification period.
  
  
• Extra Starting Chips for each set of Semi-finals can only be accrued during the two calendar months prior to the next scheduled date of the Semi-finals. For example, Extra Starting Chips for the Semi-finals scheduled for May 2-4 will be accrued during the period March 1 through April 30. The Extra Starting Chips have no monetary value and cannot be redeemed for cash or anything else. They are only valid for the Semi-final immediately following the period during which chips are accumulated. Click here for more details.
  
  
• The Semi-finals will have the Multi-table tournament format. With the exceptions noted here (such as length of time per Level and Prize Distribution), the standard Multi-table tournament rules and procedures will apply. Click here for more details about Standard Tournament Rules.
  
  
• The Semi-finals will work like a Super Satellite in that as many players as possible will win a seat into the Finals. Package value of winning a Semi-final tournament = $9000.
  
  
• For every entry, $180 will be in the prize pool. For every 50 entries, one seat (i.e., "Cruise Package" - which includes a cruise for two and a paid entry into the Finals) will be awarded. Any remaining monies will be paid to the next three highest finishers on a 50%, 30%, 20% ratio.
  
  
• Players who win only one Semi-final may not sell, award, or transfer their seat in the Finals.
  
  
• Players who win more than one seat into the Finals of the PartyPoker.com Million III may sell, award, or transfer additional seats they have won to whomever they wish.
  
  
• There are no Tournament Entry refunds for those unable to make it on the cruise.
  
  
  • Time of Play: Levels 1-9 will consist of 20 minutes each. Levels 10-19 will consist of 30 minutes each. Play will continue at Level 20 (if it goes that far) until the conclusion of the tournament.
    
    
  • Breaks: There will be a five (5) minute break after each hour of play.
    
    
  • If two or more players go out on the same hand, the player who started the hand with the most chips will get the higher finishing position.
    
    
  • There will be no deals sanctioned by PartyPoker.com in the Semi-finals. Anyone violating the "no deal" policy will be subject to disqualification
    
    
  • Unethical behavior, collusion, and/or chat / all-in abuse will not be tolerated. Violators are subject to penalties, including disqualification.
    
    
  • All Semi-final winners will be contacted for details and copies of passport / drivers license etc. before the cruise. Anyone whose information does not match the information on records is liable to be barred from the Finals.
    
    
  • It is the sole responsibility of the Semi-final winners to get to the ship on time.
    
    

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    Finals

    1. This tournament will be a televised event on the World Poker Tour (WPT).
       
       
    2. Players may enter the Finals of PartyPoker.com Million III in the following ways: by winning a Semi-final, winning a Super Satellite, or if space permits, buy their way into the Finals for $9500.
       
       
    3. Estimated Prize Pool = $2,000,000
       
       
    4. Only Players above 21 years of age will be allowed to participate in the Finals.
       
       
    5. By participating in the PartyPoker.com Million, you grant PartyPoker.com full rights to record your identity, likeness and voice in connection with the PartyPoker.com Million event and make use of such identity, likeness and voice, in any manner as PartyPoker.com may choose, in any and all media and manner throughout the world now known or later developed, for any purpose whatsoever including (but not limited to) production, distribution, broadcast, advertising and promotion.

  
  
  

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