{"id":5875,"date":"2026-02-18T13:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/?p=5875"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:16:41","slug":"march-5000-tournament-of-champions-saturday-april-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/?p=5875","title":{"rendered":"March $5,000 Tournament of Champions \u2013 Saturday, April 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5701\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC_AD_2025-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC_AD_2025-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC_AD_2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC_AD_2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC_AD_2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC_AD_2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cPRO\u201d Tournament Winners <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span> Top 300 Points Players in November will play on Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 4:00 PM (EST)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PLUS<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>EARN TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS ENTRY IN LIVE EVENTS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CHECK IN TO LIVE EVENTS PRIOR TO TOURNAMENT START, MAKE SURE YOU ARE AN ACTIVE PRO MEMBER<\/li>\n<li>FINISH FIRST PLACE IN THE LIVE EVENTS YOU CHECKED IN TO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Tournament of Champions is a MONTHLY Championship and Leaderboard for our \u201cBar League PRO\u201d members to play for $5,000 Cash Payout EVERY MONTH!<\/p>\n<p>All those playing in ANY \u201cPRO\u201d Tournament can qualify to play for a $5,000 Total Payout in the Tournament of Champions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Do You Qualify?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>ACHIEVE 1st PLACE<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>in any Online Public \u201cPRO\u201d Tournament for the Month!<br \/>\nMORE<\/strong>\u00a0Rebuys will be awarded for every additional 1st Place Finish!<br \/>\nor,<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">NEW!<\/span> PRO MEMBERS That Finish 1ST PLACE in any LIVE, LOCAL BAR POKER OPEN EVENT<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230; after checking into the event from your player dashboard.<br \/>\nor,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish Top 300 Players in Points from \u201cPRO\u201d Events for the Month!<\/strong><br \/>\nParticipate in any\u00a0of the events listed above and earn points by finishing in the top 20% in order of your finish.<br \/>\nThose points accumulate on the Bar League Pro leaderboard Monthly!<br \/>\nor<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>EARN REBUYS<\/u>\u00a0for each way you would qualify for the TOC!<br \/>\n<\/strong>Multiple rebuys can be earned by winning multiple games throughout the month!<br \/>\n<em>Maximum 3 Rebuys can be earned<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To see your qualification ranking and status, you can always\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barpokeropen.com\/auth\/login\">log into your player dashboard<\/a>\u00a0to view the \u201cTournament of Champions\u201d Status Bar.\u00a0 See an example of this status bar here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-06-at-8.52.22-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4289 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-06-at-8.52.22-AM-300x213.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-06-at-8.52.22-AM-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.barpokeropen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-06-at-8.52.22-AM.png 966w\" alt=\"TOC Status Bar\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also view full leaderboard, instant qualified players, and games to qualify for the \u201cTOC\u201d on the Bar League Pro page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blp.barpokeropen.com\/\">BLP.barpokeropen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March $5,000 Tournament of Champions<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, April 25, 2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4:00 PM (Eastern Time)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Registration Opens at 2:00 PM<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Late Registration Closes at 6:00 PM<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the format?<br \/>\n<\/strong>1,000 Token \u201cBuy In\u201d<br \/>\n1,000 Token Rebuy<br \/>\nActive PRO Players Only<br \/>\n<small>Qualified \u201cPRO\u201d players will receive 500 temporary token deposit on day of event to participate in the event. Those that earned a rebuy will get an additional 500 chips to use for rebuy.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><strong>5,000 Starting Chips<\/strong><br \/>\n15 Min Levels, Starting at 10\/20<br \/>\nRebuy (at 5,000 chips or less) or Add-on Option (5,000 chips at the break) for players who qualify multiple times<\/p>\n<p><strong>$5,000 FINAL TABLE PAYOUT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1st \u2013 $2,000 + <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2026 Bar Poker Open Vegas Package<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n2nd \u2013 $ 1,000<br \/>\n3rd \u2013 $550<br \/>\n4th \u2013 $350<br \/>\n5th \u2013 $250<br \/>\n6th \u2013 $225<br \/>\n7th \u2013 $ 200<br \/>\n8th \u2013 $175<br \/>\n9th $150<br \/>\n10th \u2013 $100<\/p>\n<p>Winning players can\u00a0<strong>\u201ccash out\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0by clicking the new $ icon at the top of your dashboard. Players will need to fill out a form and payouts will be made in check form and arrive within 7-10 days.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>*New Feature*\u00a0Players can also \u201cPrizeout\u201d for immediate cash prize in the form of gift cards from many major retailers!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Do You use the \u201cRebuy\u201d?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Only players that qualified with a win AND points will be able to rebuy in the tournament.\u00a0 \u00a0 These double qualified players will have 1,000 temporary tokens in their accounts on Saturday.\u00a0 500 for the buy-in and 500 for a rebuy.\u00a0 If you have multiple wins, you will be awarded an extra rebuy for each win as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Players can rebuy immediately, or whenever they are at the starting stack or lower.<\/li>\n<li>Rebuys must be used as mentioned above, or can be used for 10 seconds following the point that you run out of chips during the rebuy period, and then you are removed from the table.<\/li>\n<li>If player does not use the rebuy, they can \u201cadd-on\u201d during the break (after level 8)<br \/>\nPlayers must\u00a0use their\u00a0rebuy\/add-on during one of those times!<\/li>\n<li>Once you leave your table, you will not be able to rebuy, and you will have no redress to utilize a rebuy.<\/li>\n<li>If you have won multiple rebuys by additional wins, it is very possible you can do well in the tournament and not need them, there is no other value to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you all for joining the \u201cBar League PRO\u201d membership program!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Planned Additional TOC Dates (Subject To Change)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>April &#8211;&gt;<\/strong> 5\/16\/26<br \/>\n<strong>May &#8211;&gt;<\/strong> 6\/20\/26<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have any further questions, please email us at\u00a0info@barpokeropen.com.<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease do not submit comments on this blog for answers, the comment section is not meant for customer service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPRO\u201d Tournament Winners and Top 300 Points Players in November will play on Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 4:00 PM (EST) PLUS\u00a0EARN TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS ENTRY IN LIVE EVENTS! 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