All in-the-money finishers in all open tournaments during the Fall 2026 Poker Palooza Festival receive Player of the Series points during the Nov. 6-15 Festival. The Top-10 overall finishers earn a share of the $50,000 prize money, down to $1,000 for 10th.
Player of the Series rules are as follows.
- Points increase based on field size only, there is no points increase based on tournament buy-in.
- No points are awarded for ‘Paying the Bubble’, so a person who earns a cash that is not among the originally posted payouts does not earn player of the Series points.
- No points are awarded for the Casino Employee, Seniors or Ladies event, for those tournaments are not open to all players.
- Points are ‘frozen’ if players in any tournament agree to a chop. For Example: if the final five players agree to chop in any manner, all five players-for purposes of the player of the Series race-finish tied for fifth place, with no 1st – 4th place points awarded. Players cannot alter the tournament payouts, then finish a tournament to ‘play for the points.’
- All tournaments must play to the posted pay table to award points. If players choose to terminate the competition before the they have reached the payouts, no points will be awarded.
- Players may play multiple tournaments simultaneously; however, players may not slow down the action or run in the tournament area. Players must be able to touch their chair when the last card comes off the deck. Hands will be considered dead for players away from their table.
- In case of a tie for first place or 10th place, the person who earns the most overall money during the series earns the higher finish place. For places 2-9, ties combine the payouts and are divided equally.
Here is the entire Points Table so players could calculate their own points throughout the series.
| 0-49 | 50-99 | 100-149 | 150-199 | 200-249 | 250-299 | 300-399 | 400-499 | 500-749 | |
| 1 | 50 | 75 | 100 | 130 | 160 | 195 | 230 | 260 | 305 |
| 2 | 40 | 65 | 90 | 115 | 140 | 165 | 190 | 220 | 260 |
| 3 | 30 | 55 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 140 | 160 | 190 | 225 |
| 4 | 20 | 45 | 70 | 90 | 105 | 120 | 140 | 165 | 200 |
| 5 | 15 | 35 | 60 | 80 | 90 | 105 | 125 | 145 | 180 |
| 6 | 10 | 30 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 95 | 115 | 130 | 160 |
| 7 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 60 | 70 | 85 | 105 | 115 | 145 |
| 8 | 20 | 35 | 50 | 60 | 75 | 95 | 105 | 130 | |
| 9 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 65 | 85 | 95 | 115 | |
| 10-12 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 40 | 55 | 75 | 85 | 100 | |
| 13-15 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 65 | 75 | 90 | |
| 16-18 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 55 | 65 | 80 | ||
| 19-21 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 45 | 55 | 70 | ||
| 22-24 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 60 | |||
| 25-27 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 50 | |||
| 28-36 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 45 | ||||
| 37-45 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 40 | |||||
| 46-54 | 10 | 20 | 35 | ||||||
| 55-63 | 15 | 30 | |||||||
| 64-72 | 10 | 25 | |||||||
| 73-81 | 20 | ||||||||
| 82-90 | 15 | ||||||||
| 91-99 | 10 |
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