Countdown To Grand Prix Washington DC: 9 Days Out - Main Event Registration!

Welcome back to the Grand Prix Washington DC countdown blog!
Yesterday, I dove deep into the Registration Options and Rewards available to anyone
looking to attend Grand Prix Washington DC. Today I’ll be going over
everything that’s involved with the main event, from how to register to how
many Pro Points you could walk away with. Let’s go!

How To Register

Registering for the main event of Grand Prix Washington DC is simple. How
simple, you ask? Well, with the magic of the internet, I can provide you a
direct hyperlink to the registration page

right here!

See? Simple!

A few additional things worth noting:

Standard’s banned list doesn’t change with much regularity, but it has
over the past year and the last thing I would want is for anyone to show up
to the main event with an illegal card in their deck, so be sure to review
the

Standard banned list

before registering.

Anyone wanting to participate in Grand Prix Washington DC’s main event
must register online or on-site by 9:00pm on Friday, September 1.

There is no Saturday main event registration.

Maximum Main Event Seating Capacity

The main event of Grand Prix Washington DC is going to be a spectacular
event that we want everyone to be a part of. Remember: it’s always our goal
at StarCityGames.com to be able to accommodate as many players as we can
at our events without sacrificing player experience at the tournament.
Therefore, for Grand Prix Washington DC, the maximum main event seating
capacity is 3,500 players. Want to be part of those 3,500 players?

Click here and secure your spot in the main event right now!

When Do I Need To Show Up?

Good question! Here’s your answer:

Byes	Report Time
None	Saturday at 8:45am
One	Saturday at 9:45am
Two	Saturday at 11:15am
Three	Saturday at 12:30pm

Main Event Schedule

Again, we try to keep it simple:

Date and Time	Event	Notes
Friday 10am-9pm	On-Site Registration	Players can register at Customer Service (under the Karn banner) or online until 9pm Friday.
Saturday 9am	Main Event Day One	Round One begins promptly at 9am. Standard format. All players with 18 or more match points or all players tied for 64th place, whichever is greater, advance to Day 2.
Sunday 9am	Main Event Day Two	Round Ten begins promptly at 9am. After six rounds and a cut to the Top 8, the last players face off in a single-elimination bracket to determine the Grand Prix Washington DC champion!

Main Event Prizes

Grand Prix Washington DC qualifies players for Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan, which takes place on February 2-4, 2018 in
Bilbao, Spain! The Top 8 finishers, and all other players who accumulated
at least 39 match points in the Swiss rounds, will receive a Pro Tour
invitation and

Travel Award

, regardless of placement.

Here’s a complete prize breakdown:

Place	Prizes	Additional Prizes
1st	$10,000	Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan Invitation + Travel Award
2nd	$5,000	Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan Invitation + Travel Award
3rd-4th	$2,500	Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan Invitation + Travel Award
5th-8th	$1,500	Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan Invitation + Travel Award
9th-16th	$1,000
17th-32nd	$500
33rd-64th	$250
65th-100th	$250	Added if the event reaches 3,000+ players
101st-180th	$200	Added if the event reaches 3,000+ players

Grand Prix Main Events have an 8x Planeswalker Points Multiplier. These
points can earn you byes in future Grand Prix Main Events. For more
information on Planeswalker Points, visit the

Planeswalker Points information page.

Pro Points

Pro Points are a huge reason why players come to play in any Grand Prix
main event, and Grand Prix Washington DC is similar in that vein. From a
Platinum-level pro looking to solidify their status to an up-and-comer
looking for their first big finish, Pro Points stay with you forever and
acquiring any at all is one of Magic’s biggest accomplishments.

All players finishing in the Top 8 will receive Pro Points based on rank.
All other players will receive Pro Points based on their total number of
Match Points at the end of the event.

Here’s a complete Pro Point breakdown:

Finish	Pro Points
1st	8
2nd	6
3rd-4th	5
5th-8th	4

Match Points	Pro Points
39+	4
36-38	3
33-35	2
30-32	1
0-29	0

Planeswalker Point Byes

Looking to make qualifying for Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan a bit
less stressful? Earning byes is the best way to do it! Byes earned through

Planeswalker Points

are calculated using the Planeswalker Point totals from all reported events
as of the Wednesday immediately before the Grand Prix. Planeswalker Points
earned in tournaments held at the Grand Prix event site do not count toward
earned byes at that same Grand Prix main event.

Byes	Planeswalker Points
One	1300 Points
Two	2250 Points

Earned in the 2017 Yearly Award Season, 5/30/16 – 05/28/17, or the 2018
Yearly Award Season, 5/29/17 – 05/27/18

What Tomorrow Brings

Now that you know everything that’s related to the main event of Grand Prix
Washington DC, it’s time for me to catch you up on all of our side events
for the weekend. Tomorrow I’ll be going over our entire side event
schedule, including the numerous Challenge Events that you’ll receive
access to with the Infinite Challenge badges! There’s a lot to cover. See
ya then!

Countdown To Grand Prix Washington DC: 9 Days Out – Main Event Registration!