This double-shootout tournament is a mixed game consisting of one round of Limit Hold'em, one round of Pot-Limit Omaha, and one round of No-Limit Hold'em. The hold'em rounds are 30 minutes each; the Omaha round is 45 minutes.

Players start with 10,000 in chips. The opening blinds for the LHE round are 25-50, limits 50-100.

All team captains will start at the feature table. Johnny Chan has taken Team China's seat at the final table. Team Australia is represented by Jeffrey Lisandro.

Substitutions are allowed, and team captains are allowed to coach other players. There are tournament referees who will monitor coaching, substitions and whatever else.

Matt Cordroy and Kenna James are hosting this for the TV production and are doing their opening bit right now.